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...Combs’ background is insurance; the 53-year-old got his start at Progressive....
...“It is not business anymore. [The Republicans] are doing this in a personal way.”...
...My argument was, if I was exceeding my performance and doing such a good job, I easily could have kept doing my role.”...
...case for doing something about it....
...CW Park’s optimism was buoyed as he picked up support from Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund and as he watched a rare battle won by activists against the management of Toshiba last week....
...Indhira Arrington has joined Ares Management as a managing partner and global chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer....
...The private equity firms Apollo Global Management and TPG acquired what was then known as Harrah’s Entertainment for more than $30bn (the business model and operations are somewhat different so the transaction...
...“The management still thinks they are right, and this type of battle, especially as public as this one has been, is sure to leave some scars.”...
...The issue gained urgency as the company’s advertising took on an increasingly progressive tone....
...long as prices are falling, everything is fine, and companies can get as big as they want?...
...And forensic sleuths at Kroll advocate financial incentives to encourage more whistleblowing — or “new business development”, as they might call it....
...He adds: “For all that Unilever believes it is doing right, its market share seems recalcitrant.”...
...This would help Alphabet work on a larger canvas “without trying to stretch a single management team across different areas”, he added....
...Mr Loeb’s attack is expected to be echoed by other activists, such as Elliott Management’s Paul Singer, before an SEC deadline for comment on the proposal on February 3....
...Lex questions whether the Alphabet holding company is still necessary, as it had been largely designed to allow the founders to step back from day-to-day management....
...Verily products like Onduo, a joint venture with Sanofi to create a diabetes management platform, might move closer to Google Health....
...However, their growing clout began to attract the scrutiny of US business lobby groups, as well as some of corporate America’s best-known leaders....
...And it was doing more besides....
...“It’s just not how I want to do business. I think you lose a lot. For me, doing business in the place that you’re in is really different to doing business in a place that you’re not in.”...
...While groups such as BlackRock, Vanguard and Legal & General Investment Management have substantial stewardship teams, allowing them to complement proxy advisers’ research, smaller managers or large managers...
...Smart reads JAB shine comes off The management gurus at JAB love doing deals and paying big bucks to grow their consumer empire....
...Job moves Jon Ballis has been selected to succeed Jeff Hammes as chairman of the global management executive committee at Kirkland & Ellis, effective February 2020....
...Chief among the US concerns is that some mutual fund managers follow advisers’ recommendations without doing due diligence of their own....
...“What [hedge funds] are doing as a group is good, but simple. And they’re kicking up a whole lot of dust around it.”...
...The “specially designated nationals” sanctions imposed by the US in April on numerous Russian oligarchs thought to be close to President Vladimir Putin, which prohibit US citizens from doing business with...
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