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Activist investor Carl Icahn owns a 9.4-percent stake in AmTrust Financial Services Inc (NASDAQ: AFSI) and is continuing his activist campaign against the casualty insurance company. What Happened Icahn, one of AmTrust Financial's biggest shareholders, argued in an open letter to the company...

An activist investor campaign that's targeting margin expansion at Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) led KeyBanc Capital Markets to drop its bearish stance on the cloud services company.  The Analyst KeyBanc's Brandon Nispel upgraded Akamai...

Shares of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) have gained nearly 40 percent over the past year, but Jefferies sees room for upside ahead.  The Analyst Jefferies' Daniel Binder upgraded Lowe's' stock rating from Hold to Buy with a price target boosted from $81 to $129. The...

The bull versus bear debate surrounding Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) has been settled after activist investor Elliott Management disclosed a 6.5-percent stake in the company, according to Credit Suisse.  The Analyst Credit Suisse's Brad Zelnick upgraded Akamai's stock...

Nelson Peltz initially lost a proxy campaign against Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG), but a recount found he may have actually won by a slim margin. What You Need To Know Procter & Gamble's shareholders voted in October not to nominate Peltz to the company's board after a hotly...

Bill Ackman's proxy battle against Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) didn't end well for the activist investor. In fact, in the company's CEO Carlos Rodriguez's own words, shareholders delivered an "ass-whipping" decision to renominate all 10 directors while Ackman...

Many investors aren't familiar with the term "snake pit," but for Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) investors, this term will likely be mentioned often moving forward. A snake pit is used by participants in a proxy-fight battle to describe the process of investigating contested votes, CNBC...

Shares of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) moved lower by more than 1 percent on heavy volume late Tuesday morning after preliminary results from a board election were released. Investors decided Tuesday not to appoint activist investor Nelson Peltz, whose fund owns a $3.5 billion stake to the...

Activist investor Nelson Peltz's campaign against Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) will soon be decided by shareholders. Peltz made the case as to why he deserves a seat at P&G's board and the company responded with an opinion that the billionaire investor has nothing new or unique to bring...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's activist campaign against Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) has been well publicized and at times not so friendly. As Ackman continues to make the case for why he should be given representation on the board he issued another open question to the management...