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The former CEO of a $120 billion company says Wall Street makes too much money, and it's causing a huge problem
"The real problem is that there's just too much money being made on Wall Street," George said. "Las…
Tina Wadhwa
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A $13 billion hedge fund you've never heard of is shaking up a whole continent
The second thing is that it's very easy to nominate outside candidates to the board, in all of our …
Rachael Levy,Rachel Butt
11 mins read
Sears' obsession with Wall Street is killing the retailer for good
The man in charge of Sears, Edward S. Lampert, has blamed the company's decline on shifts in consum…
Hayley Peterson
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There is such a thing as 'too much profit' - here's why
He gave an example: A company determines that it will be able to maximize profits by using coal as …
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The activist playbook is nearly 90 years old - and the first chapter was written by Warren Buffett's mentor
After suffering several years of egregious greenmails and opportunistic hostile raids, institutiona…
Jeff Gramm
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IBM refused to lay off workers for decades, and then America had to rethink its entire corporate strategy
The American corporation has been transformed by globalization and new technology. But equally powe…
Dan Bobkoff
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One change made life a lot easier for activist investors - and opened the floodgates
Changes in the SEC proxy rules described above also mean that companies are increasingly influenced…
Tina Wadhwa
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BlackRock's Larry Fink told CEOs that 'quarterly earnings hysteria' is bad for business - here's the letter he sent them
At companies where ESG issues are handled well, they are often a signal of operational excellence. …
Matt Turner
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American companies have developed a very particular disease - and CEOs hate the cure
The thing is: The American corporation wasn't always this way. There was a time when it took on a m…
Linette Lopez
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Business schools led the way in promoting a commonly held myth - and now they're trying to undo that
I wanted to know what goes on at other business schools, so I headed to New York University's Stern…
Dan Bobkoff
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US companies have spent $2 trillion doing something that has absolutely no impact on their business
However, it is very plausible that in recent years, firms are more pressured to return cash back to…
Bob Bryan
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What everyone's getting wrong about share buybacks
The other, discussed for example in Josh Brown's February article about "abundance," is that low in…
Josh Barro
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A beginner's guide to being a rabble-rousing, corporate-raiding, CEO's-worst-nightmare hedge fund manager
Sound good? Well, to help any burgeoning activists out there, we've put together a primer to become…
Bob Bryan
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Regreen-Excel files IPO papers with Sebi, aims to raise Rs 350 crore
Regreen-Excel EPC India Ltd has filed for an IPO to raise Rs 350 crore through fresh equity shares …
PTI
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Nordstrom is 'best-of-breed'
"We think JWN's underlying fundamental story remains intact after 1Q-particularly given the signifi…