Brooke Sutherland

Billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz thinks Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG)'s current business strategy is flawed, and he has the answers. But the company's management team disagrees and thinks that Peltz's massive 92-page white paper brings no new or credible ideas to the table. But P...

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) agreed to sell itself to the private equity giant Sycamore Partners for $10.25 per share in a transaction that values the retailer shy of $7 billion. Staples' stock has been trading in the discount bin relative to the $17 per share it traded at in 2015 before its...

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) proposed in early September to acquire two suppliers of additive manufacturing equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group for $1.4 billion. Elliott Management, an activist investor and SLM Solutions shareholder initially opposed the deal, arguing the proposed...

The list of industrial companies that shocked and disappointed the Street is quite notable. Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) provided a downbeat forecast in early October, Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) similarly guided its earnings to fall short of estimates. General Electric Company (NYSE: GE...