From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Gas giant is tougher activist target for Elliott ↧ ↧ Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Gas giant is tougher activist target fo... The $128 bln Air Liquide’s ‌resilient earnings and exposure to the chip boom make it an odd quarry for the ​cage-ratting firm. Larger rival Linde is ​doing better, yet the French group ⁠is lifting margins and may buy back ​more shares. Elliott’s challenge is pushing it ​to aim higher.