Peloton Needs to Explore a Sale, Investor Says

Activist investor Blackwells Capital reiterated its push for Peloton Interactive Inc. PTON -4.57%decrease; red down pointing triangle  to consider a sale, saying in a presentation that the company has made little progress under new CEO Barry McCarthy. The investor said Mr. McCarthy, who took over in February, has made no substantial changes, and that the former chief executive officer and his…

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Tables Turn in Zell-Portnoy Battle for REIT Supremacy

In 2014, the Portnoy real estate empire faced a stunning defeat when an activist investor and property mogul Sam Zell took over the board of CommonWealth REIT. That year Keith Meister’s activist fund Corvex Management LP and investor Related Fund Management LLC replaced Commonwealth REIT’s directors, ousting Adam Portnoy and his father, Barry, from the board and installing Zell as…

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