By Jimmy Patel The successive policy repo rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since 2019 to support growth has left sections of the society nervous. The rate cuts are good news for…
Activist tries to shore up support for CEO…
Monty Rakusen | Cultura | Getty ImagesCompany: Contura Energy, Inc. (CTRA)Business: Contura is large scale provider of metallurgical ("met") and thermal coal. The company has mining operations across coal basins in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West…
A ‘value-creating’ event approaches for this education stock…
Company: Pearson PLC (PSO)Business: Pearson delivers learning through providing a range of educational products and services to institutions, governments, professional bodies and individual learners. The company operates through three segments, which include North America, core…
An occasional activist battles a struggling chemical company…
The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in New York, on May 26, 2020.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesCompany: Synalloy Corp. (SYNL)Business: A chemical manufacturing company operating through…
Activist fund with a soft touch looks to…
A Sierra Wireless display at a trade show.Source: Sierra WirelessLion Point Capital, run by alumni of Elliott Associates, Perry Capital and Starboard Value, struck an agreement this month with Sierra Wireless, a struggling telecom hardware…
Activist investors are set to capitalize on the…
From 2007 through 2019, I wrote the weekly Activist Spotlight column at Barron's. I have now joined the CNBC team and will be writing the weekly update exclusively for CNBC readers. Due to the coronavirus…