San Francisco-based activist-investment firm Voce Capital Management LLC is urging stockholders to vote against the three OnDeck Capital directors facing re-election — a challenge that sent OnDeck shares rising as much as 11.2 percent Friday (April 17). In a 12-page letter to investors, Voce Chief Investment Officer...
Spurred by frustration that eBay has not yet sold its online classified ads business or made changes to its board, activist investor Starboard is nominating a series of new directors to the company board, including Starboard’s head of research, Peter Feld. Starboard won the right to put one new...
Apparently it’s a bad day when Starboard Value sends you a letter. The activist investor group is well known for impatience and the dramatic demands it makes to the companies it invests in. In fact, Starboard Chairman Jeff Smith was named the “investor CEOs fear...
Yelp is preparing to fight an activist investor who is pulling for a board shake-up and a potential sale. According to CNBC, sources say that the review site has hired Evercore to help defend it against hedge fund manager SQN, which owns 4 percent of Yelp...
January 16, 2023
Investor Ryan Cohen has reportedly built a stake in Alibaba worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He has also pushed the Chinese eCommerce firm to expand its stock buyback program, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (Jan. 16). Cohen is an activist investor, the co-founder of Chewy and the person who sent video game […]
April 17, 2020
San Francisco-based activist-investment firm Voce Capital Management LLC is urging stockholders to vote against the three OnDeck Capital directors facing re-election — a challenge that sent OnDeck shares rising as much as...
March 12, 2020
Spurred by frustration that eBay has not yet sold its online classified ads business or made changes to its board, activist investor Starboard is nominating a series of new directors to the company...
February 07, 2019
Yelp is preparing to fight an activist investor who is pulling for a board shake-up and a potential sale. According to CNBC, sources say that the review site has hired Evercore...
