Icahn Enterprises Plunges After Cutting Payout in Half

  • Carl Icahn blames Hindenburg report on latest struggles
  • Icahn Enterprises losses more than doubled in second quarter

Carl Icahn

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Carl Icahn slashed his company’s quarterly payouts in half and pledged to “stick to our knitting” in another substantive move acknowledging complaints raised by short-seller Hindenburg Research earlier this year.

Shares of Icahn Enterprises LP fell as much as 37% in New York on Friday after the firm saidBloomberg Terminal it will pay out $1 per depositary unit, down from the previous $2 a unit.