How to Learn From Mistakes in Business

How to Learn From Mistakes in Business

We can all make mistakes and professional faux pas, big and small, in our day-to-day activities. And as much as we hear “you can learn from your mistakes” in everyday life, we don’t necessarily feel great when we do make them, much less see them as a learning...
Daniel Loeb to Engage in Proxy War with Dow Chemical

Daniel Loeb to Engage in Proxy War with Dow Chemical

After investor Daniel Loeb left talks with Dow Chemical, the Third Point founder and CEO announced plans to solicit shareholder votes. This event is known as a proxy battle, which is by definition an event that occurs when a corporation’s stockholders develop...
Hedge Fund Activists Set Sights on TransCanada

Hedge Fund Activists Set Sights on TransCanada

TransCanada Corp., the Canadian pipeline giant, could be the next target for activist hedge funds such as Third Point, led by Daniel Loeb. Based in Calgary, TransCanada is best known as a proponent of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Alberta...
Is Dow the New Sotheby’s?

Is Dow the New Sotheby’s?

Dow Chemical, in the face of several large projects within the next few years, is projected to double its company earnings by 2018. Currently, the chemical company is settled at an earning rate of $3 a share, with insiders predicting an increase to $6 a share by 2018....
Activist Investors Target American Tech Industry

Activist Investors Target American Tech Industry

It’s hard to believe that America’s massive tech industry could be considered anything but booming, but expert business analysts are now describing the industry in a surprising way. Where less than a decade ago American tech companies were on the rise, today many of...