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1. Carl Icahn Says the Best Way Forward For Caesars Entertainment May Be a Sale
  
  Explore Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance 1 hour, 51 min ago BoardNews
  
  ...tives and priorities." The news comes after The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Icahn had taken a stake of roughly 10 percent in Caesars. Caesars did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment....
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2. Barclays Boss Jes Staley Reels as Shareholder Ditches its £600m Stake in the Bank
  
  Explore This is Money 21 hours, 58 min ago BoardBlogs
  
  ...nd's exit removes what could have been a valuable ally in the battle against Bramson, who has a 5.51 per cent stake in Barclays and has been deeply critical of the investment banking operation and is thought to want radi...
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3. The Era of the All-Powerful Tech CEO Has Only Just Begun, Even Though Facebook and Snap Show Why That's a Bad Thing
  
  Explore Business Insider Feb 18 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...nt, and Logan Green, its CEO, extra votes. Those extra votes would give them far more power than their actual stake in the company, which stands at less than 10% of total shares combined, according to The Journal. Zimmer...
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4. A Key Barclays Investor Which Backed CEO Jes Staley Has Cut its Entire Stake in a Major Blow to the Lender
  
  Explore Business Insider Feb 18 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...Tiger spent more than $1 billion building up a roughly 2.5% stake in Barclays due to its sizeable presence on Wall Street. Part of the decision to build the stake was the belief that the bank would likely see a boost fro...
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5. Activist Funds Turn Attention to Banks as New Merger Wave Sets Up
  
  Explore Yahoo Finance Feb 8 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...o's trying to acquire clients." Activists may be inspired to push other banks. Already ValueAct has amassed a stake in Citigroup, saying last year that banks are lower risk "than at any time in our investing lifetimes." ...
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6. CEOs are Opening Their Boardrooms to Hedge Fund 'White Squires' to Keep Other Activists Out
  
  Explore Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Feb 7 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...dd two fresh directors on the board. Charles Kantor, a senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, told the Wall Street Journal, "The goal here was to try and put this to bed." For years, several hedge funds have prefe...
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7. Dan Loeb Cuts DowDuPont Target as ‘Value Gap’ Lingers Into Split
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Feb 6 2019 BoardNews
  
  ... C. Bernstein. But even Oxgaard, whose 12-month $90 price target makes him among the most bullish analysts on Wall Street, doesn’t see the combined value of the spinoffs topping $70 in the next year amid the growing macr...
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8. Five Things Cautious Analysts Say About Papa John's-Starboard Deal
  
  Explore Louisville News, Sports, Business Feb 6 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...alysts were guarded in their assessment of the deal announced Monday in which Papa John's sold a $200 million stake in itself to an investment firm and added two experienced executives to the board. New York City-based S...
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9. Here's What Starboard Might Be Planning for Papa John's and Bristol-Myers
  
  Explore Financial Investment News Feb 4 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ... embattled pizza chain Papa Johns International (ticker: PZZA). Bloomberg reported the hedge fund has taken a stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)... Activist fund Starboard Value had a busy weekend. The Wall Street Journ...
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10. Gannett Board Rejects Hostile Takeover Bid. But that May be Just the Start.
  
  Explore The Washington Post Feb 4 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...in value,” Digital First said in a statement. MNG is Gannett’s largest active shareholder, with a 7.5 percent stake. Its executives argue that Gannett’s digital investments have not paid off and that the company should c...
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11. SEC Sued by Whistleblower Over Deutsche Bank Misconduct
  
  Explore FastCompany.com Jan 22 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ns remain about the failure of government regulators and prosecutors to prevent the collapse, and to hold top Wall Street bankers personally accountable for the catastrophe... A decade after the U.S. financial crisis, Wa...
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12. Yelp Just Created an Activist Investor
  
  Explore Yahoo! Finance Jan 18 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...hrough an immediate private-equity buyout should it find a strategic suitor. Despite leveraging their 4%-plus stake in the company to urge change, SQN insists they're not activist investors. Rather, according to SQN foun...
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13. Going Public? For Uber, Lyft and Others, Shutdown Slows IPOs
  
