Sentences with phrase «group of activist investors»

Aetna published its 2011 «Political Contributions and Related Activity Report» on Aug. 24, which included money for politicians and various groups, though a group of activist investors said the report didn't include all of Aetna's political payments.

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A FTSE 100 medical equipment maker under pressure from an activist investor for a break - up of the group has given a profit warning days before its new chief executive starts.

A fall in shares in Sage Group PLC was also dragging on the FTSE 100 index, but a surge for Costa Coffee parent Whitbread PLC on news of an activist investor stake helped limit the drop.

A powerful activist investor group called for Mark Zuckerberg to step down in a statement today, citing new admissions of irresponsibility in the CEO's planned testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Two of the most prominent figures on Wall Street — Carl Icahn, the famed corporate raider turned «activist investor,» and Stephen Schwarzman, the billionaire behind private equity behemoth Blackstone Group — have expressed interest in bidding for PC pioneer Dell.

Major banks CBA and ANZ have urged the repeal of a law which allows activist investors, unions and environmental groups to pursue fringe causes by forcing companies to hold costly shareholder meetings.

The nonprofit arm of America Rising, known as America Rising Squared, oversees some of the group's most controversial work on climate change: deploying «trackers» to videotape activists like Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, and Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor.

Prior to Tiberius» offer, two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., had been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Although Wong et al hold only 0.5 % of FACT's outstanding stock, we think the presence of Bob Chapman and other noted activist and deep value investors on the register (Baupost Group holds ~ 18 %) indicates a good chance of success for the dissidents.

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Two activist investors, Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co. and Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group, have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

The two activist investors, Mr. Zachary McAdoo of The Zanett Group and Mr. Salvatore Muoio of S. Muoio & Co., have been urging MATH's board to consider liquidation rather than a merger.

Sotheby's activist investor Daniel Loeb and Blackstone Group's James Tomilson Hill III attended the packed postwar and contemporary art auction that totaled $ 691.6 million — well in excess of the previous record of $ 495 million set by a Christie's sale of contemporary art in May.

In 2004 a group of stakeholders — including activists, investors, producers and retailers from around the world — formed the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to develop a certification scheme for palm oil produced through environmentally and socially responsible ways.

«That the largest American oil and gas company is the first to come to the table on this issue says a lot about the direction that energy markets are taking,» Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, said [pdf] in a joint press release with the other activist investor groups.

The highly public nature of this opposition has caused numerous investor groups and shareholder activists to call on 17 different banks, including Wells Fargo and TD Securities, to divest from financing the pipeline.

Facing the threat of a proxy fight by activist investor group Starboard Value, Yahoo earlier this year agreed to add four independent directors to its board.