BOSTON (Reuters) – Healthcare services company Mednax’s (MD.N) stock price closed up nearly 4% on Monday after its founder and chief executive and several board members were replaced, half a year after activist investor Starboard Value began pressing for chang... More »
(Reuters) – Hedge fund Starboard Value LP is close to having eight directors elected to the board of GCP Applied Technologies Inc (GCP.N) at the chemical company’s annual meeting, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. While not all votes have been... More »
(Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard Value is pressuring eBay for the second time in two years and said on Thursday that it plans to install four directors on the e-commerce company’s 14-member board. The hedge fund, which last year helped fill one board se... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investment firm Starboard Value has taken a new position in KAR Auction Services, the firm’s founder Jeffrey Smith said at a conference on Tuesday. He called the company’s valuation “compelling” at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive S... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mark Mitchell, the co-founder of Starboard Value LP who helped turn it into one of Wall Street’s most high-profile activist hedge funds, retired from the New York-based firm earlier this month, people familiar with the matter said on Frida... More »
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP moved on Thursday to overthrow the entire board of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), including Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, who has struggled to turn around the company in her nearly four years at the helm. Starboard, which has been ... More »
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which is leading an investor revolt against Yahoo Inc’s (YHOO.O) management team, is seeking to remove the entire board of the struggling Internet company, the Wall Street Journal reported. The activist investor, which o... More »
BOSTON Activist hedge fund manager Jeffrey Smith, who has publicly criticized Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer, said on Friday he sees “a lot of opportunity” in the company. Smith’s Starboard Value has threatened to run a proxy contest raising p... More »
