Excerpts: Encyclopedia Brittanica’s biography of J.P. Stevens John Stevens’ grandfather, Nathaniel Stevens, started in the textile industry during the War of 1812. Nathaniel’s son (John’s uncle) Moses took over the textile company and made it one of the largest in the country. His commission house prospered by selling the products of his uncle’s company. He […]
John Stevens Sheldon
Excerpts: KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. Following a rapid rise to prominence in the 1970s, the company began to diversify, incurring significant debt along the way that prompted its 1992 filing for bankruptcy. In April 1993, however, KinderCare emerged from bankruptcy and looked forward to renewed success, focusing on filling the specific needs of niche markets,
Excerpt: John Peters Stevens John Peters Stevens, also known as J. P. Stevens (February 2, 1868 – October 27, 1929) was the CEO of the J.P. Stevens Textile Corporation. He was the president of Cotton Merchants’ Association and Woolen Manufacturers’ Association. Stevens was born on February 2, 1868 in North Andover, Massachusetts to Horace Nathaniel
Excerpt: “Nomura Hires 15 Senior Bankers in the Americas.” John Sheldon has joined Nomura as Managing Director in the Consumer Retail Group focused primarily on Beverages. He has more than 35 years of investment banking experience with Consumer Retail companies and M&A. Prior to joining Nomura, John was President of First Beverage, a merchant bank
Excerpts: First Beverage Group John initially developed a strong interest in beverages during his college summers in Minnesota where he drove a beer truck for a Grain Belt distributor and then was a bartender at a leading local bar and restaurant. John is an investment banking veteran with over thirty years of experience in the
Graciano Corp v Baronoff, 106 A.D.3d 778, 964, N.Y.S.2d 602.
Excerpts: Graciano Corp v Baronoff, 106 A.D.3d 778, 964, N.Y.S.2d 602. The plaintiff contractor performed certain masonry work on property owned by the defendants in Suffolk County. After a dispute arose, the plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract and in quantum meruit. The defendants moved, inter alia, for
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Robert H.B. Baldwin, Transformer of Morgan Stanley, Dies at 95
Excerpts: “Robert H.B. Baldwin, Transformer of Morgan Stanley, Dies at 95” Robert H.B. Baldwin, a Wall Street maverick who presided over the transformation of Morgan Stanley from a prestigious but staid old investment bank into a modern, competitive financial services corporation in the 1970s and early ’80s, died on Sunday at a nursing home in
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Excerpts: “Memorial Remarks for Robert Pirie.” Bob Pirie and I met only five or six times a year, even more rarely for one-on-one conversations. Yet he was a friend of a very special kind—ever more important during the summing up phase of my life. We go through life, it has been said, looking for hidden
Excerpts: The Real ‘Norma Rae’ Died Yesterday Her actions helped to bring a union contract to employees at a J.P. Stevens textile plant in Roanoke Rapids, NC, and she gained national fame as a symbol of women’s and laborers’ right after her efforts (and jailing) were fictionalized in the movie. J.P. Stevens management ultimately signed
Excerpts: KKR gets $1B for KinderCare New York leveraged buyout house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has struck a deal to sell childcare center operator KinderCare Learning Centers Inc. to a subsidiary of Michael Milken’s and Larry Ellison’s Knowledge Universe Inc. for $1.04 billion in cash and assumed debt. KKR, which took control of KinderCare