Elliot Management

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares climbed Thursday as Wall Street digested news of activist firm Elliot Management's $1 billion stake in the athleisure clothing retailer.  LULU stock is climbing. See the chart and price action here.  For months, Lululemon stock was left for...

Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has acquired a substantial stake in Barrick Mining Corp. (NYSE:B), positioning itself among the company’s top 10 investors with a holding valued at a minimum of $700 million.  Barrick stock is climbing. See the price action here.  Elliott’s...

Global Payments, Inc. (NYSE:GPN) are trading higher in Tuesday's extended sessions after the Financial Times reported that activist hedge fund Elliott Management acquired a significant position in the company.  The Details: Elliot's demands and size of the fund's stake could not be determined,...

BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) shares are trading higher Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that activist investment fund Elliot Management had taken a stake in the London-based oil company. BP is also set to report its fourth-quarter results ahead of Tuesday's opening bell. Here's a look at what...

Hedge fund Elliott Management dumped almost all of its position in Softbank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) earlier this year during the meltdown, the Financial Times reports. Elliott lost conviction in the founder Masayoshi Son and his ability to close the considerable gap between the...

Elliott Management has finally made its intentions around GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) known and calls for changes to rescue GSK from what it called "years of under-management." In an open letter to GSK Chairman Jonathan Symonds, the investment firm wants a...

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) will not heighten board oversight of its Vision Fund despite the demands of the activist investor Elliot Management.  What Happened The $100 billion Vision Fund is in the crosshairs of Elliot Management, which wants the Japanese group to create a...

This weekend's Barron's examines how the world's largest retailer is getting its growth back on track. Other featured articles discuss an upscale furnishings retailer with pricey shares and a Chinese telecom leader with a lot of cash. An IT leader and an online dating websites operator are also...

Love them or hate them, activist investors have been making their presence known over the past five years, and it looks like 2015 will be no exception. This week, Trian Fund Management LP, led by activist investor Nelson Peltz, squared up for a standoff with E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:...

U.S. stocks were little changed as economic data came in mixed. The Commerce Department reported that new home sales fell in the month June, while initial jobless claims came in better than expected. Investors and traders cheered positive quarterly results from Facebook and Ford, while news...

U.S. stocks were lower as leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Canada have all made their respective countries position clear that Russia will face further sanctions if air investigators are not given full access to the crash site in Ukraine. Israel continued its ground offensive in the...