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Icahn and Deason oust Xerox CEO; deal with Fujifilm at risk

NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) – Xerox Corp said its CEO and most of its board will step down to settle a suit by activist shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, handing over to new management which will reconsider a contentious deal with Fujifilm Holdings . The move is a triumph for Icahn and Deason, who together hold 15 percent of Xerox. The two had already won a rare court order to temporarily block the deal, which they said undervalued Xerox. …read more […]

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Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with the company

Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the coffee-shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education. During the uproar, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson came to Philadelphia to apologize to the men. …read more […]

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Passengers heard window popping on Southwest plane

A cracked window forced a Southwest Airlines plane heading from Chicago to New Jersey to land in Cleveland on Wednesday, just two weeks after a jet engine blew apart and broke a window in a deadly accident aboard another Southwest flight. There were no reports of injuries after Flight 957 landed safely after making an abrupt turn toward Cleveland while over Lake Erie, according to tracking data from FlightAware.com. Dallas-based Southwest said that the plane was diverted to examine damage to one of the three layers in the window, but didn’t immediately release details on how it was …read more […]

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Exclusive: Apollo Global approaches Xerox about possible acquisition – sources

(Reuters) – Buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC has approached Xerox Corp to express interest in a possible acquisition, casting new uncertainty over the U.S. printer company’s $6.1 billion sale to Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings , people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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