Tara Lachapelle, Columnist

Elliott's Guide to Selling Your Meh Business

The activist investor dresses up software stocks and finds them pretty offers.

November 21, 2016 at 6:16 PM UTC

By Tara Lachapelle

Tara Lachapelle is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering entertainment, telecommunications and deals.

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OK, it's not quite that easy. But Paul Singer's activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. sure does seem to have a knack for fixing up underwhelming software companies so that they can score fat takeover premiums.