Best Buy Co Inc’s Executive Chairman Hubert Joly will be stepping down and will not stand for re-election at its annual general shareholder’s meeting on June 11. Joly, a restructuring expert and former chief executive officer of the company, had… Read More ›
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Samsung Electronics names Bahk Jae-wan as its chairman
On Friday, Samsung Electronics named Bahk Jae-wan, its former finance minister as the new chairman of its board after his predecessor was jailed for union-busting activities. Since March 2016, Bahk, 65, served as an independent director on Samsung’s board. He… Read More ›
Berkshire Hathaway Inc discloses $861 million stake in Amazon.com
Berkshire Hathaway Inc position in Amazon.com was made in a regulatory filing. Many investors monitor Berkshire’s quarterly filings for signs of which companies Buffett, Weschler and Combs see value. In a regulatory filing, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc disclosed that… Read More ›
Standard Chartered likely to face shareholder revolt over CEO pay package
Standard Chartered wants to pay its CEO 474,000 pounds in pension allowance, in addition to a fixed salary in cash as well as shares worth 2.4 million pounds. On Wednesday, in a development that marks the latest revolt over bosses… Read More ›
Bayer faces strong legal headwinds, gains shareholders backing despite AGM rebuke
It would be interesting to see Bayer’s due diligence for its acquisition of Monsanto since even before Bayer’s $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto, the latter was facing lawsuits related to its Roundup weedkiller. According to two of Bayer’s largest German… Read More ›
Activist investor Edward Bramson issues fresh letter to shareholders over joining the bank’s board
Edward Bramson is pushing the investment bank to undertake a strategic overhaul. On Monday, in a development that ratchets up the war of words between activist Edward Bramson with Barclays, Bramson made a fresh plea with Barclays’ investors to give… Read More ›
Novartis faces shareholder ire at AGM over skyrocketing drug prices
Shareholders are scheduled to vote on Novartis’s planned spin-off of its Alcon eye care unit. On Thursday, at the annual general meeting of Swiss drugmaker Novartis, shareholders came in heavily at the drugmaker for the hike in drug prices. Novartis… Read More ›
Airbus appoints new CFO and new COO
Airbus is continuing to overhaul its top management. On Wednesday, in efforts aimed at stabilizing its financial and operational pillars, Airbus named Dominik Asam as its next chief financial officer (CFO). Asam will replace Harald Wihelm, who has plans on… Read More ›
BlackRock voted against Elon Musk in Tesla’s AGM
Here is how major shareholders voted in Tesla’s Annual General Meeting when a proposal was put to a vote to split Elon Musk’s role as CEO and Chairmanship of Tesla Inc. According to BlackRock’s filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More ›
Panasonic willing to increase investment in Gigafactory
Panasonic, the sole supplier of automotive batteries for Tesla’s current production models, has stated it is willing to increase its investment beyond its current $1.6 billion. On Monday, Panasonic Corp, which is already partnering with Tesla Inc in its Gigafactory,… Read More ›