European Investors Want Spinoffs

A shareholders' group at UK's Vodafone is calling for management for a restructuring, including a possible sale or spin-off of Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless.  A number of European companies are being pressured by activist shareholders to sell all or part of themselves.  See WSJ, Agitation at Vodafone Shows Activists Can Be Small or Big; NYTimes, Vodafone Investors Seek Verizon Wireless Spinoff.