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The Star
18-05-2025
- The Star
Opinion: A dock can help connect a bare hard drive to your computer
This week I got an email from a reader who asks, 'I have a stand-alone hard drive that cannot be accessed anymore. I've tried different laptops and different cables, but to no avail. The light is still on it (it is a Seagate Free Agent hard drive, probably 10 years old or so), but it no longer makes any noise. Of course, I have all my pictures and financials on there. I've identified some companies that are supposed to safely retrieve your information for you. However, I don't know who to trust with that job and I wouldn't want some company to steal my information and/or ultimately lose it all together." Well, hard drives can just die, but I hope that's not the case here. My first move would be to remove the hard drive from the enclosure. I'd search YouTube for instructions for your specific drive. Once you have the drive out, you'll need a dock to connect a bare drive to your computer via USB. You can buy a dock online for around US$25 (RM107). A bare drive dock like this one from Cirago is used to quickly move files to and from your computer via USB. — Jim Rossman/TNS The dock will power the drive and you'll know pretty quickly if you hear the drive spin up. If it powers up, it should appear on your computer when you plug in the USB cable. If the hard drive is truly dead, there are companies that can recover the data. One of the best known of these companies is called DriveSavers. I've sent a few customers their way over the years. There are other options. Do a search; some may even be local to you. Older hard drives have platters that store the data much like a record album. Once the data is written to the platter, it doesn't just disappear, but if the read heads or power supply are not working, your computer can't access the data. A good drive recovery company will take the drive into a clean room and replace any of the components that have failed. They can even remove the drive platters and transplant them into a donor drive of the same model. Be warned the cost to recover your data can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. You usually can't get an exact estimate until they have your drive and can assess the problem. This is why having multiple backups of your important data is a best practice. Spend US$75 (RM322) or US$100 (RM429) on another external drive or even a large flash drive and make a second backup that you keep in a location away from your computer. – Tribune News Service
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LYFT Inc. (LYFT): Among Recent Activist Investor Campaigns
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where LYFT Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT) stands against other recent activist investor campaigns. Economic uncertainty and market volatility are some of the factors fueling activist investor campaigns in 2025. In the first quarter alone, there was a 17% jump in activist campaigns, affirming how high-profile activist investors are becoming agitated and increasingly pushing for strategic changes aimed at unlocking shareholder value. 'We are in a phase where activists continue to take advantage of all the uncertainties,' said Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder advisory at Barclays. 'In early 2025 we have seen more fights, more settlements and more board seats won by the activists than we did this time a year ago.' The US remains the epicenter of shareholder activism, accounting for over half of the first quarter's campaigns. Japan comes second with 16 campaigns, accounting for a 45% increase compared to the same period last year. The fresh efforts this year follow a record number of activist shareholders targeting businesses around the world in 2024. Additionally, the campaigns are on the rise owing to the market instability caused by President Donald Trump's tariffs, widespread layoffs at U.S. government agencies, and recessionary fears. READ ALSO: Billionaire Rob Citrone's Top 10 Stock Picks and Jeff Smith's Top 10 Activist Targets and Their Returns Compared to the S&P 500. According to a Barclays report, many activist investors remain focused on pushing for board changes. It also emerged that activists increasingly have their way as part of the campaigns, having won 51 board seats, up 34% from the same quarter a year ago. Secondly, activist investors are also agitating for strategic and operational changes, believing they could help unlock hidden value. Finally, 26% of the campaigns pushed for merger and acquisition activity, a significant drop from the historical average of 45%. Demands for merger & acquisition actions, such as selling a firm or selling business units, are still largely ignored, appearing in only around 25% of campaigns. Since the worldwide deal volume reached a record high in 2021, M&A requests have decreased by around half. Although fewer activist campaigns were submitted by sustainability-minded shareholder activists to business annual meetings this year, conflicts on issues like corporate diversity initiatives still exist. As of February 21, investors pressuring corporations on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues submitted 355 shareholder proposals, compared to 536 at the same time in 2024 and 542 at the same time in 2023. The decline came amid growing concerns that big investors will not support the measures. Additionally, ESG-focused activist investors also remained wary that Republican regulators would not approve their resolutions to go to a vote. Additionally, the decline came as companies became wary of unnecessary public battles, opting to make changes to avoid unwanted proxy fights. Activism is also becoming a popular strategy for newcomers, including freshly founded hedge funds that have never launched a campaign before. These funds are anxious to make a return in difficult times and are emboldened by the success of others. According to the data, eleven so-called first-timers ran campaigns during the quarter. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2025, Barclays bankers anticipate that the majority of activity will continue to be concentrated on U.S. corporations and that more companies will have to respond to shareholder demands. We sifted through financial media reports and news articles to identify 15 recent activist investor campaigns. We then examined some of the strategic changes that the activist investors are agitating and the impact they are likely to have in the long run. Finally, we ranked the activist campaigns in ascending order based on when they occurred. