activist
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He also said that investors had been asking whether activist investor Elliott Investment Management, which owns 2% of PepsiCo shares, might take a more aggressive stance with the company.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, was among those in the public gallery.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“She started vomiting and became dizzy,” the local activist wrote of Lopez in the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The activist investor on Tuesday called on the company’s board of directors to immediately hire an investment bank to explore a sale, citing its disappointment with Six Flags’ second-quarter earnings, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ellsberg called his friend Howard Zinn, a Boston University professor and antiwar activist.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Tran's wife, Chloe Dang, told Australian media he had been meeting pro-democracy activists in Cambodia and had no intention of travelling to Vietnam.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The amiable campaigners AFP accompanied on a recent sign-posting spree on Washington's uptown Georgia Avenue, did not match the profile of angry activists.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Unions and other activists had pressed for more commitments from the Olympic organizers at the time of the 2021 contract signing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
She makes herself sick with guilt over her choices, reaching out to activists and her daughter’s former educators to help her make sense of the problem and her response to it.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Finally, in late March, black ministers from the group not only gave their blessing to the action but joined students and other activists on the picket lines.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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