"Let me be clear: our plan is explicitly designed to avoid having to divest A.I.G. assets at fire-sale prices".
So far, we have avoided bankruptcy by divesting everything that isn't our core retirement community business, and I'm keeping the company on a steady course in the midst of a lot of turbulence.
Measures to shake up the telecoms and broadcasting industries last month prompted América Móvil, the monopolistic telecoms firm owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, to announce it will divest assets to avoid antitrust pricing regimes.
Certainly, the S.E.C. didn't intend that investors divest from and avoid any corporation on whose board directors from nominating shareholders have been successfully imposed under its new rule.
Gorelick has been making the rounds, speaking on a Trump transition conference call with reporters, insisting that the White House is not a federal agency within the coverage of this anti-nepotism law and explaining how Kushner will divest and restructure assets to avoid conflicts of interest.
Karl Harder from Abundance Generation said: "The Carbon Bubble is something the public must wake up to, and we must start divesting – fast if we are to avoid what could be the biggest financial crisis we have ever seen.
Despite having entered into an alliance with Pernod in order to avoid regulatory issues, Diageo was still forced to divest the Malibu Rum brand after acquiring Captain Morgan.
In November, he was personally responsible for a series of unusual tweets from the official OGE account, in which he encouraged then President-elect Trump to divest some of his assets to avoid conflicts of interest.
introduced legislation on Monday that would require President-elect Donald Trump to divest his business holdings in order to avoid conflicts of interest while serving in the White House.
He also said it was essential for all employees to divest themselves of stock in a vendor to avoid potential conflicts, and for hospital officials who serve on advisory boards that select products to disclose their industry ties fully.
