Jana Partners

With the intention of pressuring a potential sale and hastening the company’s turnaround, activist investor Jana Partners LLC seized an 8.3-percent stake in Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) Monday and prompted a subsequent 10.5-percent spike in stock value. Jana Partners, whose members...

Time Inc (NYSE: TIME), which was spun off from Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) in mid-2014, could be another casualty of an industry-wide malaise that has rendered print media on the brink of extinction. As print advertising revenues suffered, the company was striving to make a mark in the digital...

Major activist hedge funds have formed a lobbying group called Council for Investor Rights and Corporate Accountability (CIRCA) to promote shareholder activism across the country. The announcement comes as presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been voicing against activist...

There was a time when many income investors scurried into master limited partnerships (MLPs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds searching for yield amid low U.S. interest rates. Part of their motivation was the belief that because most MLPs are not involved in the exploration and...

Coming off of Thursday's all-time high on the NASDAQ, Friday had notable movers: Winners AirMedia Group Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ: AMCN) soared nearly 44 percent as it received a “Go Private” proposal of $6/ADS. Shares were halted in the pre-market session and resumed trading nearly 34...

If there's one investing strategy among hedge funds that has received the most amount of limelight, it has to be activism. This popularity has to do with the fact that in the last few years while other hedge funds struggled to perform, activist investors have reeled in massive wins. One of...

Jana Partners is pressuring QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) to spin off its chip production division and allow the patent licensing business to fly solo. Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and author of The TechStrat Report, is among those who are against the idea. "I think that...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NYSE: WAG) is up almost 20 percent since last September when the company announced that it was giving activist hedge fund Jana Partners seats on its board. Barry Rosenstein, founder of Jana Partners, was on CNBC recently to discuss how things are improving at...

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that hedge fund Jana Partners LLC, in its quarterly letter to its investors, disclosed that it is asking QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) to spin off its chip unit from its patent-licensing business. The hedge fund also wants Qualcomm to cut costs and...

Activist investor Jana Partners would like to see QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) break off its chip unit from its larger patent-licensing business, according to a letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal. This could be a welcome idea as Qualcomm itself had previously floated the idea of a...