Day: July 2, 2012
The 2012 Gala: Raining down good cheer
Rain or shine, the Anglo-American Press Association’s Annual Gala is one of the year’s highlights. This year it was definitely rain. But the inclement weather dampened no spirits. This year the hosts were U.S. Ambassador Charles Rivkin--who along with the British Ambassador is an honorary AAPA co-president-- and his wife Susan Tolson. The Ambassador welcomed members and guests to…
An Evening with Guy Wyser-Pratte
We were twenty-odd members and guests, and with a "terrorist" in our midst at John Morris' loft on the evening of June 11th. The "terrorist" label for Guy Wyser-Pratte came from a French financial journal that called him an ex-marine qui terrorize nos patrons. Wyser-Pratte, who has been called other names, including corporate raider, in his forty years of shareholder activism, did not…