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Activist investor Starboard has just informed Pfizer it has taken a significant stake
Activist investor Starboard Value is looking to shake up pharma giant Pfizer's sagging stock price.
Alex Morrell
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Meet Jeff Smith, the hedge-fund investor taking on Pfizer
Since 2011, Starboard Value's Jeff Smith has extracted board seats and profits from corporate Ameri…
Alex Morrell
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An activist investor with a new $1.9 billion stake in Southwest is calling for big changes at the airline
Southwest touts itself as the "LUV" airline, with free checked bags and no change fees. An activist…
Taylor Rains
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SEC charges activist Carl Icahn with failing to disclose billions in stock pledges
Carl Icahn and Icahn Enterprises agreed to pay a combined $2 million in fines.
Filip De Mott
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Activist investor Nelson Peltz says it's 'probably true' that he's a 'bully billionaire'
When speaking about his contentious battle with Disney over board seats, Peltz told Financial Times…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Earnings season kicks off after a blowout jobs report upended investors' hopes of another interest-rate cut
The spotlight is on earnings season after a surprise jobs report called into question when the next…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Jack Dorsey said Twitter's board 'has always been a problem' and that he plotted his exit from the firm because of its activist investor
Before leaving Twitter in 2021, Dorsey faced pressure from Elliott Management, which wanted to repl…
Matthew Loh
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Read the open letters Disney heirs wrote to shareholders, defending Bob Iger and slamming activist investors as 'villains'
"We know who the villains are in this story, and we know they cannot be entrusted with protecting t…
Shubhangi Goel
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Trian's $25 million battle for Disney board seats could be Nelson Peltz's last fight as the most powerful activist investor on the market
Nelson Peltz's hedge fund is all in as he wages a $25 million war over Disney board seats, but the …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Disney CEO Bob Iger faces a fresh challenge from activist investor Nelson Peltz
Trian Partners said it would take its "case directly to shareholders" after Disney rejected Nelson …
George Glover
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GameStop jumps as it taps billionaire activist investor Ryan Cohen as CEO for zero salary
The iconic meme stock climbed early Thursday after the leadership announcement. Cohen agreed to not…
Phil Rosen
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Embattled activist investor Carl Icahn's firm plunges 30% after halving shareholders' payouts
Icahn came under fire from Hindenburg Research in May, with the short-seller accusing him of runnin…
George Glover
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Yelp surges 14% after activist investor reportedly calls on board to explore a sale
Activist investor TCS Capital said that Yelp could rake in nearly double its current share price, t…
Morgan Chittum
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Tesla stock's dazzling rally is thanks to CEO Elon Musk's renewed focus on the EV maker, activist investor says
"We just have seen full-fledged how Elon's focus makes such a huge difference," Tesla shareholder R…
George Glover
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Activist investors just had their busiest quarter ever as they looked to capitalize on weak share prices globally
During the first quarter, 83 new campaigns against companies worldwide were launched by activists, …
Carla Mozée
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says Russia's invasion of Ukraine isn't as big a deal for markets as inflation
"This market possibly is overreacting to what's going on in Ukraine, but I don't think that's the p…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn predicts the Fed's money-printing party will end badly because the government can't control inflation
"I think it's economics 101 in high school. You can't just keep pushing out money... because that m…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Battle to buy Manchester United heats up as activist investor Elliott jumps in at the last minute
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani are battling for cont…
George Glover
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After layoffs, cost cuts and a price increase, Salesforce has exceeded a 30% profit margin — exactly what its activist investors wanted to see
The cloud software giant hit the 30% profit margin goal activist investor Starboard Value wanted.
Ellen Thomas
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Activist investor Elliott Management has reportedly snapped up a multibillion-dollar stake in Salesforce
The Wall Street Journal reported that Elliott Management had invested in the flagging software gian…