T. Boone Pickens

TED Tech Preview: Robots, Crowdsourcing and Bill Nye

Liz Gannes in News on February 27 at 7:00 am PT

The T in TED stands for technology, and this year’s speaker program is stacked with techies talking about robots, energy, collaboration and, of course, The Future.

Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (2 Days to Go!): Slim Pickens!

Kara Swisher in News on July 30, 2008 at 8:15 am PT

Oh dear, oilman T. Boone Pickens has apparently been Yanged. That sounds like something that would happen out on the back 40 of a Texas ranch that no one in the clan ever discusses in polite company. Actually, losing about $50 million is also something moneymen like Pickens don’t like to talk about either, even if he is as rich as can be. Of course, in dumping his 10 million shares so precipitously, Pickens’s parting shot showed exactly what Yahoo’s big weakness is as the company heads into its annual meeting on Friday: an increasingly depressed stock.

Slim Pickens

John Paczkowski in News on July 29, 2008 at 9:18 am PT

T. Boone Pickens has apparently reconsidered his opinion of Carl Icahn. Back in May, the legendary Texas oil and gas entrepreneur bought up 10 million shares of Yahoo, confident that Icahn would facilitate the company’s acquisition by Microsoft. “Carl Icahn is a smart guy,” Pickens said at the time.

MicroHoo: Slim Pickens

Kara Swisher in News on May 21, 2008 at 5:10 am PT

Is it just me or did anyone else find the T. Boone Pickens (pictured here) quote about why he bought 10 million shares in Yahoo a little scary and a lot appalling? “The only thing I know about Yahoo is what [CNBC Host] David [Faber] just told me, and that Carl Icahn is a big shareholder,” said the folksy chairman of BP Capital yesterday. Yes, Icahn, the well-known Internet expert!

Larry the Liquidator Ought to Be Along Any Minute Now …

John Paczkowski in News on May 20, 2008 at 10:26 am PT

Boy, the corporate raiders are all piling on Yahoo now, aren’t they? First Carl Icahn. Then John Paulson. And now T. Boone Pickens, as well. Who’s next? Larry the Liquidator?