Saturday, February 18, 2006

Investment: Dubai buys into Time Warner

According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Dubai Government investment vehicle Istithmar, has bought a 2.4% stake in Time Warner through $2bn in participation notes issued by UBS, and has engaged a Carl Icahn firm as its advisor.

AME Info, reports that Time Warner is involved in a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn, who has proposed the break up the media company into four groups.