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The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
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Joe Lewis issues warning to board of Mitchells & Butlers
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Joe Lewis, the activist investor embroiled in a row with Mitchells & Butlers, fired a warning shot at the pub group's board on Wednesday with a veiled threat to vote out directors at the annual general meeting next month.
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Joe Lewis left 'stunned' as Mitchells & Butlers opts to go hostile
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Joe Lewis, the billionaire investor who is the biggest shareholder in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), was left "stunned" on Tuesday after the pubs group removed two of his representatives from the board and independently appointed its own chairman.
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Joe Lewis has the stomach for this high-stakes pub brawl
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
LONDON BRIEFING:LOSING THE best part of $1 billion in the collapse of Bear Stearns last year does not appear to have dulled the ambitions of Joe Lewis, the legendary Bahamas-based currency speculator whose battle for control of Mitchells & Butlers has now exploded into open warfare, writes FIONA WALSH
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M&B escalates Joe Lewis row with appointment of Simon Laffin as chairman
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
PUB group Mitchells & Butlers has escalated the row with Joe Lewis, its biggest shareholder, after appointing Simon Laffin as its new chairman in direct opposition to the billionaire investor's wishes.
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Joe Lewis: currency trader with taste for a fight
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Bahamas-based investor enjoys tennis, golf, and the odd boardroom battle Bahamas-based billionaire currency trader and global investor Joe Lewis has his roots in the pub trade — he was born above the Roman Arms in Bow in London's East End. Since then, however, the 72-year-old's investment career has catapulted him thousands of miles away to a very different life. He spends most of his...
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Joe Lewis prepares takeover offer for Turf TV owner Alphameric
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Joe Lewis, the billionaire investor, is working on a takeover bid for Alphameric, the company that beams live racing footage into bookmakers' shops.
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Lewis rides again
SlackBelly: A City Snitch (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
I read that Joe Lewis , the country's ninth richest man , is working on a takeover bid for Alphameric. That's the listed technology company that also owns a 50% stake in Turf TV, a joint-venture broadcast service with a consortium of 31 racecourses, that beams live racing footage from the top UK courses into bookmakers' shops. The bookies have always hated Turf TV - which competes with the Ladbrokes-...
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Mitchells & Butlers claims major investor Joe Lewis trying to take control
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
M&B is to ask the Takeover Panel to look into the actions of Joe Lewis, its biggest shareholder, amid claims the billionaire is trying to take control of the pub group.
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Joe Lewis blocks Archie Norman from Mitchells & Butlers top job
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis has blocked the appointment of Archie Norman as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers, the £1 billion pub group.
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M&B turns to Panel over Lewis's role
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Pubs group has approached the Takeover Panel regarding the influence recently wielded over the pubs group by Joe Lewis, the Bahamas-based billionaire
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Focus on Lewis role in M&B board talks
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Questions over the extent of influence that Joe Lewis wields over Mitchells & Butlers are likely to resurface this week after it emerged that the Bahamas-based billionaire had prompted the pubs operator to abandon talks with Archie Norman over becoming chairman
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Joe Lewis blocks Archie Norman from Mitchells & Butlers top job
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis has blocked the appointment of Archie Norman as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers, the £1 billion pub group.
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M&B board wins investor's backing in feud
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Standard Life, which has a 2.8% stake in Mitchells & Butlers, issues a statement in support of the pub operator's board in its public feud with Joe Lewis, its biggest shareholder
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Mitchells & Butlers' board gets investor on side in Piedmont feud
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Mitchells & Butlers' board yesterday won the backing of one of its institutional investors in its public feud with Joe Lewis, the pub operator's biggest shareholder,...