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Broadcom announce Monday morning that it plans to offer a full slate of 11 candidates to replace Qualcomm's board. The announcement follows Broadcom's rejected offer of $70 a share for Qualcom.
Activist investor Carl Icahn has acquired a 13.5% stake in oil driller SandRidge Energy and says he opposes the company's announced $746 million acquisition of Bonanza Creek Energy.
The preliminary count of Procter & Gamble proxies from last month's voting indicate that activist investor Nelson Peltz has won a board seat by an unbelievably tiny margin.
Mattel has rejected a buyout offer from Hasbro, Nelson Peltz won a seat on the Procter & Gamble board, Volkswagen will build a $12 billion electric car plant in China, and more important...
ADP has fended off a bid from activist Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square fund to nominate directors and to force action within the company.
Here are 13 featured spin-offs already underway and potential spin-offs that could be seen in 2017 and into 2018 that could radically change how Wall Street and Main Street evaluate companies ahead.
Procter & Gamble said Tuesday morning that its slate of 11 candidates for the company's board were all elected. Activist investor Nelson Peltz was not among them.
The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to end credits for wind power in an attempt to help the coal industry. According to Bloomberg: Tax incentives for the wind industry...
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Apache, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, eBay, GrubHub, Hess, Nike, Nucor and Wayfair.
Procter & Gamble responded Thursday morning to a white paper published Wednesday by activist investor Nelson Peltz who launched a proxy battle with the company and is seeking a seat on the...
Activist investor Keith Meister and Corvex Management have taken a 6.6% stake in telecom company CenturyLink. The stake is divided between common stock and call options with differing strike dates.
Two activist investors are pushing oil and gas independent Energen to sell the company, which has established a strong position in the Permian Basin.
Google fired the employee who wrote the widely reported anti-diversity memo, Tesla will raise $1.5 billion in debt, and more headlines.
Here 24/7 Wall St. features 11 great American companies that have all lost their own narratives. They were great before, but not now.
Hain Celestial Group saw its shares make a handy gain on Friday after it came to light that activist investor Engaged Capital has a nearly 10% stake in the company.