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Carl Icahn: I Have A Large Position In Apple And I Spoke To Tim Cook Today

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn just Tweeted his latest investment idea.

 

Bloomberg News reports that Icahn is said to have amassed a position worth more than $1 billion in the technology giant.  He's been putting together his Apple position over the last month, according to Bloomberg News. 

The stock was last trading up more than 3%. 

The 77-year-old investor said that he would be using the social media site to make a major investment announcement. 

To date, he has more than 28,000 followers and has only Tweeted twelve times. Last week, he told Fox Business Network's Liz Claman that his daughter Michelle actually Tweets on behalf of him. 

The stock moved on his Tweet. Here's a chart of Apple's stock: 

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Julia is formerly a senior reporter covering finance. She wrote for Business Insider from 2011 to 2016. She studied broadcast journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.While at UNC, she contributed to the award-winning student-run newscast "Carolina Week" as a reporter. She was a member of the university’s equestrian team competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. She is a member of the New York Junior League. She volunteers with Project Sunshine and is a mentor to an area high-school student via Futures & Options.Julia is a Half Ironman finisher and a New York City Marathon finisher. She was Miss New York United States 2014.