Premier quits United Biscuits race with Blackstone
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Premier Foods Plc pulled out of a   1.7-billion-pound ($3.2 billion) takeover battle for Britain's   United Biscuits on Thursday, leaving U.S. buyout giant   Blackstone Group as the sole known contender.
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Pierre Danon, BT&#39;s most outspoken executive, yesterday revealed he was quitting the former phone monopoly for a better-paid job, saying he had grown frustrated at not running the whole company.
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Investment firm Olivant quit the race on Monday to rescue ailing British bank Northern Rock &lt;NRK.L&gt;, leaving just two suitors in the running -- Richard Branson's Virgin Group and an "in-house" management team.
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The head of North American operations at HSBC quits a week after it warned on profits at its US housing business.
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Harry Sinden, president of the Boston Bruins for the last 17 of his more than 40 years with the team, resigned Wednesday to become an adviser to club owner Jeremy Jacobs.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. chief executive Daryl Brewster has resigned amid a sputtering turnaround effort.
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Billionaire Eugene Melnyk said yesterday he is stepping down as chief executive of Biovail Corp. The company said Doug Squires, the former CEO of New York-based MDS Pharma Services, a division of Toronto-based
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Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore ended his long-shot campaign for presidency on Saturday.
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The chief executive of the world's biggest listed hedge fund is quitting to focus on private philanthropy.
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MELBOURNE/TOKYO  - Buyout firm Blackstone Group  has become the latest to pull out of a consortium bidding for Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd. , a source said, further boosting the prospects of rival suitor Wesfarmers Ltd.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc  said on Monday that Chief Executive Daryl G. Brewster has resigned for personal reasons and will be replaced by its Chairman James H. Morgan as president and CEO.
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On Monday, Office Depot Chairman and CEO Bruce Nelson quit âby mutual agreement.â The decision has come after his four years being a chairman.
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Philip H. Knight resigned yesterday as head of the Oregon sneaker company that he built into Nike Inc., a global sportswear powerhouse that made everyone want to soar in Air Jordans, Wear
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Black, who is facing battles with shareholders and investigations in the US and Canada, announced plans to quit his posts last week.
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FORMER Telegraph owner Conrad Black has resigned as Hollinger Inc. chairman and chief executive as he prepares a buy-out of the Canadian holding company.
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Liam Black, the charismatic social entrepreneur and director of TV chef Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation, has quit to develop a new business project
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The chief executive and chairman of the Marsh &amp; McLennan Companies, the world&#39;s biggest broker of insurance, resigned yesterday, less than two weeks after his company was accused of cheating customers.