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Activist investor takes aim at DuPont

In the mid-1950s, DuPont Co. was the most valuable stock on Wall Street. Now, with 70,000 employees, $36 billion in yearly sales, and a stock market value of $54 billion - half the value of Comcast, or a quarter of Wells Fargo & Co. - the Wilmington-based chemical giant is small enough that a single activist investor can push up the share price and provoke defensive action by the company's board.

Activist investor Nelson Peltz (left). Ellen Kullman (right), CEO of Wilmington-based DuPont company. (AP Photos)
Activist investor Nelson Peltz (left). Ellen Kullman (right), CEO of Wilmington-based DuPont company. (AP Photos)Read more
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