Under pressure from outside investors including corporate raider Carl Icahn, USX Corporation, the parent corporation for U$.$S$.$ Steel and Marathon Oil, announced a plan to split its stock into separate steel and energy issues. The market response to this action was immediately positive, with the stock price of USX increasing $$2\mathrm{.}37$ to close at $$31\mathrm{.}25$ on the day of the announcement. Why do you think this action by USX was so well received by the stock market?