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Viacom Shares Higher Amid Dealbook Report Of Activist Interest
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 1:13pm | 245Read More...Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) shares were trading higher by 6.47 percent to $42.41 in Tuesday's mid-morning session, following SpringOwl Asset Management's push toward digital, offerings to replace Chairman Sumner Redstone and change its board. As The New York Times reported, The company...
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Hedge Fund Manager: Disney's CEO Needs To 'Talk Straight'
Monday, December 28, 2015 - 2:54pm | 252Read More...Eric Jackson is the managing director of SpringOwl and penned an article on The Street's Real Money on why Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s CEO Bob Iger needs to "talk straight." Jackson noted that Iger was recently a guest on Bloomberg TV and discussed an unnamed analyst's (...
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Hedge Fund Manager: Yahoo Partying Like 1999, But Core Business In 'Stomach-Churning Nose Dive'
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 12:08pm | 235Read More...Eric Jackson is the managing director of SpringOwl Asset Management, a hedge fund that holds a stake in Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Jackson recently released a 99 page presentation outlining his plan to cut Yahoo's workforce by 75 percent and replace its CEO Marissa Mayer with a more operations-...
