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...The Walt Disney Company has signed a deal with investor ValueAct Capital, ahead of a battle over the entertainment company’s future expected later this year....
...Walt Disney’s Bob Iger is locking up powerful supporters ahead of Wednesday’s annual meeting clash with activist investors challenging his strategy for the entertainment giant....
...Walt Disney handily beat Wall Street’s expectations in its latest quarterly earnings and unveiled shareholder-friendly measures including a $3bn share buyback and a 50 per cent dividend increase, as it prepares...
...But the most intriguing aspects of the performance of Wagner’s opera at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on January 18 (the first of three) were the set design and the cast....
...Walt Disney expressed the story in his own way, employing many talented artists to do so....
...ValueAct Capital has built a significant stake in Walt Disney, adding another activist investor to the entertainment company’s shareholder list, as it contends with a sinking share price and a decline in...
...Activist hedge fund Trian Partners plans to nominate two candidates to Walt Disney’s board of directors, intensifying a campaign against the media group that is expected to be one of the most contested proxy...
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...Walt Disney has won the support of investor ValueAct Capital, as the entertainment company gears up for a fight with activist Nelson Peltz over how to boost profits and lift its share price....
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...Jeff Vahle, president of Walt Disney World Resort, said the company was “pleased to put an end to all litigation pending in state court in Florida”. Read more here...
...Jeff Vahle, president of Walt Disney World Resort, said the company was “pleased to put an end to all litigation pending in state court in Florida”....
...The likes of JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon, Star Wars creator George Lucas, Laurene Powell Jobs and the grandchildren of Walt Disney all threw their support behind Iger....
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...Iger has also drawn endorsements from heirs of company founders Roy and Walt Disney in recent weeks....
...Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger has won the backing of influential proxy adviser Glass Lewis in his battle against billionaire activist Nelson Peltz, with the group unconvinced that the latter’s plans...
Radical plans for recovery at the entertainment group are thin on the ground
...JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon has endorsed Walt Disney’s Bob Iger as a proxy battle with billionaire activist Nelson Peltz nears a showdown at the entertainment giant’s annual meeting next month...
...Bob Iger defeats Nelson Peltz by wide margin in Walt Disney board clash The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino....
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...As Iger battles Peltz, he has also secured endorsements from the grandchildren of Disney founders Walt and Roy Disney, who sent a letter to shareholders backing the chief executive....
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