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CVS Appoints David Joyner as New CEO, Withdraws Profit Forecast

Amid layoffs and poor stock performance, America’s largest drug-store chain replaced CEO Karen Lynch with David Joyner, a longtime former executive who returned to the company from retirement last year. ...

October 18, 2024BY Wim De Gent
Activists Looking to Gain More Power in Company Elections

New election rules imposed by U.S. regulators have many firms worried about shareholder activists becoming members of company ...

November 21, 2022BY Naveen Athrappully
Starboard Acquires Stake Worth $800 Million in GoDaddy

Activist investor Starboard Value LP has purchased a 6.5 percent stake in web services firm GoDaddy Inc. worth ...

December 27, 2021BY Reuters
Trump Administration Takes Aim at Environmental Activist Investors

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule on June 23 to prevent special interest activists from interfering ...

June 25, 2020BY Emel Akan