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...There is also an accomplished portrait of “Montgomery of Alamein” by Dwight D Eisenhower, the fellow second world war general, who went on to become president....
...He served with great distinction in the second world war, in north Africa, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands, rising through the officer ranks to become someone Field Marshal Montgomery allegedly...
...Clearly, management overpaid for acquisitions such as GlobalSantaFe (2007) and Aker Drilling (2011)....
...Herbalife shares surged after its largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, once again tightened his grip on the nutrition supplement company....
...Carl Icahn, the activist investor, is the largest shareholder in the company with a 14.8 per cent stake, according to Bloomberg....
...Investors have also been disappointed by Transocean’s decision last November to issue $1.2bn in new shares to pay for the $1.4bn acquisition of Aker Drilling....
...The board of biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. has ceded control to Carl Icahn after a bitter battle in which the billionaire investor accused the company of failing to properly develop its cancer...
...Jasmine Montgomery, deputy managing director of branding consultancy FutureBrand, says: “Youth brands are often associated with subversive tactics such as viral communications, and activities not in the...
...Montgomery Ward was hardly alone in the agitation of the 1950s. Bosses at Pratt & Whitney and Alleghany came under fire....
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