Corporate Governance

Is This Reverse Stock Split the Kiss of Death for Blue Apron?

Posted: June 14, 2019 at 9:45 am

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. (NYSE: APRN) shares have been absolutely crushed since the company came public in the summer of 2017. It seems that the company has tried everything to ...
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US CEO Departures Hit Highest Year-to-Date Total Ever

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 1:49 pm

The number of U.S. CEOs who lost or left their jobs in May rose by 17% compared to the April total. Last month, 114 CEOs left their jobs, compared to ...
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Blue Apron Adds Another Executive to the Sinking Ship

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 10:35 am

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. (NYSE: APRN) shares have been absolutely devastated since the company came public in the summer of 2017. It seems that the company has tried everything to ...
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Why Tilray Shares Are Lighting Up

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 11:10 am

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) shares jumped on Monday after the firm announced that it had signed a letter of intent with its largest stockholder, Privateer Holdings, for a transaction that ...
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Kraft Heinz Investors Now Must Trust That Things Are Normalizing and Restatements Are Not That Material

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 10:15 am

Kraft Heinz Co. (NASDAQ: KHC) has had a hard time finding friends as its share price continued to erode. On top of no real growth and changing consumer preferences on ...
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Uber’s Management Departures Likely to Rattle Investor Nerves

Posted: June 9, 2019 at 10:02 am

Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) is no stranger to controversy. After taking lead in the ride-hailing business, Uber has finally come public. The analysts gave Uber solid ratings for the ...
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America’s Largest Mutual Fund Attacks Boeing Management (correction)

Posted: June 8, 2019 at 8:45 am

Vanguard is the largest mutual fund company in America. It has $5.6 trillion under management. It also happens to be the largest shareholder of Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), which is ...
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Is FedEx Actually in Trouble With China?

Posted: June 4, 2019 at 9:55 am

A recent analyst report suggested that FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) could be hurt by the trade war with China. While shares of the package delivery firm saw a bump early ...
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Outsiders Could Throw Out Boeing’s Board and CEO

Posted: May 31, 2019 at 8:38 am

The chief executive officer of Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Dennis Muilenburg, says his company "fell short" on safety measures for its 737 Max. Two crashes of the Boeing plane killed ...
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Exxon Mobil Annual Meeting Shoots Down 7 Shareholder Proposals

Posted: May 29, 2019 at 3:21 pm

This is pretty much how all companies would like shareholder votes to turn out. At the annual general meeting Wednesday, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) approved two of nine shareholder ...
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Bed Bath & Beyond Succumbs to Activists

Posted: May 29, 2019 at 12:50 pm

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) is in the midst of transformational changes to the organization. Now, the retailer is making some big changes at the top — in ...
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Is Amazon Looking to Get Back Into NYC?

Posted: May 28, 2019 at 10:05 am

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reportedly is on the hunt for office space in New York City, despite deciding against building a headquarters in Queens. According to the New York Post, ...
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Another American Newspaper Lays Off 100% of Its Staff

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 7:30 am

Less than a month after the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune laid off all 161 members of its staff, another paper has done the same. The Reading Eagle, which was just ...
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Facebook Cleans House: Over 3 Billion Fake Accounts Gone

Posted: May 23, 2019 at 1:45 pm

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has announced that it removed over 3 billion fake accounts from its platform between October 2018 and March 2019. What’s even more is that this number ...
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Why Ford Is Cutting 10% of Its Workforce

Posted: May 20, 2019 at 10:10 am

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has announced that it will cut about 7,000 jobs by the end of August as part of its larger restructuring. This amounts to about 10% ...
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