Sentences with phrase «by activists»

You can try to identify companies that are poorly managed and run, and thus most likely to be targeted by activist investors.

If this is true how could a document produced by an activist group be cited as proof of anything?

This is a point that is frequently ignored by activists who believe that «adoption is the only option».

These papers will appear in a special edition of a journal guest - edited by an activist scientist.

Some of its leadership positions are held by activists with radical ties and even violent criminals.

This is largely due to the fact that images provided to campaigns were taken by activists and investigators, rather than by people with specific photography skills.

Here are the most important things you can do to save the environment, as told by activists.

It does not go as far as the 5 % demanded by some activists.

The pet supply retailer agreed to be purchased by a private equity consortium following calls by activist investors for a sale.

One video shared by activists showed bodies of about a dozen children, women, and men, some with foam at the mouth.

We see clearly in the result of the 2016 presidential election that political outcomes can act as a brake on runaway cultural agendas promoted by activists and elites at the extremes of public opinion.

Contrary to claims by activists, pet stores are not able to get dogs and cats from just anywhere — nor can they put profits before pets.

On Being a Teacher is still widely read in ed schools and by activist teachers.

There were first hand stories, live videos, disturbing photos, historical summaries, and political analyses by activists, students, journalists and citizens of the world.

The biggest change between then and now is the enormous increase in government involvement in the markets, particularly by activist central banks.

This is even clear now in discussions over revamping No Child; proposals by congressional Republicans to voucherize Title 1 funding originate from the passage of school voucher initiatives in states such as Indiana and Louisiana, while the Obama Administration's initiative on reducing the overuse of harsh school discipline result in part from efforts by activists in states such as Maryland.

May 2 - Xerox Corp said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $ 6.1 billion deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings.

April 7, 2018 • A new rights movement is led by an activist from South Waziristan, a front line in the war on terrorism.

The bid was raised after the company was pressured by shareholders led by activist hedge fund Elliott Management.

On whether women CEOs are specifically targeted by activist hedge funds: «It didn't feel like it at the time.

But the opinion in the 1973 case has also been used by activists of liberal, libertarian and conservative ideologies to develop privacy arguments for issues ranging from access to experimental drugs to euthanasia to personal data security to sex worker rights.

Today's summit on tax was the culmination of months of campaigning by activists on an issue which has angered voters across the western world.

Xerox has been targeted by activist investor Carl Icahn and shareholder Darwin Deason, who joined forces last week to push Xerox to explore strategic options, oust its «old guard», including its CEO, and negotiate better terms for its decades - long deal with Fujifilm.

After a year - long campaign by the activist group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Apple has replaced its revolver emoji with a squirt gun.

The change is a win for Wintergreen Advisers LLC, a firm run by activist investor David Winters, who despite a tiny stake in Coke, has loudly agitated against the stock - compensation plan, saying it was a «raw deal» for investors.

The op / ed is Flanagan's most extensive remarks since the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference this summer has been pressured by activists groups and the mainline conference to align themselves with the rest of their party in the Senate.

Germany's impressive wind and solar deployment in recent years has been used by activists in the environmental community, as well as governments, to argue against the need for investment in other zero carbon energy sources, particularly nuclear and other centralized forms of energy.

Xerox said its CEO and most of its board will step down to settle a suit by activist shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.

The mobilization had been called by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, one of the first such efforts by the activist group now known as Clergy and Laity Concerned.

Shareholders in Lagardere SCA (MMB.FR) voted Thursday against motions proposed by activist investor Amber Capital to change the group's corporate governance.

A financial auction earlier this year, following a failed attempt by activist shareholders to change Yahoo's strategy, culminated in the Verizon - Yahoo transaction.

Amidst the push by activist investors like David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital and Carl Icahn, Apple has initiated a $ 100 billion plan to return more capital to shareholders.

Fujifilm Holdings Corp slid 5.4 percent after Xerox Corp said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $ 6.1 billion deal with Fujifilm.

,» a show not explicitly or exclusively about AIDS but very much emerging out of Meyer's time in the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and including work by activists such as Zoe Leonard, Bordowitz, and others.

Hestres plans to expand on his research by studying the types of audio and visual communications used by activists as well as the effectiveness of their digital strategies during Donald Trump's presidency in the United States.

Dignitaries, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and State Senator Daniel Squadron, attended the event that was organized by the activist organization the Cooper Square Committee.

Because you will see that they completely undercut the allegations made by InsideClimate News in its series about ExxonMobil — allegations that were subsequently echoed by activists like Bill McKibben and Naomi Oreskes.

Last month, Dimon prevailed at the bank's annual meeting when only 32 percent of shareholders voted in favor of a proposal — backed by activist groups after the «London Whale» trading losses — to strip him of the chairmanship.

Her brazen tweet went viral and is now seen on T - shirts and signs during events organized by activists from the Never Again movement.

«Despite the continued support of attacks by activist hedge funds by the Chair of the SEC, and many «Chicago school» academics who continue to rely on discredited statistics, there is growing recognition by institutional investors and prominent «new school» economists of the threat to corporations and their shareholders and to the economy of these attacks -LSB-...]

And yet, as crazy as the game was, perhaps the most interesting thing that happened Monday night was a staged protest by activists who rappelled from the upper deck of Bank of America Stadium to unfurl a banner directing attention to Bank of America's funding of a North Carolina energy company.

He said the NDC has had enough of attacks allegedly being perpetuated by activists of the NPP, and has asked its members to respond in equal measure if the attacks persist.

The commercial facilities — also referred to as puppy mills and catteries — have been targeted by activists for alleged inhumane treatment of pets.

They also pre-empt any move by activist Dan Loeb to install his own candidates.

She argued the policy change is in stark contrast with the #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke.

The #MeToo campaign — first introduced a decade ago by activist Tarana Burke — was re-ignited by actress Alyssa Milano as a response to a growing number of reports alleging rape and sexual assault by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

After our purchase, we were pleased to see a large stake purchased by activist investor Elliott Associates, which shares our view that BMC is undervalued.