Is It Time to Buy Chesapeake?

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Are Chesapeake Energy's days numbered? Legendary activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a 7.6% stake and is pushing hard for change. Icahn wants to replace four board members with new directors that will represent shareholder interests with the goal of instituting accountability to restore credibility. Such change is long overdue at Chesapeake, but are we interested in owning shares here?

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