The Sunday Read: ‘The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil’
The Daily25 Heinä 2021

The Sunday Read: ‘The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil’

An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path?

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