New Crop of Activist Investors is on the Hunt

A Lazard review of activist campaigns for 2016 show that first time insurgent campaigns represented about a quarter of all activism for the year – a new record. Last month startup fund Gilead Capital settled a brewing director-election proxy fight with Landauer to add one dissident director to the therapeutics and analytical services company’s board.

Meet the New Wave of Insurgents

A Lazard review of activist campaigns for 2016 show that first-time insurgent campaigns represented about a quarter of all activism for the year – a record. Last month, startup fund Gilead Capital settled a brewing director-election proxy fight with Landauer to add one dissident director to the therapeutics and analytical services company’s board.

The Latest: Official: 3 reports of dirty water before ban

A top Corpus Christi official says there were three reports of dirty water before the public was told this week of a chemical leak into the water system. Assistant City Manager Mark Van Vleck said Saturday that the city first received a “dirty water report” Dec. 1 from the Valero-owned administration building at the asphalt plant leased to Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions.