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Activist investor may trim fat at Oreo maker

by Annie Baxter
Aug 6, 2015
Bill Ackman's hedge fund has bought a $5.5 billion stake in food giant Mondelez.
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The activists are coming!

by Paddy Hirsch
Apr 21, 2015
Spring is shareholder meeting season — and primetime for activist investors.
A photo from  February 2006, where activist investor Carl Icahn, right, was pictured with former Viacom and Universal Studios CEO Frank Biondi, left. At the time, Icahn sought to overthrow Time Warner's board, break up the media conglomerate into four companies, and have Biondi take over as Time Warner chief executive.
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