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...Each B share has 10 times the voting rights of a single A share. Ordinarily the B shares would convert into A shares on sale by the Glazers....
...One issue around Ratcliffe’s plan to buy the B shares is that United stock exchange filings say the class B shares are “automatically and immediately” converted into class A shares on transfer from the Glazers...
...With a knowing wink to multiple B-movies, a vintage twist awaits: a nasty surprise in the trunk....
...Progress was even slower for working class employees who were a) female or b) had an ethnic minority background....
...In the event, terms with B&M were rapidly put in place for the three Capital & Regional sites affected by the collapse....
...An orphan at 13, Herbert’s inheritance was 3,500 acres of Monmouthshire plus hefty debts....
...A dual-class share structure that gives B shares 10 times the voting rights of A shares has allowed the family to keep tight control of the club....
...Cuban pianist David Virelles combines scintillating speed with downbeat left-hand vamps, and Joel Ross unerringly finds the right lines to weave into an already heady mix....
...Chef Christophe Bellanca, Joël Robuchon USA’s former culinary director, gets to the essence of his ingredients....
...The unusually fast ramp-up could push production to 1.2mn b/d by 2027 — equivalent to about a third of Exxon’s current daily production....
...The car’s proportions aren’t a problem on California’s wide roads but on the UK’s tight city streets and B-roads, it might prove difficult to pilot....
...The family’s B shares wield 10 times the voting rights of A shares, and they automatically convert into A shares when they are sold, meaning they can sell stock without ever jeopardising their control....
...Now, that’s a bit less compared to her husband Robin Li’s salary, but Ryan tells me it’s still quite a hefty sum for a Chinese tech company....
...From a menu of about 100 items (including noodles, rice, simmered and pan-fried dishes), I also pick Grill Set B so I can sample the yakitori....
...The Lobster Roll serves the cold version of its namesake dish with a hefty amount of crunch, ample mayo and crinkle fries on the side....
...Unscripted (Cornerstone Press/Penguin Press) by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams makes a worthy bid for Paramount founder Sumner Redstone to be considered Logan-worthy....
...Meanwhile, Opec+ has pledged to cut more than 1mn b/d from its supply from May through to the end of the year....
...Opec has since trimmed that back by 100,000 b/d and the IEA has lopped 500,000 b/d from its forecast for 2023, to 1.6mn....
...Continental Resources, which shale pioneer Harold Hamm took private last year, is the US’s biggest private oil producer, pumping 280,000 b/d. It’s also a natural gas powerhouse....
...We haven’t mentioned the B-word yet. Bonds....
...runaway pay, because one of the things that’s happened is the more disclosure there has been about CEO pay, the more other CEOs go to their boards and say, “But look, I’m making less than Charlie at Company B...
...Releases have sometimes run at about 1mn b/d, roughly equivalent to what Opec’s cutbacks will amount to once the underproduction of some members compared to their quotas is factored in....
...For some, a legal pretext is used to send regime accountants into a business seemingly at random to find violations that can be leveraged for hefty fines....
...Output from the field has dropped from 220,000 b/d to 10,000 b/d. This year’s energy crisis shows that Russia’s giant energy reserves give it plenty of ammunition to inflict economic pain on the west....
...Back then, demand for compliance checks was already ramping up in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, as financial institutions were hit with hefty fines for mistakes and misconduct....
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