Activist investor calls for Honeywell breakup

Honeywell's Geismar, La., facility.

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has amassed a $5 billion stake in Honeywell International and is calling on the company to break itself apart, seeking to dismantle one of the few remaining industrial conglomerates.

For years, Honeywell has avoided the fate of some of its peers such as General Electric and Dow Chemical, which were broken up under investor pressure. Read more from The Wall Street Journal.