Will Amgen be Carl Icahn’s next activist target? Yes, if history is any indication. The septuagenarian reported in a regulatory filing that Amgen was one of four new positions he took in the first quarter of this year. The other three were Clorox, Motorola Mobility Holdings and Southern Union. The Clorox stake is not news, however, since Icahn had earlier reported having a nearly 10 percent position in the household products company. Motorola Mobility probably won’t amount to an activist target because in early January Icahn received the shares when Motorola divided into two companies, which incidentally was in part the result of Icahn’s activist prodding.
