Word: coniston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...returns of about 30%. Says James George, manager of Oregon's $9 billion public-employee retirement fund, which has invested $640 million with KKR: "The secret of KKR's success is that it makes an awful lot of money for its partners." Agrees Gus Oliver, a general partner in Coniston Partners, another Manhattan investment firm that specializes in takeovers: "KKR's success reflects the compounding effect. Because of its track record, it can attract all the capital in the world. Because of its capital base, it can do any deal in the world...
...judge in the case, Mark L. Wolf, this Wednesday ruled against Gillette in the trial's first finding, saying that Mockler's company violated federal securities laws by publishing false and misleading advertising about the Coniston Group...
...case comes more than one year after a highly-publicized and unsuccessful proxy fight mounted against Gillette by the Coniston Group, a New York-based firm. In last year's proxy contest, Gillette won by a 52 to 48 percent margin over Coniston, which had mounted a campaign to unseat four Gillettee board members in order to sell off the razor company to the highest bidder...
...company's chief executive officer,Mockler was on hand throughout the trial at theU.S. District Court in Boston, testifying on thefifth day of the trial--two weeks ago--that he wasadamantly opposed to selling the Gillette companythroughout the proxy fight with Coniston...
...compromise settlement of Pennzoil's $10.3 billion claim -- a break in the stalemate that Icahn helped bring about. Now Icahn is locked in a struggle with Texaco's management over how to restructure the company and bring it back from bankruptcy. Observes Paul Tierney, a founder of Coniston Partners, a New York City takeover firm: "When Carl goes after something, you can be pretty certain he'll pursue it to the death...