Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD), the one-stop commerce platform for merchants around the world to simplify, scale and create exceptional customer experiences, today announced the appointments of internationally-recognized technology entrepreneurs Nathalie Gaveau and Dale Murray to its board of directors...
Skyword, the leading content creation software and services company, today announced it has appointed Peggy Byrd, chief marketing officer of Boston Globe Media (BGM), to its Board of Directors...
In his 2022 letter to CEOs , BlackRock ( BLK ) CEO Larry Fink urged other heads of companies to prepare for and participate in the green transition as part of a broader defense of stakeholder capitalism. “I believe the decarbonizing of the global economy is going to create the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime,” Fink wrote...
Daxor Corporation (NYSE: DXR), the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, announced today that it has appointed Caleb DesRosiers, JD, MPA to its Board of Directors, effective January 18, 2022...
The Board of Directors of MVB Financial Corp. ("MVB" or "MVB Financial") (Nasdaq: MVBF) has announced the appointment of Daniel W. Holt as a Member of the Board...
HeartFlow Holding, Inc., the leader in revolutionizing precision heart care, today announced the appointment of Timothy Barabe to its Board of Directors...
Macellum Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Duskin joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss how the activist investor is following up on proposed changes at Kohl's...
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (NYSE: CTO) (the “Company” or “CTO”) today announced the appointment of Christopher J. Drew to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), such appointment to be effective January 18, 2022...
AEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIDR, $LIDR), the global leader in adaptive, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced the appointment of former Apple Inc. global marketing executive Sue Zeifman to its board of directors...
Dr. Craig Ciesla is currently the Vice President, Head of the Advanced Platforms and Devices Group at Illumina, a leading provider of DNA sequencing and array technologies...
(Reuters) - Huntsman Corp reacted to Starboard Value's decision to nominate four directors to its board on Wednesday, saying the two sides had consulted on key matters but that the activist investor is forcing it into an "unnecessary" board room fight. Chemicals maker Huntsman said investment firm Starboard did not act constructively to help decide who will serve as a director...
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) today announced that its board of directors has named Harit Talwar as an independent director, effective April 1, 2022...
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is flush with cash. The head of the world’s first company to reach a $3 trillion market cap took home a staggering $98.7 million in stock and cash in 2021. That’s a 571% increase in his compensation compared to 2020...
(Reuters) - Zendesk Inc investor Janus Henderson Investors said on Tuesday it did not see a strategic advantage to the software firm's proposed acquisition of Momentive Global Inc, joining activist investor Jana Partners in opposing the deal. Zendesk agreed in late October to buy Momentive, the parent of online survey portal SurveyMonkey, in an all-stock deal, which at the time was valued at nearly $4 billion...
MedAvail Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVL) ("MedAvail"), a technology-enabled pharmacy company, today announced that Mark Doerr, RPh, has joined the company as chief executive officer ("CEO") and director...
(Reuters) - A Texas-based fund manager is not jumping on the bandwagon of peers backing shareholder resolutions that call on companies to take stronger action on climate change. Dimensional Fund Advisors argues it would be more effective to just replace corporate directors who fail to address the issue. Austin-based Dimensional backed just a tiny fraction of the climate-related shareholder resolutions tracked by Boston-based advocacy group Ceres last year...
(Bloomberg) -- These are boom times in the fertilizer market, with record prices amid strong demand. But the world's largest producer is in disarray after losing two chief executive officers in less than a year, and investors are still waiting for an explanation for the latest departure...
Corsair Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRSR) (“Corsair”), a leading global provider and innovator of high-performance gear for gamers and content creators, today announced it has appointed Thi La and Sarah Mears Kim to its Board of Directors...
Miromatrix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: MIRO), a life sciences company pioneering a novel technology for bioengineering fully transplantable organs to help save and improve patients' lives, today announced the expansion of the board and appointment of two new board members: Lisa Wipperman Heine and William P. Burke...
(Reuters) - Activist investor Jana Partners is increasing pressure on customer service platform Zendesk to drop plans to buy Momentive Global, the parent of SurveyMonkey, arguing the deal is too expensive and that shareholders oppose it...
CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) (the Company) today announced that it has increased the size of its Board and appointed Dr. Cordell Hardy to its Board of Directors...
IES Holdings, Inc. (or “IES” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IESC) today announced the appointment of Jennifer A. Baldock to its Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2021...
(Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has failed to embrace new, climate-conscious directors and is in danger of going the way of Eastman Kodak Co. and Blockbuster Video if it sits out the transition away from fossil fuels, said CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer Christopher Ailman. Most Read from Bloomberg Hawaii Is Rethinking Tourism...
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Jana Partners said on Thursday it nominated two directors to the board of TreeHouse Foods Inc , months after it pushed for changes at the packaged food maker. The private-label food group said in November it was exploring options including a sale of the company or divestment of a unit after pressure from the activist investor. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Jana Partners nominated Chris Sliva and Wendy Beck to the board...