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  • Third Point Said to Urge Sony for Entertainment IPO

    Billionaire Daniel Loeb’s bid to break up Sony Corp. will need to overcome a history of failed efforts by activist investors in Japan.

  • Loeb Takes Activism Abroad With Sony Stake in Japan Wager

    Dan Loeb, the hedge-fund manager who successfully pushed for an executive shakeup at Yahoo! Inc., is taking his activism overseas for the first time with a $1.1 billion stake in Sony Corp., seeking change in a country where few U.S. investors have succeeded with that approach.

  • Shazam Hires Ex-Yahoo Executive Riley as CEO

    Shazam Entertainment Ltd., maker of a song-identification application, said Rich Riley joined the company as chief executive officer, replacing Andrew Fisher, who is becoming executive chairman.

  • Third Point Plans Greek-Focused Hedge Fund on Recovery Bet

    Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC is starting a hedge fund focused on buying Greek assets after a wager that European officials would rescue the indebted nation from financial collapse helped drive gains last year for his $11.7 billion investment firm.

  • Dollar CEO Seen Making $82 Million Scoring 141-Fold Gain

    Six weeks in as chief executive officer of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., Scott Thompson was facing a roomful of bankers who had loaned the rental-car company $2.5 billion and were having second thoughts.

  • Icahn Foe Rachesky Joins Mentor Attack on Navistar

    When hedge-fund investor Mark Rachesky faced off against Carl Icahn in a battle for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., he knew his adversary well.

  • Yahoo Board Said to Meet Over CEO Record Amid Firing Call

    Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson, hired from EBay Inc. in January to turn around the struggling Web portal, is stepping down after his academic credentials were misrepresented, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

  • Yahoo Hires Scott Thompson Chief 4 Months After Firing Bartz

    Yahoo! Inc. hired Scott Thompson as chief executive officer, asking the former president of EBay Inc.’s PayPal unit to complete a strategic review and reverse a growth slump that led to the September ouster of Carol Bartz.

  • Yahoo Hires Scott Thompson Chief 4 Months After Firing Bartz

    Yahoo! Inc. hired Scott Thompson as chief executive officer, asking the former president of EBay Inc.’s PayPal unit to complete a strategic review and reverse a growth slump that led to the September ouster of Carol Bartz.

  • Yahoo CEO Departs Amid Inquiry; Loeb Wins Board Shake-Up

    Yahoo! Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson stepped down after failing to correct errors in his credentials and the company is revamping its board, handing a victory to activist investor Daniel Loeb, who pushed for the overhaul and said the Web portal is mismanaged.

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