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...B&N grew from a single store in New York in 1971 to a national chain under the ownership of Leonard Riggio and his family. But both companies were beaten by Amazon....
...Friday’s deal will bring down the curtain on Leonard Riggio’s nearly five-decade association with the bookstore chain he founded, and in which he is still the largest shareholder....
...Leonard Riggio, the New York-listed company’s chairman and largest shareholder, was among multiple parties to express an interest in acquiring the company, Barnes & Noble said on Wednesday....
...The company is potentially facing a new chapter in its history after revealing Leonard Riggio, the chain’s founder, has launched a bid to take it private....
....* Demos Parneros alleged that the company’s founder and chairman, Leonard Riggio, fabricated reasons to let him go after a previously unannounced deal to sell the New York-listed retailer fell through...
...They include Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble’s chairman and largest shareholder. WH Smith’s recent full-year results included a reference to £2m of “costs related to an uncompleted transaction”....
...Over the past few years, there have been several offers to sell or break up the company, including an attempt by founder and chairman Leonard Riggio to buy it....
...Barnes & Noble’s statement pointed out that the proposal to take Barnes & Noble private for $650m would require $500m of debt financing and investors — including its chairman, Leonard Riggio, who has an...
...Over the past few years, Barnes & Nobles has entertained several deals to sell or break up the company, including an attempt by its founder and chairman Leonard Riggio to buy the group....
...Over the past few years, Barnes and Nobles has entertained several deals to sell or break up the company, including an attempt by its founder and chairman Leonard Riggio to buy the group....
...Barnes & Noble said Leonard Riggio, the company’s founder and executive chairman who had been scheduled to retire next month, would postpone his retirement until a later date as the group begins an immediate...
...Now the group’s founder Leonard Riggio has cancelled his retirement and shareholders fear another lengthy period of turmoil....
...Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio said the sale would give it more flexibility to pursue other strategic options....
...Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio said the sale would give it more flexibility to pursue other strategic options, adding: Liberty’s decision to retain a portion of its investment and have active involvement...
...Barnes founder Leonard Riggio abandoned his bid to buy the retail segment last year, but he was on to something....
...His departure – after three years in the job – spurred a management shake-up that appeared to bring the company closer to splitting in two, a move its executive chairman, Leonard Riggio, had mooted this...
...But wise readers will keep Leonard Riggio, founder, chairman and largest shareholder of the US bookseller, in mind even while the Microsoft rumours percolate....
...Leonard Riggio only wants to buy part of it – its retail bookstores and BN.com operations. The Nook ebook and reader business and the college bookstores would be on their own....
...On Monday, Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble – the US’s only national bookseller – announced a proposal to buy its bricks-and-mortar stores, which analysts value at anywhere between $500m and $2bn...
...Meanwhile at Barnes & Noble, the book seller, an 8.5 per cent drop in total sales came as uncertainty over its strategy was deepened by news that its chairman, Leonard Riggio, had suspended his efforts to...
...The proposal from Leonard Riggio, chairman and owner of 30 per cent of Barnes & Noble, comes as the US’s last national book chain tries to find an enduring role in the age of ebooks and tablet computers....
...Leonard Riggio, chairman and owner of 30 per cent of Barnes & Noble, has proposed buying these shops....
...The gains came as Leonard Riggio, who owns 30 per cent of the company, said he was interested in buying assets related to its retail business....
...“We could not have found a better strategic investor than Liberty Media,” said Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble....
...That suggests that it is expecting Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble’s largest shareholder, to roll over his roughly 30 per cent stake into the new company....
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