FILE - This file photo combo of file photos shows Bill Ackman, left, of Pershing Square Capital Management, on Feb. 6, 2012, in Toronto, and financier Carl Icahn, on Feb. 7, 2006, in New York. A clash between Wall Street titans is flaring again Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 after Carl Icahn grabbed a 13 percent stake in Herbalife, a supplement company that Pershing Square Capital Management's William Ackman shorted heavily and very publicly, calling it a massive pyramid scheme. The filing, which was published late Thursday, sent shares of Herbalife soaring more than 20 percent before the opening bell Friday. (AP Photo/Pawel Dwulit, Shiho Fukada, File)
News Summary: S&P 500 extends streak of gains
Published: 10:13:14 PM, Fri 15 February 2013 UTC
HOT STREAK: The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week higher, just. The index rose 1.9 points, or 0.1 percent, in the week, extending its streak of advances to seven weeks.
"TOTAL DISASTER": Wal-Mart's stock slumped 2.1 percent, dragging down the Dow, after Bloomberg News quoted a leaked e-mail from a company executive that said February sales were a "total disaster."
CLASH OF THE TITANS: Herbalife rose after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed in a regulatory filing that he had bought a 13 percent stake in the company. Icahn's nemesis, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, has described the company as a pyramid scheme and bet the stock would fall.
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