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Situé sur Collins Avenue, à l’angle de la 21e Rue, ce diner ouvert 24 heures sur 24, encore en livrée d’époque, fut fondé en 1940 par un certain Wilfred Cohen, qui avait l’art et le don d’acheter et de revendre toutes sortes de restaurants acquis pour la plupart au bord de la faillite avant d’être repulpés et ensuite rétrocédés au plus haut de leur
... See moreJean-Paul Dubois • La Succession (OLIV. LIT.FR) (French Edition)
Wasserstein & Co. and Highfields Capital Management LP bought the specialty-food retailer Harry & David, they also forced the company into bankruptcy and pushed pension obligations onto the PBGC, but not before giving themselves $80 million in dividends. (After Harry & David went bankrupt, the CEO of Wasserstein defended its acquisition to
... See moreBrendan Ballou • When Private-Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies
Anthony Drexel, of the long-established Philadelphia banking family, changing the firm to Drexel, Morgan & Co., with the older man again named first.