Posted on 09/28/2010 9:42:51 PM PDT by george76
Ok, Ron, now what?
Investor Ron Burkle on Tuesday suffered a double loss in his fight against Barnes & Noble. Shareholders beat back his proposals to elect him and two other director nominees, and his suggestion to raise the threshold for the company’s poison pill that has been the source of tension between Burkle and the bookseller.
Burkle is the second-largest holder of Barnes & Noble shares, and so far he isn’t going quietly.
In a statement, his Yucaipa Cos. blamed the loss of the shareholder vote on an “insurmountable insider voting advantage” for Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his allies...
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Burkle is an evil swine.
Have never thought of Barnes & Noble as a victim. Can you say die hard leftists...
These lefties all deserve each other.
Hopefully, they beat each other up for a long time.
Evil swine bump!
Burkle is Bill Clinton’s buddy
There is nothing like a great cat fight between limp wristed liberals like this:
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