Jana Partners push to break up Cooper Cos. could change the stock’s outlook

Company: Cooper Companies (COO) Business: The Cooper Companies is a global medical device company. It operates in two business units: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment is involved in the contact lens industry, while the CooperSurgical segment is involved in the fertility and women’s health care market through its diversified portfolio of products and services,…

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Activist Irenic builds a stake in Workiva, hoping to gain two board seats

Company: Workiva (WK) Business: Workiva is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions that are designed to solve financial and non-financial business challenges at the intersection of data, process and people. The company offers its unified software-as-a-service, or SaaS, platform that brings customers’ financial reporting; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and governance, risk and compliance (GRC)…

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