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		<title><![CDATA[Is Starbucks Management too Good for Norman Peltz?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/food/1000155/is-starbucks-management-too-good-for-norman-peltz/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps counterintuitively, Nelson Peltz's decision to sell his stake in Starbucks could be seen as a vote of confidence in the struggling coffee chain's management.     Investors seem to think so â€" they've sent Starbucks' shares way up as of midday Thursday.     Peltz,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:42:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Three SEC Chairmen and Activist Investor CalPERS Among Directorship Honorees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_5/ai_n27466857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro, selected as the most influential player in the first corporate governance ranking by Directorship magazine will address the 8th annual Directorship Institute on December 11 in New York. Buenrostro will speak at a dinner that opens a two-conference conference and honors recipients named to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IHOP Corp. serves up $2.1b buyout offer for Applebee's: turnaround plans include activist investor Breeden's suggestions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_29_41/ai_n19393104]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GLENDALE, CALIF. -- If IHOP Corp. completes its pending $2.1 billion acquisition of Applebee's International Inc., it could create a company that boasts systemwide sales of $6.8 billion and, in time, two successful turnaround stories under one umbrella.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Activist investors target Vodafone.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5986/is_200706/ai_n24177615]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Efficient Capital Structures wants Vodafone to return 73p per share  to investors by gearing up and capping acquisition sizes Tim Bradshaw    Efficient Capital Structures wants Vodafone to return 73p per share  to investors by gearing up and capping acquisition sizes Tim Bradshaw  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Icahn gains ground in fight with Moto; Shareholders lining up for activist investor; big shake-up predicted.(News)(investor Carl Icahn and Motorola Inc. )]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER    Carl Icahn is gaining support from Motorola Inc. shareholders,  increasing the likelihood the activist investor will land a seat on the  company's board next week.    Despite CEO Edward Zander's recent lobbying of large  in  Byline: STEVEN...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Activist investor buys Tribune stake.(Nelson Peltz investing in Tribune Co. (Chicago, Illinois))(Brief article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200608/ai_n20200711]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nelson Peltz, the billionaire investor agitating for change at the  top of H. J. Heinz, has amassed a significant stake in Chicago media  giant Tribune. Mr. Peltz's investment fund bought about 2.83  million shares in the quarter ended June 30, about 1%  Nelson Peltz, the billionaire...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Activist investor group becomes No. 1 institutional holder of]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189/is_20060127/ai_n16038914]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An investment advisor whose activist tactics caused a seismic shift at newspaper publisher Knight Ridder Inc. has become the No. 1 institutional holder of software maker CA Inc. with a stock position worth about $2.4 billion.The 86.5 million shares controlled by Private Capital Management, as of Sept. 30, make it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citigroup shrugs off activist investors.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Anuj Gangahar in New York    Byline: Anuj Gangahar in New York  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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