Philip Green pays 363 mln pounds for a quiet life
Retailer Philip Green speaks before Parliament's business select committee on the collapse of British Home Stores which he used to own, in London, Britain June 15, 2016.
Source: Parliament TV/Handout via REUTERS
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That’s what the British apparel billionaire has put into the pension pot of defunct retailer BHS. It ought to calm politicians who painted Green an enemy of the state. And, anyway, the return from reinvesting his jumbo dividends should cover it nearly twice over.
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