• Investor Lonsdale breaks from Facebook to protest move to ‘authoritarian left’

    Investor Lonsdale breaks from Facebook to protest move to ‘authoritarian left’

    Joe Lonsdale is taking a break from Facebook to protest what he calls the social network’s capitulation to the “authoritarian left.”The 38-year-old Silicon Valley investor — a
  • Harley-Davidson’s new CEO gets support from activist investor

    Harley-Davidson’s new CEO gets support from activist investor

    An activist investor who shook up Harley-Davidson earlier this year said he is impressed with the changes initiated by new Chief Executive Jochen Zeitz to turn around the 117-year-old motorcycle company. Impala Asset Management, the $2.4 billion hedge fund, pushed for the ouster of Zeitz’s predecessor Matt Levatich in January. Months later, it tried to …