Word: cogan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confident that Cambridge voters will not be footed by any make screen raised by the opponents of Ballot Measure 2. Mark C. Cogan Chair, Litigation Committee Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Sotheby's sees Taubman as a White Knight who will fend off an unfriendly takeover attempt by two other wealthy Americans, Marshall Cogan and Stephen Swid. Cogan and Swid head General Felt Industries, a New Jersey maker of carpet backing, and Knoll International, a manufacturer of office furniture. The two, both art collectors, acquired 29.9% of Sotheby's stock and announced that they wanted to buy the rest. Sotheby's was apoplectic. Chief Executive Graham Llewellyn threatened to "blow my brains out" if the bid succeeded, and Sotheby's staff of experts in London warned they...
...California case is analogous to nuclear free Cambridge in the sense that California pertained to a state moratorium against national policy," explained Cogan...
...Mark C. Cogan, a member of the Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy who assisted in preparing the referendum, said the measure is similar to the state of California's moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants, a policy recently upheld in the U.S. Supreme Court...
They may be forced to follow through on the threat. Sotheby's is vulnerable. Its would-be owners are determined and well prepared. Since Knoll owns 14% of the stock, Cogan and Swid are already Soth eby's largest shareholders. Unfortunately, from Sotheby's point of view, armed guards and cameras are no protection in a takeover fight...