Hints and tips:
...But recently they have openly adopted strategies used by activist hedge fund investors such as Carl Icahn and Paul Singer, who agitate boards to demand changes that enhance stock value....
...But a rebound in oil prices has enabled Oxy to pay down debt and driven a surge in its share price, which helped the company’s chief executive, Vicki Hollub, fend off an activist investor attack from Carl...
...I very much like the outdoor teak furniture made by Carl Hansen & Søn, a family-owned Danish furniture company, founded by master cabinetmaker Carl Hansen in 1908....
...OK, so the following people got all three right (deep breath): Anthony Cheng, Ethan Levine, Leo Saenger, Nick Sicilia, Carl Magnus Magnusson, Oliver Knight, James Ritossa, Oli Withers, Carl Saillard, Alex...
...Activism has historically been dominated by the likes of Carl Icahn and Trian Partners’ Nelson Peltz — both of whom turned to old-school tactics and launched boardroom battles at gene sequencing company...
...[The government] needs to do something pretty soon,” said James Browne, senior policy adviser at the Tony Blair Institute....
...Kaltenegger, director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, stands out from the crowd of authors as one of the world’s leading practitioners of astrobiology, with extensive personal involvement in the field...
...antoine.gara@ft.com Additional reporting by James Fontanella-Khan...
...During research, Baldwin’s inspiration hit many other guises, from drawing connections and parallels between Giovanni’s Room and the Harlem Renaissance, to considering Carl Van Vechten and his portraits...
...He sat down with DD’s James Fontanella-Khan to discuss what he’s up to....
...Carl Vine, a portfolio manager at M&G and a Toyota shareholder, thinks the company has “gotten an unfair rap in recent years”....
...DH Lawrence, Henry Miller, James Joyce, Rabelais, Henry Fielding, Anaïs Nin, Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Marie Stopes, Betty Dodson, Carl Jung, Marilyn French and Germaine Greer....
...Two years ago people would have said there is no way Toyota would sell down their cross-shareholdings like this, and the fact they have done it sends a very clear signal to the rest of Japan,” said Carl...
...Round on the Links The link was writers for musical theatre Bart Simpson Kevin Hart Berlin “Coward of the County” Janet Street-Porter Miranda Rice Carl Bernstein Gilbert and George The Ed Sullivan...
...Speaking in an interview with the FT, Morgan Stanley’s outgoing chief executive James Gorman struck a more upbeat tone....
...TD Securities has expanded its global financial institutions group with managing directors Geoff Bertram and James Spencer to co-lead the team....
...During the two deals, Dell and Silver Lake tangled with activist shareholders like Carl Icahn and resorted to heavy financial engineering....
...But the US antitrust chief chalked up smaller wins in the process, DD’s James Fontanella-Khan writes....
...Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. Someone’s hour-long drive through my old neighbourhood in LA. A documentary about the Meiji Restoration in French. How to re-pressurise a boiler....
...Letter in response to this article: What power will run the heat pumps is the big issue / From James Hanshaw, Zurich, Switzerland...
...“I wanted to show the ambiguity of everything,” he explains in James Riordan’s biography, Stone. “Even my father took tips. But it would have left the wrong impression.”...
...Alexandra Carl, fashion stylist I love to rummage local thrift and vintage shops when travelling....
...Three decades ago, James Carville, the American political adviser, quipped about wanting to be resurrected as the bond market because “you can intimidate everyone”....
...Illumina has named Jacob Thaysen as its new chief executive, as the biotech group seeks to rebuild its leadership team following a bruising battle with activist investor Carl Icahn....
...Working overtime Carl Icahn should be handing over the reins to his empire and enjoying a lush retirement, the Wall Street Journal writes....
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