How Activist Investors Changed the World’s Top-Performing Sharemarket

How activist investors changed the world’s top-performing sharemarket

South Korea’s is home to some of the world’s greatest companies. But its sharemarket was a paradoxical aberration – until activists kicked up a fuss.

Tripadvisor to Merge 2 Businesses as Activist Investors Urge Sale

The Tripadvisor Group reportedly plans to merge two of its three businesses, Tripadvisor and Viator, amid activist investors’ pressure to consider selling either the entire company or its other division, TheFork. The business combination will lead to “substantial” layoffs among its engineering staff, Seeking Alpha reported Tuesday (Nov. 4), citing a paywalled article by travel news publication Skift. Reached by PYMNTS, a Tripadvisor sp…

Tripadvisor and Viator to Merge Operations, Layoffs Imminent: Scoop

Skift Take: Tripadvisor is feeling the heat from activist investor Starboard Value. The merging of Brand Tripadvisor and Viator's operations should enable Tripadvisor to wrangle some cost efficiencies.Read the Complete Story On Skift