  Explore sfgate.com Jan 15 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ets that finance IPOs. Billions of dollars are at stake for the companies as well as millions in fees for the Wall Street firms that facilitate the deals. Brian Lane, a securities lawyer at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who le...
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14. Dollar Tree Shares Rise After Activist Investor Takes a Stake, Makes Nominations for the Board
  
  Explore MarketWatch Jan 7 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ard. Starboard has taken a 1.7% stake in Dollar Tree, valued at about $370 million, and is seeking a majority stake in the 12-person board, according to The Wall Street Journal. "While we appreciate Starboard's investmen...
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15. Tesla’s Addition of Larry Ellison to Board is a ‘home run appointment’, Analyst Says
  
  Explore MarketWatch Dec 29 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  ...er outside investors in Tesla. Ellison said the stake is his second biggest personal holding after his Oracle stake. “It’s great that he has skin in the game, but with a stake that large it’s bound to conflict with a sen...
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16. Seven questions about Ghosn and Nissan
  
  Explore Japan news, commentary, culture, sports Dec 20 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  ...3 days before charging him, letting him go, or detaining him for another 23 days on a different allegation. A Wall Street Journal editorial on Nov. 27 charged that “Ghosn is enduring a bizarre inquisition” and that witho...
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17. Pension Politics: Should States Be Investing in Controversial Companies?
  
  Explore Governing magazine Dec 12 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  ...last February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., student-led activism put pressure on Wall Street and investors to reevaluate their gun-related holdings. Amid the outcry, California Treasurer John...
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18. Big Shareholder at Yelp Wants a Board Reshuffle, Citing 'Slow Pace of Innovation'
  
  Explore CNBC.com Dec 10 2018 BoardNews
  
  ... the best interest of its shareholders, customers and workers. Last month Yelp's third-quarter revenue missed Wall Street expectations, and the company indicated that the current quarter would also be weak. CEO Jeremy St...
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19. Del Frisco's Adopts Poison Pill as Activist Investor Pushes for Sale
  
  Explore SHARENET Dec 6 2018 BoardNews
  
  ...p for $325 million in cash. Del Frisco's, which owns Eagle Steak House and Frisco's Grille chains, has missed Wall Street sales estimates for six out of the last eight quarters, according to Refinitiv data, and its same-...
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20. Starbucks is Doing Better Than Ever After Howard Schultz
  
  Explore KAKE.com Nov 29 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  ...Italy in September. Even activist investor Bill Ackman seems pleased. His fund recently bought a $900 million stake in Starbucks but is not pushing for any major changes, saying he's pleased with the actions Johnson has ...
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21. Papa John’s Loses a Potential Bidder
  
  Explore Yahoo! Finance Nov 27 2018 BoardNews
  
  ...ny, these people said. Binding offers are due next week, they said. Trian, an activist hedge fund that owns a stake in Wendy’s Co., had initially expressed interest in Papa John’s in late June and invited company founder...
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22. Nelson Peltz: The Investor That Tripped on GE & P&G
  
  Explore fortune.com Nov 26 2018 BoardBlogs
  
  ...g faith, and it was becoming apparent that the $2-a-share earnings promise for 2018 wasn’t achievable. (Today Wall Street expects GE earnings of 68¢ per share.) GE investors and analysts recall the moment they realized I...
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23. Shares Rise on Reports Dell May Increase Tracking Stock Offer
  
  Explore statesman.com Nov 7 2018 BoardNews
  
  ...sentative for Dell declined to comment. The company’s discussions with investors were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. Dell’s exploratory discussions with investors suggests that the company may be trying to ...
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24. Uber's Board Reportedly Held a 'Marathon Meeting' as it Grapples With its Ties to Saudi Arabia
  
  Explore Business Insider Nov 7 2018 BoardNews
  
  ...lion investment in the company, which now has a roughly 35% market share in the US, that translates to a 5.3% stake, Reuters reported. "Uber is creating lots of jobs in Saudi Arabia and making life easier for drivers, cu...
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