"In the months after the election, the stock price of CVR, Icahn’s refiner, nearly doubled—a surge that is difficult to explain without acknowledging the appointment of the company’s lead shareholder to a White House position. The rally meant a personal benefit for Icahn, at least on paper, of half a billion dollars."
-- from
The New Yorker,
in an article about how billionaire Carl Icahn failed -- their word, not mine -- in his 'raid on Washington.
Although perhaps a better question than the headline would be "Why are publishers and reporters so committed to not actually reporting what is going on?"
