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19 Aug 2010, 7:54 am
Though we don’t normally do a lot with proxy fights here at footnoted — the last one we can recall really caring about was the dust-up between Target (TGT) and Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman last year — this revised proxy statement filed late yesterday by Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Co. over Barnes & Noble (BKS) caught our attention. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 9:43 pm
This Delaware Court of Chancery opinion rejected breach of fiduciary duty claims and upheld the poision pill defense that Barnes & Noble implemented as part of a plan to spurn the advances of investor Ron Burkle's Yucaipa entity. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 3:27 pm
It's been a roller-coaster day in investor Ron Burkle's case against Barnes & Noble. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 5:47 am
For much of this summer, while you were off snorkeling and sunning, putting and hiking, lawyers for bookseller Barnes & Noble were duking it out in a Delaware court with lawyers for investor Ron Burkle (pictured). [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 4:46 am
The battle for Barnes & Noble may well come down to two wealthy shareholders who have clashed over the bookseller in the past: cofounder Leonard Riggio and billionaire Ron Burkle. [read post]
7 May 2010, 4:59 am
The Yucaipa Companies, the investment company run by the Los Angeles investor Ron Burkle, sued Barnes & Noble, saying the bookseller's shareholder rights plan favored the controlling Riggio family. [read post]
7 May 2010, 1:11 am
Investor Ron Burkle has had an ongoing dispute with the Barnes & Noble board over the shareholder rights plan it put in place recently. [read post]
6 May 2010, 6:30 am
Americold Realty Trust, the real estate investment trust controlled by Ron Burkle's fund Yucaipa, on Thursday delayed its $660 million initial public offering, according to Bloomberg data, a day after it slashed the pricing for what was set to be the biggest I.P.O. in the United States this year. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 8:08 am
Billionaire Ron Burkle is involved in the financing, and he engaged Loeb & Loeb’s Susan Williams (Tufts BA ‘83, USC JD ‘86) and Harold Flegelman (Yale BA ‘75, Georgetown JD ‘78) For the deal toy, may we suggest miniatures of the briefcase from Pulp Fiction? [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 1:49 am
Now, investor Ron Burkle (19% holder of BKS stock) has filed an amended Schedule 13D in which he questions the board's decision to adopt the... [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 10:48 pm
DonmoyerDec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Bill Clinton's decision to reconsider a business relationship with California billionaire Ron Burkle reflects concern those financial dealings may embarrass his wife's presidential candidacy.Securities and Exchange Commission documents and financial- disclosure forms filed by Hillary Clinton show that Bill Clinton, 61, has a financial stake in three investment entities registered in the Cayman Islands by… [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 3:27 pm
For those as fascinated as we are with how the young Follieri found his way from Foggia, Italy, to the Vatican to Ron Burkle to Anne Hathaway to jail, we urge you to read the sentencing memo. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 9:27 am
In June, he was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering in an alleged real-estate investment scheme that included billionaire Ron Burkle and was designed to fuel Follieri’s lavish lifestyle. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 11:46 pm
He also received $5,000 from Ron Burkle, the president and CEO of the Yucaipa Cos., where Garamendi did a stint in the late 1990s. [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 11:14 am
An Italian businessman who was accused last year by the entrepreneur Ron Burkle of misusing more than $1 million he had put up for investments, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with fraud and money laundering. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 11:29 am
Last year, supermarket heavy Ron Burkle sued Follieri, the CEO of Follieri Group, in Delaware Chancery Court for allegedly misappropriating $1.3 million from Burkle’s private equity firm, Yucaipa. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 11:11 am
Is this a case of Clinton buddy Ron Burkle giving Hillary a bit of help? [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 10:00 pm
John Lott makes a good point about the utter hypocrisy of it all in connection with the Clintons' recent loan to Hillary's cash-strapped campaign: Former President Clinton stands to reap around $20 million -- and will sever a politically sensitive partnership tie to Dubai -- by ending his high-profile business relationship with the investment firm of billionaire friend Ron Burkle. . . . [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 7:13 pm
MICKEY KAUS ON BILL CLINTON AND RON BURKLE: "Focusing on economic conflicts--as if the Burkle-Clinton partnership were all about making millions--might be a distraction. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 6:58 pm
UPDATE: Bill Quick: "Has Clinton minion Ron Burkle finished taking control of the National Enquirer yet? [read post]
