NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn told Gannett Co. on Thursday that he plans to nominate two directors and propose broad corporate-governance changes at Gannett's annual shareholder meeting in April. In a statement ...
Apple spent more than $56 billion on buybacks over the last year as it ramped up capital-return efforts...
It's not clear whether it was in direct response to Icahn, but shortly after the activist investor boosted his stake in the Cupertino company to more than $3 billion, Apple announced that it bought back $14 billion of its own shares in just two weeks ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is losing long-time blue-chip companies Alcoa (AA), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Bank of America (BAC) in what marks the index's largest shakeup since 2004...
BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge have agreed to merge, creating one of the biggest U.S. exchanges. The terms of the tie-up were not disclosed. FOX Business’ Charlie Gasparino reported news of the impending deal last week.
