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...It is, in his view, the pinnacle of what jazz in America achieved in 1959....
...Sonny Clark’s melodic poise, sharp intellect and rhythmic thrust represented the pinnacle of modern jazz piano in the late 1950s....
...One scoop to start: EY has become the latest firm to promote thousands of its employees to “partner” without offering them a share of profits, a further dilution of a role once seen as the financial pinnacle...
...Wu, a former car salesman who rose to the pinnacle of global high finance, went from receiving visitors in the Royal Suite at the Waldorf Astoria to receiving them in prison after he was jailed for 18 years...
...In addition to Mr Smith’s appointment, Steve Ritchie, Papa John’s chief executive, will join as a board director while Anthony Sanfilippo, former chairman and chief executive of Pinnacle Entertainment, will...
...Penn National Gaming this week completed its $2.8bn purchase of rival Pinnacle Entertainment, and industry observers are expecting more deals. Additional reporting by Sujeet Indap in New York...
...Yelp has recognised the need to leave the expensive Bay Area and is opening sales offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, New York and Chicago....
...Hillshire cannot terminate the Pinnacle deal on the basis of Tyson’s offer. Pinnacle may terminate the agreement, or it can force the deal to be voted on by Hillshire shareholders....
...Pinnacle jumped 13.2 per cent to $34.47....
...Hillshire Brands agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods for $6.6bn, including debt, sending shares in Pinnacle up 13.2 per cent to $34.47....
...On Monday, Blackstone was part of a consortium that sold Pinnacle Foods to Hillshire for $6.6bn, including debt. Hillman and Oak Hill did not immediately respond to requests for comment....
...The pinnacles of the Petronas Twin Towers protrude through low clouds in Kuala Lumpur....
...(Financial Times) Poultry company Pilgrim’s Pride has offered to buy Hillshire Brands for $6.4bn including debt, in a deal meant to head off Hillshire’s recent bid for Pinnacle Foods and create one of the...
...(Financial Times) “Hillshire Brands agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods for $4.3 billion in a bet that mixing hot dogs and frozen cakes with pickles, syrup and salad dressing will add up to a more appetizing business...
...The bank worked on deals including advising on the UK Treasury’s disposal of part of its shareholdings in Lloyds, and the $2.8bn sale of Ameristar Casinos to Pinnacle Entertainment....
...Blackstone bought Pinnacle in 2007 for $2.2bn....
...Blackstone acquired Pinnacle in 2007 for $2.2bn....
...Elsewhere, shares in Pinnacle Foods, which is owned by Blackstone, rose on its first trading day on Thursday after raising $580m in its initial public offering. Shares were up 11 per cent to $22.21....
...Its buyout arm was particularly active as it floated Pinnacle Foods and sold shares in several other companies that it had already taken public. It has another four companies in the queue to list....
...Other private-equity backed companies that recently filed or may soon do so include Aleris, an aluminium company; Bausch & Lomb, the eyecare company; Evertec, a payment processing company; Pinnacle Foods...
...The SeaWorld filing is the second such by a Blackstone-controlled company in just over a week, after Pinnacle Foods, the frozen foods maker also owned by the buyout group, filed to raise $100m in a US listing...
...Gupta, the Indian-born businessman who climbed from teenage orphan in Kolkata to the pinnacles of corporate America, was sentenced to two years in prison for insider trading on Wednesday....
...The lawsuit revolves around $72.4m worth of credit-linked notes, known as the “Pinnacle” series, that were sold to HLF some six years ago (Financial Times)....
...The trail, which leads to Pinnacle Rock, runs off a hillside road up to a 360-degree view. DVF drives to the beginning of the trail in her Bentley (she now likes to drive) and parks at the base....
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