Ackman's Pershing Square 13F; Shows New Stakes in Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA)

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital hedge fund released its 13F for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Here is a summary:

New Stakes:
AIG (NYSE: AIG) new 33,088,568 share stake (Ackman disclosed this publicly in the past)
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) new 569,924 share stake
Wachovia (NYSE: WB) new 96,599,975 share stake (Ackman disclosed this publicly in the past)
Wendy's/Arby (NYSE: WEN) new 55,619,748 share stake (Ackman owned Wendy Intl before merger)
Visa (NYSE: V) new 2,703,618 share stake

Raised Stakes
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) raised stake 749,642 shares to 22,128,910 shares
EMC (NYSE: EMC) raised stake 18,699,475 shares to 58,615,731 shares

Lowered Stakes:
Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD) lowered stake 6,245,568 shares to 501,000 shares

Maintained Stakes
Target (NYSE: TGT) 19,607,749 share stake
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) 6,540,451 share stake
Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GLRE) 250,000 share stake
Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) 10,597,880 share stake

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