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Ken Peterson, 78, a retired lawyer and former state commissioner of labor and industry, questioned the strategy.
He said a few years ago he was modeling his strategy after those of Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn, finding undervalued stocks like the former and pressing for change like the latter.
Russia had spent two years trying to capture the former mining hub of 60,000 people, and was now advancing on its center.
All the lawsuits filed by the firm, which represents roughly a quarter of the plaintiffs in the $4-billion settlement, are now under review by Daniel Buckley, a former presiding judge of the county’s Superior Court.
From Los Angeles Times
There are storylines wherever you look with O'Neill, such is his history with Celtic and the esteem in which he is held by fellow managers and both former and current players.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