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A ridesharing passenger and driver in a car, looking out the window in anticipation of their Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT) is a technology company that offers a ridesharing platform that connects riders with drivers, offering various transportation options like ridesharing, bikes, scooters, rentals, and transit information. After losing nearly 50% in market value, activist hedge fund Engine Capital is ramping up pressure, pushing for strategic changes to revitalize the company's growth prospects. Engine Capital has proposed changes to the ridesharing company board, urging the company to consider a capital allocation strategy to return value to shareholders. The hedge fund also wants LYFT Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT) to do away with its dual-class share structure. The activist investor is already gearing up for a boardroom fight, having already nominated candidates for consideration. Engine Capital insists strategic changes are necessary to address the sagging stock price that has shed more than 60% in market value over the past year. In addition, the hedge fund insists that strategic changes could strengthen LYFT Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LYFT) competitive edge, which has lagged Uber for years. Overall, LYFT ranks 4th on our list of recent activist investor campaigns. While we acknowledge the potential of LYFT as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than LYFT but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at .
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dropbox Inc. (DBX): Among Recent Activist Investor Campaigns
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Dropbox Inc. (NASDAQ:DBX) stands against other recent activist investor campaigns. Economic uncertainty and market volatility are some of the factors fueling activist investor campaigns in 2025. In the first quarter alone, there was a 17% jump in activist campaigns, affirming how high-profile activist investors are becoming agitated and increasingly pushing for strategic changes aimed at unlocking shareholder value. 'We are in a phase where activists continue to take advantage of all the uncertainties,' said Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder advisory at Barclays. 'In early 2025 we have seen more fights, more settlements and more board seats won by the activists than we did this time a year ago.' The US remains the epicenter of shareholder activism, accounting for over half of the first quarter's campaigns. Japan comes second with 16 campaigns, accounting for a 45% increase compared to the same period last year. The fresh efforts this year follow a record number of activist shareholders targeting businesses around the world in 2024. Additionally, the campaigns are on the rise owing to the market instability caused by President Donald Trump's tariffs, widespread layoffs at U.S. government agencies, and recessionary fears. READ ALSO: Billionaire Rob Citrone's Top 10 Stock Picks and Jeff Smith's Top 10 Activist Targets and Their Returns Compared to the S&P 500. According to a Barclays report, many activist investors remain focused on pushing for board changes. It also emerged that activists increasingly have their way as part of the campaigns, having won 51 board seats, up 34% from the same quarter a year ago. Secondly, activist investors are also agitating for strategic and operational changes, believing they could help unlock hidden value. Finally, 26% of the campaigns pushed for merger and acquisition activity, a significant drop from the historical average of 45%. Demands for merger & acquisition actions, such as selling a firm or selling business units, are still largely ignored, appearing in only around 25% of campaigns. Since the worldwide deal volume reached a record high in 2021, M&A requests have decreased by around half. Although fewer activist campaigns were submitted by sustainability-minded shareholder activists to business annual meetings this year, conflicts on issues like corporate diversity initiatives still exist. As of February 21, investors pressuring corporations on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues submitted 355 shareholder proposals, compared to 536 at the same time in 2024 and 542 at the same time in 2023. The decline came amid growing concerns that big investors will not support the measures. Additionally, ESG-focused activist investors also remained wary that Republican regulators would not approve their resolutions to go to a vote. Additionally, the decline came as companies became wary of unnecessary public battles, opting to make changes to avoid unwanted proxy fights. Activism is also becoming a popular strategy for newcomers, including freshly founded hedge funds that have never launched a campaign before. These funds are anxious to make a return in difficult times and are emboldened by the success of others. According to the data, eleven so-called first-timers ran campaigns during the quarter. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2025, Barclays bankers anticipate that the majority of activity will continue to be concentrated on U.S. corporations and that more companies will have to respond to shareholder demands. We sifted through financial media reports and news articles to identify 15 recent activist investor campaigns. We then examined some of the strategic changes that the activist investors are agitating and the impact they are likely to have in the long run. Finally, we ranked the activist campaigns in ascending order based on when they occurred. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A close-up of a laptop displaying a popular content collaboration Inc. (NASDAQ:DBX) is a technology company that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, file sharing, and client software services. Its solutions allow people to store, synchronize, and share files across devices. The company is under pressure from activist investor Half Moon, seeking to remove its dual-class share structure. According to Half Moon, the dual-class share structure has given CEO and co-founder Drew Houston too much power in voting rights, making it difficult to push for changes likely to unlock value. In addition to share structure, the activist hedge fund has also taken issue with Dropbox's slowing revenue growth metric. Slow revenue growth comes from the company recording less than 1% growth in paying user count and guiding for a decline in paid users this year. Amid the slowing growth, Dropbox Inc. (NASDAQ:DBX) has cut its workforce by 20% as it tries to trim its operational expenditure. The cut came as Dropbox faced a challenging consumer environment and inefficient operations. Overall, DBX ranks 3rd on our list of recent activist investor campaigns. While we acknowledge the potential of DBX as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than DBX but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at .
