Browsing: activist investing
Southwest investor asked the board to dump its CEO over the airline’s struggles. Now it wants to oust the board.
Elliott Investment Management plans to nominate a slate of candidates for Southwest Airlines Co.’s board, escalating the activist investor’s push…
In the first half of the year, 449 U.S. companies were subject to demands from activist investors, a 9% jump…
It’s not every day that a firm tells shareholders to disavow any and all comments from its parent company’s largest…
Southwest Airlines tagged in a billionaire board member, infuriating one of its investors
Southwest Airlines Co. appointed aviation industry veteran Rakesh Gangwal to its board, an effort to fortify the carrier’s leadership amid…
BuzzFeed has a new activist investor: Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy
Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in BuzzFeed, the digital publishing company…
Elliott Investment Management has built a roughly $1 billion stake in Anglo American Plc, the UK-listed miner that’s received an…
Elon Musk says he would ‘definitely’ buy Disney stock if investors elect Nelson Peltz to the board
Elon Musk, the world’s third richest man, promised Disney shareholders he would dip into his vast wealth to buy up…
Jamie Dimon and George Lucas have a common thread that could explain their support for Bob Iger and Disney
Question: Who do the Star Wars creator George Lucas and JPMorgan Chase’s star CEO and chairman Jamie Dimon have in…
Hertz’s electric vehicle and CEO about-face is the latest twist after a COVID bankruptcy filing and a deep relationship with Carl Icahn
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now we know better. Hertz, reeling from a bankruptcy and the…
Just weeks after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn secured two seats on the board of American Electric Power Co., the…












