UPDATE 3-Starboard urges Autodesk board to explore CEO change, cost cuts Adds Autodesk response in paragraph 4, updates shares in paragraph 7 Aug 6 (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value urged Autodesk's ADSK.O board to explore a CEO change and cost cuts on Tuesday, saying the design software maker has missed financial targets and underperformed the market for years under current leadership.

Starboard pushes Autodesk board to explore CEO change, cost cuts, CNBC reports Aug 6 (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value has been engaging with the board of Autodesk ADSK.O , continuing its push to improve the design software maker's operations and financial performance, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing a presentation. Starboard wants Autodesk's board to reassess whether CEO Andrew Anagnost, who has helmed the software maker for seven years, is the right person to lead the company forw

BRIEF-Starboard Pushes Autodesk Board To Weigh CEO Change, Cost Cuts- CNBC Aug 6 (Reuters) - STARBOARD PUSHES AUTODESK BOARD TO WEIGH CEO CHANGE, COST CUTS- CNBC Source text: https://tinyurl.com/2bburp8k

Ansys beats quarterly revenue and profit estimates on strong demand July 31 (Reuters) - Ansys ANSS.O beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, driven by growing demand for its AI -powered tools and engineering software solutions. The company has benefited from surging demand for its simulation and analysis solutions that help in evaluating products virtually before their market launch.

Industrial software maker PTC forecasts fourth-quarter results above estimates July 31 (Reuters) - Industrial software maker PTC PTC.O forecast current-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, but missed revenue expectations for the third quarter as enterprise spending remained tight. High interest rates are prompting enterprise clients to spend cautiously and rethink their plans to ramp-up digitization and automate workflow to tap the AI boom.