Starboard’s stake in Pfizer ‘doesn’t make any sense to me at all’, says Dartmouth’s Paul Argenti

Starboard’s stake in Pfizer ‘doesn’t make any sense to me at all’, says Dartmouth’s Paul Argenti

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Paul Argenti, Dartmouth Tuck School of Business professor, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss news of activist investor Starboard Value amassing a roughly $1 billion stake in drugmaker Pfizer, whether Pfizer makes sense as an activist target, and more. 04:05 Mon, Oct 7 … Read more

Former Humane execs secure $25 million valuation for new AI venture

Former Humane execs secure  million valuation for new AI venture

Two former executives of Humane, the embattled AI hardware startup, are reemerging with a new artificial intelligence software venture that has raised $4 million at a $25 million valuation.  Brooke Hartley Moy and Ken Kocienda, Humane’s former strategic partnerships lead and head of product engineering, respectively, are debuting Infactory, an AI fact-checking search engine. The … Read more

How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar

How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar

Thousands of books have been publicly challenged and removed from libraries in the past couple of years. Elizabeth Harris, who covers books and the publishing industry for The New York Times, explains how books are being pulled from libraries in a quiet process called weeding. Weeding normally allows librarians to keep collections current, but some … Read more

China to impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy

China to impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy

HAIKOU, CHINA – DECEMBER 17: People purchase brandies during the 26th China (Hainan) International Winter Trade Fair for Tropical Agricultural Products at Hainan International Convention And Exhibition Center on December 17, 2023 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China.  Meng Zhongde | Visual China Group | Getty Images China will start to impose provisional anti-dumping measures … Read more

For Gen Z, US election is all about the economy

For Gen Z, US election is all about the economy

Isabella Morris Isabella Morris says it’s tough to make ends meet as a young family The US presidential election is just weeks away and one essential voting bloc is getting a lot of attention from both parties: young voters. But it’s economic woes – from inflation to housing – that could drive them to the … Read more

Saudi Arabia’s PIF cuts stake in Nintendo after report said it was considering increase

Saudi Arabia’s PIF cuts stake in Nintendo after report said it was considering increase

Nintendo has kept players interested in its ageing Switch console series through key games with characters such as Super Mario and Zelda. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) trimmed its holding in Nintendo Co., a day after reports that a senior executive at the kingdom’s mammoth sovereign wealth … Read more