Bill Ackmans Pershing Square Capital Management LP: Elliott Management Corp. on Monday disclosed it had taken a $1 billion position in EMC Corp. /quotes/zigman/225273/delayed /quotes/nls/emc EMC 5.00% , a Hopkinton, Mass.-based technology firm. Earlier this month, Bill Ackmans Pershing Square Capital Management LP bought a stake in Procter Gamble Co. /quotes/zigman/238894/delayed /quotes/nls/pg PG -0.34% and, finally, investor Nelson Peltz said hes looking to break up PepsiCo Inc. /quotes/zigman/238082/delayed /quotes/nls/pep PEP -0.20% . , according to Market Watch. So how should investors play these moves? Bloomberg Paul Singer, founder of Elliott Management, which has bought a $1 billion stake in EMC Corp. SAN MarketWatch Activist investors are having a busy summer. At least three public companies have been targeted by investment companies looking to shake things up and, ultimately, lift the share price by what the activists say is unlocking value. And, of course, Carl Icahn is still circling Family Dollar Stores Inc. /quotes/zigman/226252/delayed /quotes/nls/fdo FDO -1.04% .
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