• Hedge-fund billionaire Dan Loeb's Third Point Capital disclosed a stake in American Express, according to a report.
• Loeb believes American Express will trade above $135 over the next 18 months — 25% above where shares were trading on Friday.
• Years of lagging performance galvanized the American Express franchise and "forced necessary investments," Loeb said...

Nov. 2, 2018 /CNW/ - BMO Financial Group today announced the appointment of the Honourable Brian Tobin, P.C., O.C. to the expanded role of Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group effective November 1, 2018 . Formerly Vice-Chair of BMO Capital Markets, Mr. Tobin will now report to Darryl White , Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group...

Small is also the founder of the former Renaissance Housing Corp., one of Washington, D.C.’s most highly recognized luxury home builder and high-rise tower developer. He is a board member of Tulane University, director of Griffin Land & Nurseries, active in Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and Urban Land Institute, as well as a recognized philanthropist. Small and his wife, Tina, were recently awarded the Benjamin Ourisman Memorial Award for Civic Achievement...

• Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves took time out of his company's third-quarter earnings call to attack a Goldman Sachs analyst and short sellers.
• It's not the first time Goncalves had a contentious moment with an analyst on an earnings call...

• Third Point Management, the hedge fund owned by the billionaire Dan Loeb, on Thursday laid out its plan to turn around Campbell Soup.
• The soup maker has suffered through years of declining soup sales.
• Third Point says the company's entire board should be replaced.

Campbell Soup is rallying Thursday, up almost 2%, after Third Point, the hedge fund owned by the billionaire Dan Loeb, called on shareholders to replace the company's board of directors...

MONTREAL, Oct. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Theratechnologies Inc. (Theratechnologies) (TSX: TH) today announced the appointment of Mr. Gary Littlejohn as a new independent member to its Board of Directors. “Gary brings a diversified background and expertise and he will bring additional strength to the Board at a time when the Company is growing,” said Mrs...

• Broadcom and CA shares slid Wednesday after Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for a federal national security review of their merger.
• Shares trimmed their losses after Broadcom said there was a "fraudulent memo" circulating around Congress that called for a CIFUS review of their merger.
• Broadcom announced an $18.9 billion deal to acquire CA in July...

• Bill Ackman, the billionaire founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, disclosed a stake in Starbucks on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
• Starbucks shares jumped by as much as 5% following the news.
• In August, Ackman said he had bought shares of an undisclosed company worth $800 million.
• Watch Starbucks trade in real time here.

Starbucks shares jumped by as much as 5% Tuesday on news that the hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman had bought a stake in the coffee retailer...

Constellation Brands' CEO Rob Sands is "extremely bullish" about the burgeoning cannabis industry . He defended the company's $4 billion purchase of a 38% stake in Canopy Growth on a call with investors on Thursday. "We're not playing defense, we're playing offense," Sands said. The beverage giant behind Corona and Modelo is bullish about the future of the legal cannabis industry...

• Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission agreed with the companies board of directors to be more constrained in his use of Twitter.
• On Friday, however, Musk was back to complaining about investors who bet against Tesla shares, saying they diminish the stock's true returns.
• "When CEOs criticize short selling, its usually because they're looking to deflect blame for their own failing," one prominent short seller told Business Insider...

• Telsa board members have proposed 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch succeed Elon Musk as chairman.
• Murdoch previously came under fire, ahead of his re-election to the board in May, due to a lack of relevant experience...

• AutoNation Chief Executive Mike Jackson will step down after nearly two decades at the dealership.
• He will stay on as executive chairman as the board looks for a successor.
• Watch AutoNation trade in real time here.

After leading the US's largest dealership chain for nearly two decades, AutoNation Chief Executive Mike Jackson will step down from the role next year. Jackson will transition from his current role to executive chairman in 2019...

