Odds & ends: Calm before the storm edition
We’re heading into the home-stretch before big companies following a calendar year run up against the deadline for filing their second-quarter 10-Qs. That means filings are light these days, but somehow there’s always a few doozies in the mix. One of the items catching our eye this week is the unflattering reappointment of William F....
Did B&N’s Riggio have the Burkle flu?
As we were flipping through the proxy that GameStop (GME) filed yesterday afternoon, we spotted an interesting disclosure about one of its directors, Leonard Riggio, who also happens to be Chairman of Barnes & Noble (BKS). The proxy noted that Riggio had decided not to stand for re-election when GameStop’s board meeting is held...

