When Papa John’s signed Shaquille O’Neal to a major partnership one year ago that included nine franchises and a board seat, it was seen as a major turning point for the brand. The company had spent $50 million in 2018 to scrub founder John Schnatter’s face from pizza boxes and delivery vans, and O’Neal, a high-demand product endorser, will clearly be the marketing face of the brand moving forward...

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the "Company"), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced the appointment of Blythe Masters as Chair of the Board...

AUSTIN, Texas, March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lumos Pharma, Inc. (LUMO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics for rare diseases, has announced the appointment of Joseph S. McCracken, DVM, MS to the company's Board of Directors...

An activist investor is stepping up calls for the board of HC2 Holdings Inc to remove Chief Executive and Chairman Philip Falcone as the former hedge fund manager faces mounting legal and financial troubles." data-reactid="23">BOSTON (Reuters) - An activist investor is stepping up calls for the board of HC2 Holdings Inc to remove Chief Executive and Chairman Philip Falcone as the former hedge fund manager faces mounting legal and financial troubles...

DENVER, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE: AM) ("Antero Midstream" or the "Company") today announced that Janine J. McArdle has been appointed to its board of directors...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, the CEO of hedge fund firm Pershing Square Capital, is now calling on President Trump to unleash a massive infrastructure program to bolster the U.S. economy that's reeling from COVID-19. "Mr. President, why don't you launch the biggest infrastructure program of all time now? Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure involve outdoor work that allows for social distancing...

PASADENA, Calif., March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, technology and agtech campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Jennifer Friel Goldstein as an independent director...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- electroCore, Inc. (ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today announced the appointments of three new independent members to its Board of Directors effective April 2, 2020...

Ohana Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering reproductive health through the industry’s first sperm biology platform, today announced the appointment of David Sable, M.D., to its Board of Directors...

What is an activist investor, exactly? Well, it depends on who you ask. Defenders of activism -and activist investors themselves - will tell you that they take positions in mismanaged companies, redress the balance between greedy managers and deserving shareholders and create long-term value...

NEW YORK, March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical Resource Acquisition Group, LLC (MRAG), an investment company focused on facilitating the advancement of innovative healthcare companies, intends to ensure Rockwell Medical, Inc. (RMTI; NASDAQ) shareholders will not have their voting rights suppressed by the Rockwell Board of Directors...

GOLDEN, Colo., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmaJet®, the maker of innovative, needle-free injection technology, today announced that Dr. Marie Mazur, has been appointed to its Board of Directors...

RENTON, Wash., March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee proposed, and the Board of Directors approved, the appointment of Diane C. Davis to the Board of Directors...

Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) announced today that Franklin H. Yoho has been elected to its board of directors...

Miami Beach, FL, March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, today announced the appointment of Kenneth R. Marks to its Board of Directors...

JERUSALEM, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: BVXV), developer of the universal influenza vaccine candidate M-001, announced that all proposed resolutions were approved at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, including the election of three new directors to the Company's Board of Directors, namely, Dr. Yael Margolin, Mr. Adi Raviv, and Mr. Samuel Moed...

Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), a global leader in healthcare communications, today announced that its Board of Directors, after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, unanimously determined that the unsolicited and non-binding proposal from B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) to acquire Spok for $12 per share in cash substantially undervalues Spok...

Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) today announced the appointment of Douglas W. Sesler, Head of Real Estate for Macy’s, Inc., to the Company’s Board of Trustees...

Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE: WLKP) today announced that Mr. G. Stephen Finley has been appointed to the board of directors of its general partner, Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC...

On behalf of the Board of Directors of TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXMD), an innovative, leading women’s healthcare company, Chairman Tommy G. Thompson today announced the appointments of Paul Bisaro and Gail Naughton, Ph.D., to the Company’s Board of Directors...

GREENSBORO, N.C., March 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HF Foods Group Inc. (HFFG), a leading food distributor to Asian restaurants across the Southeast, Pacific and Mountain West regions of the United States (the “Company”), has appointed Russell Libby, a food distribution industry veteran and service-oriented c-suite executive, to the Company’s board of directors effective July 1, 2020...

Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRB) today announced the appointment of Paul Biondi, Executive Partner at Flagship Pioneering, to its Board of Directors...

(Reuters) - Boeing Co will cancel CEO pay, suspend its dividend and extend a pause on share buybacks, the U.S. planemaker said on Friday, as companies eager for government aid to curb fallout from the coronavirus face pressure to cut payouts to investors...

The company has also been striving to demonstrate greater transparency, expertise, and diversity in structuring its board, which is currently comprised of seasoned professionals in diverse fields, including finance, accounting, law, and biotechnology...