Bob McDonald, who’s led P&G since July 2009, serves on the board of 21 different organizations, and Bill Ackman thinks that may be more than a few too many.
Excerpt from: Ackman: P&G CEO may need to go
Thirty-two journalists have already died on duty this year. In Britain, meanwhile, it’s charter vs charter, and Cameron needs to get a move on
The latest chink of commonsense emerged on World Press Freedom day on Friday, appropriately enough. Journalists around the globe were remembering the 32 of their number who have died on duty already this year. The World Association of Newspapers, assessing threats to open reporting, singled out Britain, post-Leveson, as a cause for concern. And David Cameron, with Ukip to worry about, did the pragmatic thing. He dropped 15
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK–(Marketwired – May 3, 2013) - Macquarie Group Limited (the “Offeror”) has acquired, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Boketo LLC (“Boketo”), 62,212,600 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) of Franchise Services of North America Inc. (“FSNA”), and certain rights to acquire additional Preferred Shares upon the exercise of outstanding options convertible into FSNA common shares (“FSNA Shares”), pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated as of July 13, 2012 among Adreca Holdings Corp. (“Adreca”), Boketo, FSNA, and Advantage Company Holdings, Inc. (“Advantage Holdings”), as amended (the “Merger Agreement”).
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Eastman Kodak says it expects to exit bankruptcy as early as July in its new guise as a commercial imaging firm.
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July 16, 2012
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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 19, 2013) - Noront Resources Ltd. (“Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:NOT) today announces that an agreement (the “Amending Agreement”) has been signed between the Company and Eagle Hill Exploration Corp. (“EAG”) to amend certain provisions of the option agreement entered into between the parties on July 20, 2009 (the “Option Agreement”) in regards to the Windfall Lake Property (the “Project”).
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KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 8, 2013) - Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (the “Company“) (TSX:KGI)(AIM:KGI) is pleased to announce that that effective Friday, March 8, 2013, the $69,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.5% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of the Company (the “Debentures“) will be listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Debentures were issued under an indenture made as of July 19, 2012, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture made as of November 7, 2012, each between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee, and will trade under the symbol “KGI.DB.A”. The Debentures, which are issuable in the minimum principal amount of $1,000 each, will be quoted based on $100 principal amounts with all trades being made in multiples of $1,000.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire – Mar 4, 2013) – Prima BioMed Ltd (
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FOR: EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED
TSX, AIM SYMBOL: ELR
JSE SYMBOL: EPS
January 8, 2013
Eastern Platinum Limited: AIM Block Admission Return
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 8, 2013) - Eastern Platinum Limited (the "Company")
(TSX:ELR)(AIM:ELR)(JSE:EPS) -
The Company announces the block admission return for the period from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2012.
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