Pension Liabilities Could Sink Permira Bid for Smith Former WH Smith chairman Martin Taylor, who oversees the company’s underfunded pension fund now, is insisting that equity firm Permira would need to replenish the fund immediately if their takeover bid goes through-which could stop the deal altogether. A London newspaper reports, “Those overseeing pension funds have […]
Lunch for Friday, June 11
As promised/warned, a later-day Lunch for a quieter Friday. More New Jobs With another batch of brand-new job opportunities since yesterday, the Lunch Job Board continues to offer fresh possibilities every day. More than that, though, we bring employers the single-largest audience of book publishing people available online — by a margin of many thousands […]
Lunch for Thursday, June 10
Schedule Note I’m not sure why, but our school has released my beloved children way too early in June. Thus I shall be replenishing post-BEA and filling the school/camp gap with a few days of family fun. Some Lunch will be served tomorrow, but not until late in the day. A hearty deal round-up will […]
Lunch for Wednesday, June 9
Orange (Sur)Prize As if often the case, the U.K.’s Orange Prize honoring fiction by a woman written in English confounded expectations, naming Andrea Levy’s SMALL ISLAND as the winner of the $55,000 award. She beat out favorites “Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood and “The Colour” by Rose Tremain, as well as others including National […]
Lunch for Tuesday, June 8
Releases on Reagan Releases Press releases about Reagan related books (mostly reprints) are coming at a fast pace. In the accelerated publishing schedule column, Sentinel has moved up REAGAN OFF THE CUFF: Personal Recollections of The President, to july 26. Written by longtime Reagan aide Jim Kuhn, whose positions included serving as executive assistant to […]
Lunch for Monday, June 7
A Small Note I’m back, but still exhausted, and on top of the last few days’ reports there is so much new information to share. Which is my lame excuse for presenting a lengthy, and no-doubt typo-filled, meal. (If this is getting too Deluxe to handle, you should tell me.) BEA In a Few Final […]