Appearing in a TV interview recently, billionaire investor Carl said that he’d consider but won’t commit to a possible proxy vote to force Apple executives to buy back more of their own shares, if they don’t agree to his proposal that is. Icahn made it clear in an interview with CNBC that he isn’t “going away” and plans to continue his efforts to persuade Apple executives to spend $150 billion on a share buyback.

For those of you who didn’t’ know, Icahn made a splash earlier when he published a letter he wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook encouraging him to consider issuing an immediate