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UK hedge fund Palliser Capital is expanding into the U.S. and said on Wednesday it hired Steve Kasoff, bringing on board a former Elliott Investment
ETFS Capital asked shareholders of WisdomTree to abstain from re-electing some board members of the U.S. asset manager, saying its stock could surge at
Cloud communications company Twilio has appointed a partner at Sachem Head Capital Management to its board, it said on Monday, as it faces pressure from
Walt Disney appeared to pull ahead of activist investors in the battle for board seats and the future of the global entertainment
Hedge fund Barington Capital on Friday urged Paramount Global to scrap its exclusive merger talks with Skydance Media, arguing all
Two senior JPMorgan Chase dealmakers, Andy Lipsky and Haidee Lee, are leaving the bank, two sources familiar with the
Activist investor Jana Partners is urging the world's largest maker of silicon carbide Wolfspeed Inc to explore all ways to improve shareholder value,
Ancora Holdings scored a second victory in its battle with Norfolk Southern when prominent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Investment firm TOMS Capital Investment Management has taken a "significant" position in U.S. multinational food manufacturing company Kellanova and is
Hedge fund AREX Capital Management is seeking seven board seats at Enhabit, arguing that new directors are needed to help reverse poor financial performance at the
Activist hedge fund Ancora Holdings has secured enough support from Norfolk Southern shareholders to win some seats on the U.S. railway operator's board of directors,
Billionaire investor James Simons, the mathematician and Cold War code-
Investment firm Marathon Partners Equity Management is turning up the heat on Dr Martens by urging the British boot maker to detail planned expense cuts and to
BlackRock held onto board seats at six closed end funds last week after investment firm Saba Capital Management did not secure enough votes to replace
Jana Partners, the activist investor that has successfully pushed for the sale of multiple companies, has built a stake in Rapid7 and is urging the
BlackRock won a fight with hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein last week when shareholders voted at four of its closed-end funds, data showed, keeping the
Activist investors mounted campaigns at a record number of companies globally during the first six months of 2024 but have been less successful in breaking
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman failed on Friday to get candidates they backed to join Harvard's board of overseers.
Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, who joined other Harvard graduates in successfully calling for the university's president Claudine Gay to resign, is
Activist investors are expected to launch more and bolder campaigns for change among European companies in the year ahead,
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman kicked off fundraising for a new U.S.-listed closed-end fund on Tuesday, an effort people familiar with the matter say could bring in
Bill Ackman's firm Pershing Square Capital Management will put $500 million into its new U.S.-listed investment holding company, the hedge fund manager said
Investment firm Anson Funds Management has amassed a stake in Five9 and is urging the U.S. call center software company to consider a sale, people familiar with the
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said on Thursday Enhabit shareholders should elect three AREX Capital Management director candidates to the nine-member board
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Recording captured ex-interpreter impersonating Ohtani to transfer $200,000, prosecutors say
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