Lauren Thomas

Starboard Chief Jeff Smith said Tuesday that Kenvue, the Tylenol-maker spun out from Johnson & Johnson, should drill down on fixing its underperforming skin health and beauty segment that he believes is weighing on the company’s overall performance. Smith said the unit, which houses brands includin

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value believes the root cause of Pfizer’s issues are the low expected returns on its R&D investments, including investments done both internally and through M&A. Starboard CEO Jeff Smith, whose fund has a roughly $1 billion stake in Pfizer, said Tuesday that the pharma

Without expanded return locations, province will start to see decline of successful deposit-return program for alcohol containers Toronto

“This is the worst news of the year.” That’s how one commenter on the New Paltz Community Facebook page greeted the revelation that Abdul Joulani is about to retire after 33 years in business as the proprietor of Jack’s Meats & Deli. Tuesday, October 29 will be Abdul’s last day of running the downtown shop, ably assisted by his brother Ibrahim, before handing over the keys to the new tenants.

As New Yorkers begin voting, national candidates are being evaluated by voters throughout the country on existential criteria, such as who gets to make health decisions for whom, and the appropriate role of U.S. military might when it comes to foreign wars. In New Paltz, the decisions for town office will be much simpler: vote to allow the two appointees to finish a term in office, write in someone else, or just skip it entirely. As has been the case for the past several years, there are no competitive elections at all for local office. Amanda Gotto seeks to complete a term as town supervisor after being appointed to replace Neil Bettez, and Edgar Rodriguez is asking to complete a term on the town council after being appointed to replace Gotto, who was in turn appointed to step in for Dan Torres and later resigned early from that post.

SUNY New Paltz students with visions of Cheesy Gordita Crunches dancing in their heads will have to wait a bit longer for good news on the Taco Bell front, as hopes for site plan approval have been delayed at least until later this month.

A team of projects lawyers represented MEP Low Carbon Solutions (Mitsui) in the formation of a joint venture with affiliates of Carbonvert LLC and Repsol USA to develop offshore carbon storage projects in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Carl Icahn says he is sensing opportunity in the stock market and wants to increase his stake in a top portfolio company.

Financiers, ready for dealmaking, are no longer scared to embrace the former president.

Marc Lore’s Wonder is close to a deal to buy the food-delivery startup from Europe’s Just Eat Takeaway.