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January 5, 2016 9:32 AM
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Bridgestone said it would not counter Carl C. Icahn’s sweetened offer of $18.50 a share in cash.
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January 5, 2016 9:32 AM
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Carl Icahn Named 'Guru of the Year', Stocks: BRK.A,BRK.B,IEP,LNG,PBY,AIG,FCX,XRX,AAPL,CHK,LNG,A, Carl Icahn, release date:Jan 04, 2016
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December 21, 2015 9:43 AM
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Activist investors have been circling Yahoo in recent weeks after the firm decided against a plan to spinoff its Alibaba investment. Overall, Yahoo has been struggling considerably in the web services industry and given the relinquished plans for a divestiture …
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December 21, 2015 9:38 AM
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Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2015 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a staff report on the accredited investor definition. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directs the Commission to review the accredited investor definition as it relates to natural persons every four years to determine whether the definition should be modified or adjusted. Staff from the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Economic and Risk Analysis prepared the report in connection with the first review of the definition.
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December 21, 2015 9:37 AM
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[December 1, 2015], conference committee members for the House and Senate agreed on a five-year transportation bill. While this type of legislation is rarely of interest to participants in the capital markets, the bill includes several provisions that will improve upon the JOBS Act and facilitate capital formation transactions. The legislation is expected to be voted on by the House and Senate this week as lawmakers prepare to send a final bill to President Obama for signature before December 4.
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Nearly six years ago, Air Products made an unsolicited all-cash bid to acquire Airgas for $60 per share (later increased to $70), to which the board of directors of Airgas said “no.”
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Analyzing Amgen's Dividend Hike, Stocks: AMGN,JNJ, Alan Fournier,Andreas Halvorsen, release date:Dec 20, 2015
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Carl Icahn Bets Big on Xerox, Stocks: XRX, Carl Icahn, release date:Dec 20, 2015
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Ackman, Sequoia Stock Valeant Changes Course, Stocks: VRX,GILD,WBA, Bill Ackman, release date:Dec 18, 2015
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December 21, 2015 9:28 AM
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aPierre Beaudoin is expected to step down as executive chairman of Canada's Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) in early 2016, according to a source familiar with discussions about the issue, a move that could erode family control of the plane and train maker.
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December 18, 2015 9:49 AM
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Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council). Below I highlight my perspective on the Council and my role on it.
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December 18, 2015 9:49 AM
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International Journal of Disclosure and Governance is one of the leading sources of authoritative and detailed information on leading-edge practice in governance and effective transparency of information for publicly listed companies.
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December 18, 2015 9:48 AM
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A Bombardier-Alstom consortiumsaid on Friday it signed a 3.3 billion euro ($3.57 billion)contract with Belgian railway operator SNCB to provide 1,362double-deck train cars.
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January 5, 2016 9:32 AM
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KNOXVILLE — Two shareholders of Miller Energy Resources, which filed bankruptcy in October, have filed lawsuits in federal court against the company alleging violations of federal securities laws.
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January 5, 2016 9:32 AM
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Bill Ackman Slashes Stake in Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Stocks: VRX, Bill Ackman, release date:Jan 04, 2016
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December 21, 2015 9:38 AM
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Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2015 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two J.P. Morgan wealth management subsidiaries have agreed to pay $267 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that they failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients.
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December 21, 2015 9:37 AM
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On November 10, 2015, the employer in a high-profile whistleblower-retaliation case [1] advised the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that it “will not be pursuing a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States” with respect to the appellate court’s recent pro-whistleblower decision concerning the scope of the anti-retaliation provisions contained in Section 21F of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank” or the “Act”). [2] In so doing, the employer re-invigorated the debate over whether Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation protections cover individuals who report to their employers, as opposed to contacting the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
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December 21, 2015 9:37 AM
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In a December 10, 2015 post to the Harvard Corporate Governance Blog, Professors Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Thomas Keusch (“BBJK”) suggest that a study the four of us have recently coauthored, Hedge Fund Activism and Long-Term Firm Value (the “CGSW study”), “overlooks prior opposing evidence on the subject, offers a flawed empirical analysis, and makes [contradictory] claims.”
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Recently, our client, a NYSE-listed publicly traded firm, successfully defended against a proxy contest brought by an activist fund that in the first part of this year acquired 5.5% stake in the company.
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Outsize pay for chief executive officers has been a bone of contention among shareholder activists for years. What’s less known is that the directors on board-compensation committees -- the very people who decide to give out those large CEO salaries, bonuses, and stock grants -- also tend to pay themselves and other directors extremely well.
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December 21, 2015 9:36 AM
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Lululemon an Exciting Investment, Stocks: LULU, release date:Dec 21, 2015
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December 21, 2015 9:35 AM
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Overhaul of initial and ongoing requirements also includes new market cap minimums
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December 18, 2015 9:49 AM
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Central Bankers are rarely “responsive” to the public through the democratic process. In the United States, most members of the (unelected) Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) have no other government experience or aspirations, and in spite of their clear importance to the economy, the ...
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December 18, 2015 9:49 AM
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Yesterday [December 7, 2015] was a busy day for antitrust enforcement, as the United States Federal Trade Commission sued to block the proposed merger of Staples, Inc. with Office Depot, Inc., and the Department of Justice announced that AB Electrolux and General Electric Company have abandoned their proposed transaction after five months of litigation with the DOJ. These events highlight aggressive positions the FTC and DOJ are taking with respect to market definition and competitive effects at the end of President Obama’s second term, leading to a number of court challenges seeking to block proposed deals.
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December 18, 2015 9:49 AM
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Good ideas and thoughtfulness matter. That could be one refreshing conclusion from the recent success of activist investors. Such investors take small but meaningful stakes in companies with a view to influencing corporate policy. Ultimately, their
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