Fortune

Fortune Brands has re portedly given activist in vestor Bill Ackman four weeks to propose a slate of directors in time for the company’s April gen eral meeting.

Coal caper

Directors at Massey Energy, the West Vir gina-based coal com pany stained by an April mine disaster that killed 29 workers, are poised to battle with longtime CEO Don Blan kenship as they debate a possible sale of the coal and other options that could oust top managers, according to a WSJ.com report.