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Blacklisting Icahn: How Some Drug Companies Keep Out Activists

2015-11-16 12:49:02| IT Services - Topix.net

When Concordia Healthcare Corp. agreed to issue a 14 percent stake to a private equity firm, the Canadian drug manufacturer tucked into the deal several layers of protection from shareholder activists. The agreement in October bars the buyout firm, Cinven, from transferring or reselling its Concordia shares to a list of almost 60 activist firms, including those run by Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn, and Dan Loeb, according to a regulatory filing.

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Blacklisting Icahn: How Some Drug Companies Keep Out Activists

2015-11-16 12:43:57| Biotech - Topix.net

When Concordia Healthcare Corp. agreed to issue a 14 percent stake to a private equity firm, the Canadian drug manufacturer tucked into the deal several layers of protection from shareholder activists. The agreement in October bars the buyout firm, Cinven, from transferring or reselling its Concordia shares to a list of almost 60 activist firms, including those run by Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn, and Dan Loeb, according to a regulatory filing.

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Activists Are Pissed About France's Plan to Tighten Its Border During Climate Summit

2015-11-12 03:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vice: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced that the country will reinstate border controls before and during the COP 21 climate change conference, which will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11. The decision promises to play out over the next few weeks among human rights and environmental activists, who say the government's claims of national security threats are really an attempt to limit demonstrations. France is part of the Schengen Area, a "borderless" zone made...

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40 Marin County activists groups to join forces on Climate Change

2015-11-08 08:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ABC: A coalition of 40 Marin County groups will unite with government officials and other leaders Monday in San Rafael to demand action to prevent additional climate change, organizers said on Saturday. The "Time to Lead on Climate" forum will be held at 7 p.m. in Angelico Hall at Dominican University, 20 Olive Ave., according to organizers. People can learn about approaches to stopping climate change and how individuals and communities can create and advocate for climate change prevention policies...

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Muslim activists alarmed by FBI's 'game-like' counter-terror program for kids

2015-11-04 02:11:20| Real Estate - Topix.net

Washington: A game-style website about extremism designed by the FBI to help teachers and students spot and prevent radicalisation of youth has hit trouble before it is even launched, with Muslim and Arab advocacy groups who were briefed by the agency saying they fear it will foment discrimination against Muslims. Some members of the handful of Muslim and Arab advocacy groups said the program, which they believe to be the first aimed at the nation's schools, frames violent extremism heavily through the lens of Islam and that they had complained strongly.

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