Activist Investor

Report: Activist Investor Ryan Cohen Takes Stake in Alibaba 
Report: Activist Investor Ryan Cohen Takes Stake in Alibaba 
January 16, 2023  |  eCommerce

Investor Ryan Cohen has reportedly built a stake in Alibaba worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He has also pushed the Chinese eCommerce firm to...

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Activist Investor Wants OnDeck Shareholders To Remove The Board Trio
Activist Investor Wants OnDeck Shareholders To Remove The Board Trio
April 17, 2020  |  Business

San Francisco-based activist-investment firm Voce Capital Management LLC is urging stockholders to vote against the three OnDeck Capital directors facing re-election — a challenge that sent OnDeck...

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Starboard Nominates Head Of Research To eBay Board
Starboard Nominates Head Of Research To eBay Board
March 12, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Spurred by frustration that eBay has not yet sold its online classified ads business or made changes to its board, activist investor Starboard is nominating a series of...

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Activist Investor Pushes eBay To Unload Online Classifieds
Activist Investor Pushes eBay To Unload Online Classifieds
February 04, 2020  |  Business

Apparently it’s a bad day when Starboard Value sends you a letter. The activist investor group is well known for impatience and the dramatic demands...

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As Activist Investor Calls For Sale, Yelp Hires Evercore
As Activist Investor Calls For Sale, Yelp Hires Evercore
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

Yelp is preparing to fight an activist investor who is pulling for a board shake-up and a potential sale. According to CNBC, sources say that the...

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Grocery Tracker: Who Gets Whole Foods?
Grocery Tracker: Who Gets Whole Foods?
April 17, 2017  |  Retail

Good Friday meant the markets closed on just four days of trading this week, though some grocery stocks may have wished for another day to...

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Whole Foods Faces Activist Investor Pressure
Whole Foods Faces Activist Investor Pressure
April 11, 2017  |  Retail

Whole Foods hasn’t had the best luck lately in the supermarket space, even among competitors who have also felt the pressure of food price deflation....

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