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David Shaw has long been known as the “King of Quants” because of his pioneering use of computers and algorithms to foster high-speed quantitative trading.  A computer scientist by training who...
Starbucks posted poor quarterly results again. An activist investor aims to shake things up at the coffee purveyor.
Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) was one of the best performers on Wall Street today. The stock climbed as high as 10% to finally end the session just below $25 per share. While that’s still a far cry from...
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders vote to add Nelson Peltz to Disney's board.
Walt Disney stock investors are likely losers no matter what happens in the board fight between Disney and Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners.
Nelson Peltz wants two Disney board of directors seats to improve the financial prospects of the mismanaged entertainment giant.
Three activist investors are working to remove Disney CEO Bob Iger and put a new turnaround plan in place for the entertainment giant.
Walt Disney cannot get rid of Nelson Peltz.
Crude oil prices have spiked since Saturday's Hamas attack on Israel, and activist investor Nelson Peltz is taking another run at gaining a seat on Disney's board.
2022 was not a particularly strong year for ESG activists, or indeed, any one of the three by itself.
Disney management now is up against a take-no-prisoners activist investor.
It cannot be lost on Mark Zuckerberg that an outsider has made a very large investment and has taken Meta to task in public.
Disney's CEO has fended off an activist investor. Now, can the stock recover?
An investment firm that preys on poor management has set its sites on Disney.
Activist investor Carl Icahn has serious concerns about the Fed's ability to engineer a soft landing for the economy.