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Illumina, Inc. (ILMN): Among Recent Activist Investor Campaigns
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) stands against other recent activist investor campaigns. Economic uncertainty and market volatility are some of the factors fueling activist investor campaigns in 2025. In the first quarter alone, there was a 17% jump in activist campaigns, affirming how high-profile activist investors are becoming agitated and increasingly pushing for strategic changes aimed at unlocking shareholder value. 'We are in a phase where activists continue to take advantage of all the uncertainties,' said Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder advisory at Barclays. 'In early 2025 we have seen more fights, more settlements and more board seats won by the activists than we did this time a year ago.' The US remains the epicenter of shareholder activism, accounting for over half of the first quarter's campaigns. Japan comes second with 16 campaigns, accounting for a 45% increase compared to the same period last year. The fresh efforts this year follow a record number of activist shareholders targeting businesses around the world in 2024. Additionally, the campaigns are on the rise owing to the market instability caused by President Donald Trump's tariffs, widespread layoffs at U.S. government agencies, and recessionary fears. READ ALSO: Billionaire Rob Citrone's Top 10 Stock Picks and Jeff Smith's Top 10 Activist Targets and Their Returns Compared to the S&P 500. According to a Barclays report, many activist investors remain focused on pushing for board changes. It also emerged that activists increasingly have their way as part of the campaigns, having won 51 board seats, up 34% from the same quarter a year ago. Secondly, activist investors are also agitating for strategic and operational changes, believing they could help unlock hidden value. Finally, 26% of the campaigns pushed for merger and acquisition activity, a significant drop from the historical average of 45%. Demands for merger & acquisition actions, such as selling a firm or selling business units, are still largely ignored, appearing in only around 25% of campaigns. Since the worldwide deal volume reached a record high in 2021, M&A requests have decreased by around half. Although fewer activist campaigns were submitted by sustainability-minded shareholder activists to business annual meetings this year, conflicts on issues like corporate diversity initiatives still exist. As of February 21, investors pressuring corporations on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues submitted 355 shareholder proposals, compared to 536 at the same time in 2024 and 542 at the same time in 2023. The decline came amid growing concerns that big investors will not support the measures. Additionally, ESG-focused activist investors also remained wary that Republican regulators would not approve their resolutions to go to a vote. Additionally, the decline came as companies became wary of unnecessary public battles, opting to make changes to avoid unwanted proxy fights. Activism is also becoming a popular strategy for newcomers, including freshly founded hedge funds that have never launched a campaign before. These funds are anxious to make a return in difficult times and are emboldened by the success of others. According to the data, eleven so-called first-timers ran campaigns during the quarter. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2025, Barclays bankers anticipate that the majority of activity will continue to be concentrated on U.S. corporations and that more companies will have to respond to shareholder demands. We sifted through financial media reports and news articles to identify 15 recent activist investor campaigns. We then examined some of the strategic changes that the activist investors are agitating and the impact they are likely to have in the long run. Finally, we ranked the activist campaigns in ascending order based on when they occurred. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A research facility with medical professionals surrounded by diagnostic Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) is a diagnostics and research company that develops and markets integrated systems for analyzing genetic variation and biological function. Consequently, it provides sequencing- and array-based genetic and genomic analysis solutions. Having shed nearly 50% in market value over the past year, the struggling gene sequencing machine and chemical company has attracted the interest of activist investor Keith Meister. The co-founder of Corvex Management has amassed a 2.5% stake in the company and has started agitating for changes as part of an activist campaign. Meister has already joined the company's board form, where he is pushing for changes aimed at streamlining operations and increasing the focus on the core business. The activist campaign comes from Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), which is finding itself at a crossroads of a tariff fight between the US and China. Consequently, it has had to reduce its forecast for the year as it also plans to cut spending by up to $100 million. Overall, ILMN ranks 2nd on our list of recent activist investor campaigns. While we acknowledge the potential of ILMN as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than ILMN but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at . Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Middleby Corporation (MIDD): Among Recent Activist Investor Campaigns
