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Disney Shareholders Rally Behind CEO Robert Iger

Disney shareholders support CEO Robert Iger over activist investors. Iger's return boosts stock performance.

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Dimon Backs Iger In Disney Proxy Fight, Stock Up On Optimism

Disney CEO Bob Iger gained a significant boost with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's endorsement in the ongoing proxy fight against activist investor Nelson Peltz.

International Business Times

Disney’s billionaire activist investor is back as Nelson Peltz hikes both his stake and his demands

Peltz's Trian Partners reportedly has bought roughly $2.5 billion in Disney stock to back up its demands for not one but several boardroom seats.

Fortune

Activist investor takes aim at Disney management, hoping for board position

Disney CEO Bob Iger is on the defensive after Trian Partners, which holds a $900 million stake in the company, published a report critical of his management and asked shareholders for a boardroom seat. The entertainment giant has seen its share price fall close to 40 percent in the past…

France 24

Watch Out! This Activist Investor May Put Pressure On These 3 High-Yielding Stocks

Trian Partners was founded in 2005 by activist investor Nelson Peltz, who has a history of buying up shares, securing board seats and orchestrating M&A deals.

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Unilever sells local Ben & Jerry’s business to Israeli firm

Deal means that the ice cream will be sold in settlements in occupied Palestinian land, despite the brand’s opposition.

Al Jazeera

Why Wendy’s is the source of unrest among US farm workers

Fast food chain under pressure to join the Fair Food Program as several cases of what has been called modern day slavery on farms show the need for corporations to end these abuses

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