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Taiwan
Taiwan’s trade tsar seeks new deals and braces for possible Trump win
...Additional reporting by Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 17 2024. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
April 24, 2024
CNN News Group
Former BBC and New York Times boss Mark Thompson in talks to run CNN
...Thompson’s talks with CNN were first reported by Semafor....
August 23, 2023
FT Live
US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Strategies for innovation, pricing and access
Thursday, 16 MayNew York, NY, USA
News in-depthCNN News Group
Mark Thompson faces ‘peak disruption’ as he takes CNN helm
..., who tried to reposition CNN as a less “activist” network than it had been during the administration of Donald Trump — a goal set for him in effect by David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros, and John...
August 31, 2023
Unhedged
Where Tesla departs from the Mag 7 Premium content
...The new paper, by Jeremiah Green of Texas A&M and John Hand of University of North Carolina, argues that at least on the ethnic diversity side, the studies just don’t hold up....
April 3, 2024
Unhedged
Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi defends buyback policy
...Below is the trailing P/E ratio on the S&P 500: There are other signs of dizziness out there. Some individual stocks have gone bananas....
February 28, 2024
Aviation accidents and safety
Boeing shares fall as investigators locate door that blew out during flight
...The “most astonishing thing to me is that the door came off”, said John Cox, a retired pilot and chief executive of Safety Operating Systems, an aviation safety consultancy....
January 8, 2024
FT Live
Global Pharma and Biotech Summit
Driving life sciences innovation in a disrupted world
Tuesday, 5 NovemberIn-Person & Online Conference
Corporate bonds
Tech companies cash in on ‘frothy’ stock rally with convertible bond sales
...The S&P 500 has hit multiple record highs over the past month, while the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite was within touching distance of its own record this week....
February 29, 2024
ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
Australian ETF ‘underdog’ is taking on Vanguard and BlackRock
...When BlackRock in February moved to undercut the BetaShares Australia 200 ETF by slashing the annual management fee for its A$4.4bn BlackRock iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF from 0.09 per cent to 0.05 per cent...
October 19, 2023
Markets volatility
An oral history of the fear index
...To paraphrase John, it is what it is. Hiatt: People take the Vix as the fear gauge and automatically assume that it is going to steady negative relationship with the S&P 500....
September 20, 2023
Illumina Inc
Illumina appoints new CEO after battle with investors
...Illumina’s former chair John Thompson was ousted from its board in May following a battle with Icahn, who criticised management for closing the $8bn acquisition of cancer test company Grail without regulatory...
September 5, 2023
Work WatchAnjli Raval
Why companies are tapping the boardroom for their next CEO
...Consumer goods group Unilever, retailer John Lewis, financial services provider Hargreaves Lansdown and telecoms operator BT have in the past year all appointed a CEO who was already a non-executive director...
December 1, 2023
InterviewIllumina Inc
Illumina can survive loss of chair and CEO, says board director
...Illumina is strong enough to survive the loss of its chair John Thompson and chief executive Francis deSouza if shareholders vote them down at an annual meeting on Thursday, a director of the company has...
May 24, 2023
Illumina Inc
Illumina chair ousted in proxy battle with Carl Icahn
...Illumina shareholders have voted to oust company chair John Thompson and approve a nominee supported by Carl Icahn following a bruising proxy battle led by the veteran activist investor....
May 25, 2023
Investor activism
Elliott campaign results in chief’s exit from US power company NRG
...Since mid-May, NRG’s shares have risen 47 per cent, compared with a 10 per cent loss for the S&P 500 utilities index. Shares of NRG fell 1 per cent in early trading on Monday....
November 20, 2023
The Week Ahead
Fed and BoE set interest rates and oil majors report
...Global Q3, Papa John’s Q3, GoDaddy Q3, Moderna Q3, Marriott International Q3, Prudential Financial Q3, Tata Steel Q2 Shell Q3 Friday UK, S&P Global/Cips UK services PMI UK, the British Retail Consortium...
October 29, 2023
FT Live
Outstanding Directors Exchange
Fostering trust for steadfast leadership
Wednesday, 12 JuneHarvard Club of New York City, West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA
Property sector
US homebuilders defy interest rate rise as Buffett buys in
...Shares in DR Horton, Lennar and NVR, which Berkshire disclosed it owned this week, have risen about a third apiece this year, far outpacing the S&P 500 stock index....
August 17, 2023
Illumina Inc
Glass Lewis backs Carl Icahn’s push to oust Illumina’s chief and chair
...The recommendation that shareholders withdraw their support for chief executive Francis deSouza and chair John Thompson is a boost for activist investor Carl Icahn, who has launched a proxy battle against...
May 10, 2023
Illumina Inc
Francis deSouza resigns as Illumina boss after proxy battle with Carl Icahn
...The resignation of deSouza, who was appointed chief executive in 2016, follows the departure last month of Illumina chair John Thompson, who was ousted in a shareholder vote following a proxy campaign by...
June 11, 2023
ObituaryCharlie Munger
Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice-chair, 1924-2023
...It is that gulf that made the duo the John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the investment world....
November 28, 2023
Illumina Inc
Illumina accused by Brussels of ‘delay tactics’ on Grail divestiture
...Illumina shareholders ousted the company’s chair, John Thompson, in a vote at its annual meeting on Thursday, which enabled Andrew Teno, a nominee proposed by Icahn, to win a board seat....
May 27, 2023
UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
Nvidia circa 2023, Cisco circa 2000 Premium content
...But the trailing P/E ratios are what they are, and Nvidia is even more expensive than Cisco was in 2000 on this metric....
August 14, 2023
Utilities
NRG stands up to Elliott attack on ‘single worst deal’ in power sector
...NRG’s share price surged, becoming the best-performing stock on the S&P 500 index that year....
August 7, 2023
Due Diligence
Why Vice’s bankruptcy is a warning on private equity investment Premium content
...The down-on-his-luck corporate raider pulled off a partial victory in a proxy showdown against gene sequencing group Illumina on Thursday when shareholders voted to oust its chair, John Thompson, and approve...
May 26, 2023
Illumina Inc
Illumina chief’s pay nearly doubles ahead of clash with Carl Icahn
...John Thompson, Illumina’s chair, met Icahn and spoke to him on several occasions by phone and offered a compromise — a meeting with two independent candidates identified by the Illumina board for election...
March 30, 2023
UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
Why homebuilders have rallied Premium content
...That low p/e ratio may prove deceptive as the “e” declines. So, how’s that bet going?...
May 10, 2023

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