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It was on twitter that icahn announced he was taking a bite out of apple, a big stake in the company, demanding the company spend some of its vast $150 billion cash hoard on buying back more stock to unleash real shareholder value. now word apple has been buying back its stock, to the tune of $14 billion worth, in just the last couple of weeks. enough to satisfy icahn for now, but he is not exactly unloading all his apple stock now. all good for a very patient corporate raider whose impeccable timing and market sense have landed him on the cover of "time" and generated countless headlines and ...

All right. very nice to see you. how exciting is this. you saw off the top who's going to be here. i know a lot of you are going to be about what's going to be happening on the next season of "walking dead." but this guy was, as you know, called a borderline psychotic, and that was to promo his show. what is that like? that's the story of howie mandell. here's his story. >> the loneliest place ever is if you're a standup comic. but it was the perfect job for somebody like howie mandell. growing up in toronto in the '60s, he was obsessive, had a hard time making friends, so he turned to pranks ...

Booked a week-long engagement at a comedy club. even though it was politically incorrect in an odd way, he was being accepted for who he was. he quit selling carpets. had an hbo special. >> what, what? >> the next 30 years, he was owning tv. he's done everything. even with constant work, found time to help others with their disorder, making sure that they are not suffering alone, even if you're a standup comic. >> howie mandell! [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you. >> how are you, sir? >> doing great. before we start, i just want to say how thrilled i am to see you here in america, on cnn. i ...

In 1978, he was working as a carpet sales person and he booked a week-long engagement at a comedy club. even though it was politically incorrect in an odd way, he was being accepted for who he was. he quit selling carpets. had an hbo special. >> what, what? >> the next 30 years, he was owning tv. he's done everything. even with constant work, found time to help others with their disorder, making sure that they are not suffering alone, even if you're a standup comic. >> howie mandell! [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you. >> how are you, sir? >> doing great. before we start, i just want to say ...

Ferguson and give obama his own late night show because he is great at that. but, obviously, i don't know if he could do a late night show because he might miss curtain call. you know, can you sleep through benghazi, can you sleep through the opening of a show. but as i watched all the fawning ache lights in the acolytes in the press core look up to him i finally figured it out ohe is frank sin that sinatra and the press is peter lawford now. bathed in reflective glory. when he they're alone they are bore lot. the difference between this man when is he on prompter like that at a gig and this m...