US Stocks: Unilever, McCormick strike deal to create $65 billion food giant; shares fallUnilever will merge its food business with spice maker McCormick, it said on Tuesday, creating a company worth around $65 billion in the se...
31 Mar, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
Activist Elliott takes multibillion-dollar stake in Synopsys, source saysSunnyvale, California-based Synopsys, valued at over $80 billion, has for decades been one of the main suppliers of software used in determ...
23 Mar, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
US Stocks: Unilever shares fall on investor concerns about food business spin-offUnilever shares dropped as investors worried about a potential food business split. This comes soon after the company separated its ice cre...
18 Mar, 2026, 11.43 PM IST
Tesla in turmoil? Elon Musk admits he could be ousted, slams claims of loan ties to stockTesla ownership Elon Musk latest news: Elon Musk is reportedly worried about losing control of Tesla to activist shareholders, despite owni...
05 Aug, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Battle for Disney's future heats up, company sets meeting dateDisney set the shareholder meeting for April 3 when investors will get a say in who guides the entertainment and media giant's future. It r...
02 Feb, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
Unilever names Dutch dairy boss Hein Schumacher as new CEOSchumacher, 51, joined Unilever in October last year as non-executive director and is currently the chief of Dutch dairy business Friesland...
30 Jan, 2023, 01.25 PM IST
Elon Musk tweets proxy voting firms have 'far too much power'Musk's comments add to a long-running debate over whether such advisers have too much sway over corporate decision-making.
25 Jan, 2023, 12.52 AM IST
Bernard Arnault, French billionaire & chief executive of LVMH, bids farewell to Carrefour after 14 yearsArnault, who built up LVMH through acquisitions, has been unravelling some of his less successful side investments.
02 Sep, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
Buffett, Munger scoff at ESG vigilantes; say Berkshire is okay owning oil stocksWarren Buffett said he was not uncomfortable holding stocks in the oil business after a shareholder asked about Berkshire Hathaway’s invest...
02 May, 2021, 01.08 AM IST
Activist giant Elliott sets sights on troubled FortisElliott has started buying shares and is said to be working with Alvarez & Marsal and others in talking to Fortis creditors, which have con...
19 Mar, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
EBay, bowing to Carl Icahn’s pressure, will split off PayPalEBay and PayPal will become independent companies in 2015, subject to customary conditions, the San Jose, California-based company said.
01 Oct, 2014, 03.11 PM IST
- Vedanta Resources may face investor ire over bonuses to top three
Billionaire Anil Agarwal may face problems on July 27 when he addresses shareholders at the annual general meeting of his London-listed min...
26 Jul, 2011, 04.35 AM IST
- Rethinking Vedanta
Shareholder activism forced Vedanta to call off its restructuring proposal.
26 Sep, 2008, 01.12 AM IST
- Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members
None of the three new directors has led a Web company, but together Biondi and Chapple have high-profile content and tech chops. Pick the r...
15 Aug, 2008, 02.11 AM IST
- AOL, Microsoft executives discuss possible Yahoo! breakup
Executives of Internet services firm AOL and software giant Microsoft held formal talks to discuss the possible 40-billion dollar breakup o...
17 Jul, 2008, 04.19 PM IST
- Icahn lambastes corporate culture, CEOs
Billionaire financier Carl Icahn said he no longer has to watch 'Saturday Night Live' if he wants a good laugh - he just has to go to a com...
16 Jun, 2008, 03.17 AM IST
- Yahoo says Icahn misunderstands facts of Microsoft takeover try
Yahoo fired back at corporate raider Carl Icahn, saying he lacks understanding of the Microsoft takeover try and should not follow through ...
16 May, 2008, 04.34 AM IST