Carl Icahn Bill Ackman Feud Escalates Into Full Scale Battle

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)  stock was up slightly this afternoon as the verbal tussle continues between Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn.

Ackman is famously shorting Herbalife, a company he has publicly called a pyramid scheme. A heated, and rather playground, exchange between the two fund managers has broken out in recent days. NOTE: Ackman was just on CNBC, Carl Icahn called in to fight with Ackman live, we will have the full details up shortly.

Yesterday Bill Ackman said that some time ago Carl Icahn asked if he could be his friend. Ackman’s asserted response was that “I told him I had no interest in being his...