WINNERS

MEL KARMAZIN

Sirius boss all smiles after $5B merger with XM gets Justice Dept. approval after 13 months.

CARL ICAHN

Shareholder activist takes victory lap after Motorola agrees to be split into two companies.

BARRY DILLER

Head of IAC/InterActive Corp. beats business partner John Malone in court and gets judge’s OK to split company into multiple units.

LOSERS

ERIC SCHMIDT

Google boss facing questions last week following negative ad reports from research firm comScore.

HANK GREENBERG

AIG hammers former CEO with lawsuit claiming he misappropriated shares worth $20B.

LEON BLACK

The billionaire investor sees $650M investment in embattled Linens ‘n Things turn south as chain delays payments

to vendors.