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Blacks funding plan under threat

25/02/2010

UK outdoor footwear and apparel retail group Blacks Leisure has had to postpone a plan to raise new funding because of the actions of a rival group, Sports Direct. A meeting of shareholders on February 24 had to be stopped after it became clear that Sports Direct had bought a 28.5% stake in Blacks days earlier. Blacks had said it would seek...

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