<p>It's been a week of ups and downs for shareholder activists — powerful investors who buy up stock in companies to shake them up and get the stock price moving. </p>

It's been a week of ups and downs for shareholder activists — powerful investors who buy up stock in companies to shake them up and get the stock price moving.

<p>It's been a week of ups and downs for shareholder activists —&nbsp;powerful investors who buy up stock in companies to shake them up and get the stock price moving.&nbsp;</p>

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