Valeant Shares Fall As Ackman Exit Highlights Company’s Challenges

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc’s stock price fell to its lowest level in eight years on Tuesday after the abrupt exit of its biggest supporter put renewed focus on the Canadian company’s most pressing problem: raising capital to cut its roughly $30 billion debt pile. Billionaire investor William Ackman spent more than a year trying to revive … Read more

Valeant Shares Plunge As Ackman Exits Stake

Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International plunged Tuesday following news that activist investor Bill Ackman exited the controversial drug company. Shares of the Canadian company dived 10.9 percent to $10.80 by midday after an announcement that Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, sold its investment in the drug firm at a loss. In addition, Ackman … Read more