• Netflix appointed Mathias Döpfner to join its board of directors.
• Döpfner is chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE, a leading European digital-publishing house based in Berlin, Germany, and Business Insider's parent company.
• Döpfner helped grow Axel Springer SE's digital revenues, which now account for 80% of the company’s operating income, from €117 million to €2.5 billion.

Netflix appointed a leader in digital publishing to join its board of directors...

• Amazon is the second US company to reach a $1 trillion valuation, after Apple hit the milestone earlier this month.
• The stock gained 2% to hit the magic number of $2,050.27 per share on Tuesday.
• Follow Amazon's stock price in real time here.

It’s official: Amazon is the second American company to achieve a valuation of more than $1 trillion...

• The US Securities and Exchange Commission is mulling options to let retail investors in on private-company fundraising, the agency's chief told the Wall Street Journal.
• Main Street investors are largely excluded from private fundraising for companies like SpaceX, Uber, and Airbnb because of regulations...

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a blog post Monday that he left a meeting on July 31 with "no question that a deal with the Saudi sovereign fund could be closed."
• The blog post offers new details into Tesla's plan to go private at $420 per share, which the billionaire announced last week, saying funding had been secured.
• Shares initially surged to an all-time high, before wiping out all their gains as lawyers said the tweet may have broken securities laws and reports of the SEC investigating...

Berkshire Hathaway over the weekend reported a jump in quarterly profits and a $111.1 billion cash pile.

• Shares are up about 4% since the beginning of 2018.
• Follow Berkshire's stock price in real-time here.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway — the conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett — were up more than 2% in early trading Monday after the company reported a jump in quarterly profits and a $111.1 billion cash pile over the weekend...

• HMNY, which owns 92% of MoviePass, doubled down on the company's bet against traditional theaters on Monday.
• "Make no bones about it, it is a full blown war going on," CEO Ted Farnsworth told shareholders at a special meeting.
• Investors approved two proposals at the meeting that could help the company avoid being booted from the Nasdaq stock exchange...

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- German American Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GABC) today announced that Zachary W. Bawel has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2018...

• Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital has reportedly amassed a $1 billion stake in Lowe's.
• News of the investment comes one day after Lowe's tapped Home Depot veteran Marvin Ellison to lead the chain.
• Lowe's reported first quarter earnings on Wednesday that missed Wall Street expectations for profit, revenue, and comparable sales.
• Follow Lowe's stock price in real-time here.

Add billionaire investor Bill Ackman to those who welcome the hiring of Lowe's new CEO...

• JC Penney chief executive Marvin Ellison will be the new CEO of Lowe's.
• Shares of the embattled chain sank as much as 8%.
• Follow JCP stock in real-time here.

Shares of JC Penney fell as much as 8% in early trading Tuesday after it was announced that CEO and chairman Marvin Ellison resigned and is headed to Lowe’s home improvement chain...

• Steve Jurvetson, a member of Tesla's board since 2009, has been on a leave of absence for six months.
• Proxy firm Glass Lewis is advising shareholders to boot him from his position due to the absence.
• There is also pressure from investors to remove the board's director, as well as CEO Elon Musk's brother.
• Follow Tesla's stock price in real-time here.

Board seats are set to be a hot topic of discussion when Tesla shareholders vote at the company’s annual meeting next month...

• Tesla should remove Kimball Musk, James Murdoch, and Antonio Gracias from its board, an activist investor group said Wednesday.
• CtW Investment Group said the company's "continuing success looks more tenuous than ever."
• Follow Tesla's stock price in real-time here.

A group of activist investors wants to radically shake up Tesla's board of directors...

• Elliott Management has made a $160-per-share cash offer for AthenaHealth, the hedge fund confirmed Monday.
• Shares of Athena spiked more than 25% on the news.
• Follow the stock in real-time here.

Shares of AthenaHealth spiked nearly 25% Monday morning after Paul Singer's Elliott Management hedge fund made a cash offer of $160 per share — worth $6.9 billion — for the embattled healthcare IT company...