divestiture

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While a divestiture could hurt earnings initially, it would allow management to focus on its faster-growing businesses, which could drive up Yum’s stock valuation.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Ostrover started selling his Commanders stake before the selloff in Blue Owl shares and the divestiture is unconnected to the margin loans, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

GlobalFoundries was formed through the divestiture of Advanced Micro Devices manufacturing arm in 2009.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

It would have “dominant” market shares in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, “triggering major antitrust, divestiture, alliance, execution and valuation risks,” Fitzgerald said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

So near is exile to home, misery to divine commiseration--so near are pain and death, desolation and divestiture, to "a new creature," and to the kinship involved in all creation and re-creation.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert