Hints and tips:
...Bressler suggests I pick something, and after a brief glance at the menu I opt for a New York-style cheesecake bathed in cherry sauce, which we agree to share....
...“I can’t just sit and do nothing.”...
...Lest we get too glum about the prospects of democracy, the FT lunch with the Israeli physicist Shikma Bressler was a heartening reminder that the streets of Israel have seen the most extraordinary demonstration...
...“I have a huge respect for Mr Bressler,” he said....
...“The vote was a total rejection of management’s strategy, so if I were in their shoes I would draw conclusions from that,” he said....
...The travails of a whistleblower “I just got word from the Securities and Exchange Commission that I am to receive half of a $16.5m whistleblower award....
...I’m sure he’s having a blast” with Unibail, said Solveig Godeluck, who co-wrote a biography of Mr Niel called The Pirate’s Way....
...“I love my job, I give it my all.” The former head of investment banking at UBS knew what he wanted to be from an early age....
...“Six months ago, if you’d have told me I could refinance $850m of subordinated debt at 10 per cent, I’d have looked at you like you were crazy,” says Richard Bressler, a Thomas H Lee partner who became Clear...
...I usually think of myself as someone who is pretty granular about looking at graphics, and I mistook one for the other.”...
...“While he’s known for his creative side, I think people should never underestimate his business acumen, which is extraordinary,” says Richard Bressler, Viacom’s former chief financial officer....
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