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Back to the drawing board

Biogen Idec executives and representatives for Carl Icahn said yesterday they planned to meet and work with each other in the near future. Biogen Idec executives and representatives for Carl Icahn said yesterday they planned to meet and work with each other in the near future. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press/File 2007)
By Steven Syre
Globe Columnist / June 20, 2008

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It was over before it began. After months of campaigning and badgering, billionaire investor Carl Icahn's slate of three directors challenging company nominees at Biogen Idec Inc. came up on the short end of a shareholder vote yesterday, and it didn't appear to be a close contest. (Full article: 923 words)

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