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) stands against other recent activist investor campaigns. Economic uncertainty and market volatility are some of the factors fueling activist investor campaigns in 2025. In the first quarter alone, there was a 17% jump in activist campaigns, affirming how high-profile activist investors are becoming agitated and increasingly pushing for strategic changes aimed at unlocking shareholder value. 'We are in a phase where activists continue to take advantage of all the uncertainties,' said Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder advisory at Barclays. 'In early 2025 we have seen more fights, more settlements and more board seats won by the activists than we did this time a year ago.' The US remains the epicenter of shareholder activism, accounting for over half of the first quarter's campaigns. Japan comes second with 16 campaigns, accounting for a 45% increase compared to the same period last year. The fresh efforts this year follow a record number of activist shareholders targeting businesses around the world in 2024. Additionally, the campaigns are on the rise owing to the market instability caused by President Donald Trump's tariffs, widespread layoffs at U.S. government agencies, and recessionary fears. READ ALSO: Billionaire Rob Citrone's Top 10 Stock Picks and Jeff Smith's Top 10 Activist Targets and Their Returns Compared to the S&P 500. According to a Barclays report, many activist investors remain focused on pushing for board changes. It also emerged that activists increasingly have their way as part of the campaigns, having won 51 board seats, up 34% from the same quarter a year ago. Secondly, activist investors are also agitating for strategic and operational changes, believing they could help unlock hidden value. Finally, 26% of the campaigns pushed for merger and acquisition activity, a significant drop from the historical average of 45%. Demands for merger & acquisition actions, such as selling a firm or selling business units, are still largely ignored, appearing in only around 25% of campaigns. Since the worldwide deal volume reached a record high in 2021, M&A requests have decreased by around half. Although fewer activist campaigns were submitted by sustainability-minded shareholder activists to business annual meetings this year, conflicts on issues like corporate diversity initiatives still exist. As of February 21, investors pressuring corporations on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues submitted 355 shareholder proposals, compared to 536 at the same time in 2024 and 542 at the same time in 2023. The decline came amid growing concerns that big investors will not support the measures. Additionally, ESG-focused activist investors also remained wary that Republican regulators would not approve their resolutions to go to a vote. Additionally, the decline came as companies became wary of unnecessary public battles, opting to make changes to avoid unwanted proxy fights. Activism is also becoming a popular strategy for newcomers, including freshly founded hedge funds that have never launched a campaign before. These funds are anxious to make a return in difficult times and are emboldened by the success of others. According to the data, eleven so-called first-timers ran campaigns during the quarter. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2025, Barclays bankers anticipate that the majority of activity will continue to be concentrated on U.S. corporations and that more companies will have to respond to shareholder demands. We sifted through financial media reports and news articles to identify 15 recent activist investor campaigns. We then examined some of the strategic changes that the activist investors are agitating and the impact they are likely to have in the long run. Finally, we ranked the activist campaigns in ascending order based on when they occurred. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A professional kitchen bustling with activity, utilizing different pieces of Kitchen Equipment, such as Conveyor Ovens, Fryers, Steam Cookers and Warming Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) is a speciality industrial machinery company that designs manufactures, markets, and services commercial restaurants, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment. Garden Investments, a hedge fund founded by Ed Garden, has built a 5% stake in the company and started to push for changes aimed at boosting the stock's value. The hedge fund wants The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) to focus on its core commercial food service segment even as it continues to review other parts of the business, including the residential segment. In addition, the manufacturer of equipment and commercial food service has already budged into pressure and agreed to board changes. The company has already confirmed the appointment of Julie Bowerman and Ed Garden to its board as part of a management shakeup. Additionally, The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) has agreed to spin off its food processing business as one of the ways of unlocking hidden value. Early in the year, the company confirmed it was considering strategic options, including a sell-off of its food processing and residential kitchen segment business units. Overall, MIDD ranks 8th on our list of recent activist investor campaigns. While we acknowledge the potential of MIDD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than MIDD but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at . Sign in to access your portfolio
