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Why Retailers Must Navigate Muddy Waters Of ESG Requirements
Saturday, April 23, 2022 - 9:06pm | 869By Rashida Salahuddin The need for more corporate responsibility has evolved for today’s corporations and the next generation of business leaders in the form of environmental, social and governance (ESG). Investors, activists, and regulators are now requiring proactive, community-...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX, NASA Now Target April-End To Send Crew-4 Astronauts To Space
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 1:52am | 400U.S. space agency NASA said on Tuesday it is now targeting the last week of April to send the Crew-4 astronauts to the International Space Station via Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What Happened: The space companies are...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Set To Launch First All-Private ISS Mission With Axiom Space On Friday
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 4:46am | 452Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX has said it is now targeting to launch its first all-private mission to the International Space Station on Friday, following a two-day delay. What Happened: Axiom Space Inc’s Ax-1 launch will take...
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Russia Ukraine Conflict Not Having Impact On NASA's Relationship With Russia, Yet
Sunday, February 27, 2022 - 5:28pm | 657The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has led to U.S. sanctions on Russia and increased turmoil between the two countries. While some companies are speaking out about their products and services in Russia, one partnership between the U.S. and Russia remains in place, and it’s out of this world....
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Redwire Space Shares Pop On Blue Origin Partnership: What Investors Should Know
Monday, October 25, 2021 - 2:26pm | 391A space company that completed a SPAC merger to go public in September has shares moving higher on a partnership with Blue Origin. What Happened: Orbital Reef, a future commercial space station from Blue Origin, could begin operations in the second half of this decade, according to The Verge. Blue...
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Serious About Seeing The Solar Eclipse? There's An App For That
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 1:55pm | 784You don’t need a shoebox with a pinhole to view the solar eclipse in a half-baked sort of way. You can see the real deal. As Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would say (they actually trademarked this phrase), there’s an app for that. Wander over to the American Astronomical Society website for...
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Is That A Zucchini In Your Rocket? 7 Samples Of Space Station Science
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:36pm | 995Mouse sperm that works even after it’s been freeze-dried in space. Two-headed worms that grow back two heads after they’ve been beheaded. Crumbless bread as an interstellar edible. Fish subjected to water weightlessness just because. The International Space Station is up in the sky,...
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The Street Isn't Convinced B-Dubs' Proxy Battle With Marcato Will End In A Win-Win
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 11:56am | 418Deutsche Bank analyst Brett Levy reiterated a Buy rating on Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) with a price target of $180. The analyst elaborated on the long, ongoing proxy war between the company and activist investor Marcato Capital Management. On Wednesday, Institutional Shareholder Services...
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Is AMC Even More Likely To Walk Away From Carmike Now?
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 12:58pm | 317B. Riley reported Thursday the postponement of shareholders' vote (on proposed $30 per share acquisition) until 7/15 by Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC) increases the risks of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) walking away. According to the analysts, this was not a surprise,...
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Carmike Cinemas Adjourns Vote On Its Sale To AMC
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 11:03am | 408Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC) postponed a shareholder vote on its proposed $1.1 billion sale to AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC), a deal that would combine two of the largest U.S. theater chains. In a press release, Carmike said it intends to reconvene the special meeting on July...
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6 Catalysts To Watch For Ahead Of Yahoo's Proxy Holder Vote
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 8:42am | 283Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has time until late July to hold its annual meeting, which will determine who has the right to vote in the proxy contest with Starboard. If it fails to do so, shareholders would have the right to file a lawsuit to compel the company to hold its annual meeting within...
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Chinese Buyouts Of U.S. Listed Chinese Firms Are Increasing: Digging Into The Data
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 11:23am | 826Over the last decade, Chinese buyouts of U.S.- and Canada-listed Chinese firms has been on a steady incline. Source: ISS Special Situations Research "This trend took off in 2011, after extensive fraud was uncovered at several prominent US- or Canadian-listed firms with Chinese...
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ISS Endorses Western Digital-SanDisk Merger: What It Means For Shareholders
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 1:35pm | 280Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended shareholders of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC) to approve the proposed acquisition of SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK). UBS analyst John Roy analyzed what it could mean for the shareholders...
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Independent Proxy Advisory Firm Recommends Plum Creek Shareholders Approve A Pending Merger With Weyerhaeuser Company
Monday, January 25, 2016 - 9:55am | 209Weyerhauser Co (NYSE: WY), a real estate investment trust company that is an owner of timberlands, entered into an agreement to acquire Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE: PCL), a peer timberland owner, back in November of last year. On Friday, Plum Creek Timber announced that Institutional...
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ISS Says Puma Biotechnology Is In A 'Critical Stage' Of Turnaround Plan, Urges Investors To Vote Against Proposal By Fred Eshelman
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 11:45am | 217Dr. Fred Eshelman is the founder of Eshelman Ventures, an investment firm that focuses on healthcare companies. The investment firm owns approximately 1 percent of Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE: PBYI)'s outstanding shares and solicited the company to increase the size of its Board of Directors...