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...Blackwells Capital, another activist, put three nominees forward, who were also denied in the vote....
...The person also added that Blackwells’ estimate of the fees was inaccurate without indicating what the correct number was....
...Barnes is run by former banker James Daunt, who founded Daunt Books in 1990 and took over as managing director of Waterstones in 2011....
...Also on display are Surrealist pieces by Ursula, heiress to the Blackwell fortune, of the Crosse & Blackwell soup empire — which tenuously brings us back to those dinner parties, and James Bond’s gold-loving...
...Under Elliott’s ownership, Waterstones has since bought other major rivals Foyles and Blackwell’s, giving him even more influence....
...In November, Disney named two new directors — former Morgan Stanley chair and chief executive James Gorman and former group chief executive of Sky Sir Jeremy Darroch — to its board....
...Trian’s decision followed Disney’s nomination in November of outgoing Morgan Stanley chair and chief executive James Gorman and Sir Jeremy Darroch, former group CEO of Sky, as board directors....
...Blackwells Capital, the second activist, has put up its own slate of three directors for the board....
...Under Elliott’s ownership, Waterstones has added scores of stores and also acquired rivals Foyles and Blackwell’s, defying predictions that the internet and Amazon would kill off the bookshop....
...Cocini has been co-head of Bank of America’s global financial institutions group, which will continue to be led globally by Gary Howe, and in Emea by James Gill....
...At Goldeneye, Fleming escaped into a relationship with Blanche Blackwell — mother of Island Records’ founder, Chris. Meanwhile, his “Frankenstein’s monster” began to consume him....
...At the outset of the pandemic, James Daunt instructed managers at US chain Barnes & Noble to take every book off their shelves, “weed out the rubbish”, make each section flow and put their stores back together...
...Peloton did not immediately respond to the criticism from Blackwells....
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...Blackwells Capital, which owns less than 5 per cent of Peloton, accused John Foley, co-founder of the fitness company, of losing $40bn in shareholders’ wealth because of alleged mismanagement, including...
...Blackwells Capital, which owns less than 5 per cent of Peloton, has accused Foley of mismanagement, including misleading investors and hiring his wife in an executive role, a decision that the hedge fund...
...Additional reporting by James Fontanella-Khan in New York and Sara Germano in Beijing...
...Exclusive: Peloton activist investor takes aim at new chief executive Blackwells Capital, which called in January for Peloton to fire co-founder John Foley, has taken aim at its new chief executive....
...Boris Johnson is facing a fight for political survival this month, but he will not be getting a hand from Paul Blackwell....
...’s, Oxford Founded in 1879, Blackwell’s has been selling books to Oxford students and residents since the first lightbulb was invented....
...Lloyds on Monday named its new chairman to replace Lord Blackwell, who announced his plans to retire from the bank last year....
...R Goodfellow, Surrey Crossword 16,158: John Johnston, New York; Annie Baker, London; Sebastian MacKay, Edinburgh Polymath 1,020: Abizer Nasir, London Crossword 16,152: Roger Clews, London; Vivienne Blackwell...
...James Benamor returned to the board of the company he founded in the autumn. But now he has quit with a public statement that says the company has been “committing slow motion suicide”....
...Among the eclectic guests were William Hague (spotted in conversation with Lloyds chairman, and fellow Tory peer, Norman Blackwell)....
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