McDonald’s treatment of pigs leads Carl Icahn to appoint 2 new directors

Carl Icahn has launched a proxy fight for two seats on the board of McDonald’s Corp., as the activist investor pushes the fast-food chain to demand that its suppliers change their treatment of pigs.

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participation and had been in talks with the company alongside the Humane Society of the United States for several weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month.