Nelson Peltz
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Draining the swamp? Trump in spree of clemency for rich white men
- US
- February 19, 2020
US president Donald Trump, citing what he said was advice from friends and business associates, granted clemency on Tuesday to a who’s who of white-co(...)

Procter & Gamble sales disappoint after prices get shave
- Retail & Services
- July 31, 2018, 20:39
Procter & Gamble’s fiscal fourth-quarter sales fell below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, hurt by lower pricing and weak demand at its units tha(...)

Martin Sorrell: his downfall as king of WPP
- Media & Marketing
- June 11, 2018, 18:23
Martin Sorrell’s driver had worked for the WPP chief executive for 15 years, ferrying the ad land king around London in a Range Rover. Last autumn his(...)

‘Things aren’t that bad’ - Procter and Gamble tells Nelson Peltz
- Manufacturing
- January 23, 2018, 14:07
Procter and Gamble delivered a message to activist investor and freshly minted board member Nelson Peltz: Things aren’t that bad. The company report(...)

Big Food bids goodbye to heavy hitter Irene Rosenfeld
- Manufacturing
- November 17, 2017, 11:53
Irene Rosenfeld, the chief executive of the snack food maker Mondelez International, wandered through an ocean of processed foods one day recently, a(...)

Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble reports tepid sales
- Manufacturing
- October 20, 2017, 14:48
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, which recently declared victory against hedge-fund manager Nelson Peltz’s attempt to muscle his way onto th(...)

European markets braced for possible Catalan independence
- Markets
- October 10, 2017, 18:47
uropean bourses ended the day slightly lower on Tuesday as investors braced themselves ahead of a possible unilateral declaration of independence at t(...)

Activist investor loses bid for board seat at Procter and Gamble
- Health & Pharma
- October 10, 2017, 16:38
Procter and Gamble declared victory in a bid to keep billionaire investor Nelson Peltz off its board, even as the activist’s hedge fund said the vote (...)

General Electric names activist hedge fund executive to its board
- Manufacturing
- October 9, 2017, 19:51
US industrial conglomerate General Electric, which major shareholder Trian Fund Management has been pressuring to conduct a more thorough restructurin(...)

Cadbury’s owner Mondelez names new CEO
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 2, 2017, 18:23
Cadbury’s owner Mondelez International has appointed Dirk Van de Put, the chief executive of Canadian frozen foods maker McCain Foods, to take over th(...)