Today’s Star-T has more on the new CEO of Blockbuster Jim Keyes. Of course, we all know he was the CEO of 7-Eleven and that the board of BBI is counting on him to replicate his small-box retail success. The DMN says Carl Icahn himself has given Keyes his blessing (he picked him, after all). But what I didn’t know was Keyes’ personal stake in the turnaround. His contract stipulated that he buy $3 million in stock over the next 30 days.
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