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Southwest Air adopts ‘poison pill’ as activist investor Elliott takes significant stake in company

Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company. The airline said Wednesday that the shareholder rights plan is effective immediately and expires in a year. Southwest shareholders would need to give prior approval for an extension. Shareholder rights plans, or “poison pills,” allow […]

Southwest Air adopts ‘poison pill’ as activist investor Elliott takes significant stake in company

Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company. The airline said Wednesday that the shareholder rights plan is effective immediately and expires in a year. Southwest shareholders would need to give prior approval for an extension. Shareholder rights plans, or “poison pills,” allow […]

Scientists Implant Radioactive Material Into Horn of Living Rhinoceros to Poison Anyone Who Consumes It

Warning Horn In an effort to make them useless to poachers, researchers are implanting radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos in South Africa. The unusual material would “render the horn useless… essentially poisonous for human consumption,” James Larkin, professor and dean of science at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, told Agence France-Presse. […]

The Poison Pill Facing Florida Condo Owners

The Poison Pill Facing Florida Condo Owners Imagine being a property owner in a condominium who is humming along paying the mortgage and then getting a letter from your homeowner’s association (HOA) informing you of a six-figure assessment. Now imagine that you don’t have the money, but under the HOA rules, failing to pay the […]

House passes defense bill over Democrats’ objections to ‘poison pill’ amendments

Jun. 14—U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, joined fellow Democrats in voting Friday against the proposed 2025 National Defense Authorization Act after Republicans had added provisions regarding payments for abortion services, a permanent freeze on hiring for diversity, equity and inclusion jobs and other cultural issues. The measure passed 217 to 199, with 211 Republicans […]

Blinken condemns ‘poison’ of Russian misinformation

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has attacked Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting that the Biden administration may soon allow Ukraine to use American-supplied munitions to strike inside Russia. In Prague for a Nato foreign ministers meeting, Mr Blinken hit out at Moscow’s use of misinformation and disinformation, calling […]

Blinken condemns ‘poison’ of Russian misinformation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has attacked Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting that the Biden administration may soon allow Ukraine to use American-supplied munitions to strike inside Russia. In Prague for a Nato foreign ministers meeting, Mr Blinken hit out at Moscow’s use of misinformation and disinformation, calling […]