The new SEC rules in terms of the board is how much of that? Like, will we be having this conversation with you? Do you think if that hadn't happened? I think it adds to the ability of activists to do these kinds of things. Ed: Usually activists want some form of control and that's more often than not in the form of a board seat or getting one of their sort of independent people nominated as board of directors.
Bloomberg News Senior Editor Chris Anstey explains what layoffs in the technology industry mean for the broader US labor market. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Deals Reporter Ed Hammond provide the details of Ed's Businessweek Magazine story Activist Investors Find Big Companies Are Ripe Targets Again. Bloomberg Opinion Senior Columnist Beth Kowitt discusses how artificial intelligence has infiltrated decision-making on hiring, training and evaluations, and now it’s creeping into the layoff process as well. And we Drive to the Close with Sarah Ponczek, Financial Advisor at UBS Private Wealth Management.
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