Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's said late on Friday that billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, who is on its parent company Unilever's board, has increased his influence over the consumer goods ...

“Ben & Jerry’s calls for peace and a permanent and immediate ceasefire.” In response, Unilever threatened to dismantle the Independent Board and sue directors individually if they went ...

Since Ben & Jerry's ice cream company was founded in 1978, activism has been (half) baked into the brand's DNA.

Unilever on Thursday said the conglomerate has no intention of selling Ben & Jerry’s — despite a bid by the founders of the popular ice cream brand to buy back the company. Starting July 1 ...

Ben Cohen, a co-founder of the ice cream brand, was among a group that interrupted a Senate hearing on Wednesday, protesting ...

Unilever Plc said Ben & Jerry’s is “not for sale” and will remain a key brand in the consumer goods group’s soon-to-be spun off ice cream division. “The separation and listing of ice ...

Unilever PLC denied firing Ben & Jerry’s chief executive in retaliation for the subsidiary’s pro-Palestinian activism in a recent effort to shake off claims that it had violated an agreement ...

Ben & Jerry's said in the filing that Unilever threatened to eliminate its independent board and sue its members individually if it did not withdraw its proposal that the British charity Medical ...

Under overcast skies on a brisk Wednesday last month, more than two dozen Ben & Jerry’s employees at the ice cream company’s global headquarters in Vermont walked out and stood silently in ...

Unilever Plc said Ben & Jerry’s is “not for sale” and will remain a key brand in the consumer goods group’s soon-to-be spun off ice cream division.