DermTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMTK) (“DermTech”), a leader in precision dermatology enabled by a non-invasive skin genomics platform, announced today the appointment of Nathalie Gerschtein Keraudy...
Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE:PAYC), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, today announced the appointment of Sharen Jester Turney to Paycom’s board...
WILMINGTON, Mass., September 13, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) ("Onto Innovation", "Onto", or the "Company") today announced Karen Rogge has joined its board of directors...
McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) announced today that the McKesson board of directors has elected Dr. Richard H. Carmona as an independent director and member of the board’s Compensation and Compliance Committees...
BuzzFeed, the leading tech-powered media company for digital content and commerce for millennial and Gen Z audiences, today announced that Joan Amble has joined its Board of Directors as Audit Chair...
-Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:APYX) (the “Company”), a maker of medical devices and supplies and the developer of Helium Plasma Technology, marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market, announced today that the Company has appointed Wendy Levine to the Board of Directors...
Box Urges Stockholders to Support the Momentum Underway by Voting “FOR ALL” of Box’s Director Nominees – Dana Evan, Peter Leav and Aaron Levie – on the BLUE Proxy Card...
HOUSTON, August 12, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOW Inc. (NYSE:DNOW) announced today that Sonya Reed has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors...
CAMPBELL, Calif., August 10, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform provider, today announced that Alison Gleeson, former Senior Vice President of Cisco Americas, has been appointed to the company's board of directors...
CHICAGO, August 09, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) today announced the appointment of Angela Sun to its Board of Directors...
The Oyster Point Pharma Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Santel as non-executive Chairperson and a Director of the Company and a member of the Compensation Committee...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 19, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR), a global entertainment, sports and content company, today announced Ursula Burns, former Chair and CEO of Xerox Corporation and VEON Ltd., has joined its Board of Directors...
As the battle between Genesco and Legion Partners Asset Management rages on, a shareholder advisory firm has backed the footwear firm’s board picks...
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) announced today that Darryl Brown has been named to the Company’s Board of Directors...
Sends Letter to Shareholders Detailing Board’s Persistent Actions to Lower the Bar and Reward Executives Despite Deteriorating Results and Stock Price Underperformance...
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced that Camille Young was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors...
Comcast chief Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and other division leaders at Comcast will donate their salaries to coronavirus -related relief efforts as the world grapples with the devastating pandemic. In a memo sent to Comcast’s 190,000 employees worldwide on Wednesday. Roberts said the salary donations would also be made by Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh, Comcast Cable chief Dave Watson and Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch...
Shockwaves went through the film and TV community this morning when Disney , one of the biggest media companies in the world, became the first entertainment conglom of that size to implement massive pay cuts related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
Disney Heir Abigail Disney Calls CEO Bob Iger's $65 Million Pay 'Insane' Marina Fang Reblog Abigail Disney , an heir to the Disney entertainment empire, continues taking the company to task for CEO Bob Iger ’s $65.6 million compensation last year, which a study says was 1,424 times the median employee pay. “I like Bob Iger. ...
TOKYO (AP) — The new lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he believes the auto executive's latest request for release from a Japanese detention center on bail, his third, might succeed. Junichiro Hironaka said Monday that Ghosn promised to accept camera surveillance as a way to monitor his activities if he is released. He has been held since his arrest on Nov. 19. Ghosn, who says he is innocent, faces charges of falsifying financial reports and breach of trust...
Genesco Inc. has joined a growing list of publicly traded firms attracting activist shareholder interest in the current retail climate. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, investment firms Legion Partners Asset Management LLC and 4010 Capital LLC disclosed their intent to drive change at Genesco, which has seen some unevenness in recent months...
Elon Reeves Musk , the Canadian-American business magnate, is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com, which merged with Confinity and took the name PayPal.
By Liana B. Baker and Anya George Tharakan (Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott Management Corp on Friday disclosed a 6 percent stake in chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV and indicated it was pushing for a higher price tag in NXP's pending sale to Qualcomm Inc for $38 billion in cash. Elliott's stake, valued at roughly $2.2 billion to $2.3 billion, makes it NXP's largest shareholder, and the hedge fund's biggest activist shareholder campaign involving a semiconductor company to date...
New York (AFP) - After buying big American brands like Apple, Pepsi and Yahoo!, activist shareholders - investors in search of big dividends - now are setting their sights on European companies like Nestle. "No company is really immune from activism except perhaps for the very largest companies," says Gregory Taxin, managing director of Spotlight Advisory, a consulting firm for activists...