Archive for the 'resignations' Tag

  As we were flipping through the proxy that GameStop (GME) filed yesterday afternoon, we spotted an interesting disclosure about one of its directors, Leonard Riggio, who also happens to be Chairman of Barnes & Noble (BKS). The proxy noted that Riggio had decided not to stand for re-election when GameStop’s board meeting is held [...]

The world learned on Friday that Aerin Lauder — the up-and-coming granddaughter of late cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder, and still a board member and major holder of Estée Lauder Cos. (EL) — was branching out on her own. From what we can tell, most of the coverage (sparked by The New York Post’s Page Six [...]

Companies cut jobs in the name of saving money all the time. Companies also show top executives the door periodically. But rarely do we see a company let a top executive go explicitly as a cost-saving measure, particularly one as senior as a chief financial officer. Yet that’s the dubious honor that goes to Julie [...]