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4 unusual facts about Jefferies


Richard B. Handler

Handler is also Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Jefferies.

Richard B. (Rich) Handler (born May 23, 1961) is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Leucadia National Corporation, a diversified investment holding company with its largest operating company being investment bank Jefferies.

On Sunday Aug. 5 the company raised capital of $400 million from investors led by Jefferies.

Jefferies CEO Richard Handler and Executive Committee Chairman Brian Friedman structured and led the rescue and Jefferies purchased $125 million of the $400 million investment to became Knight's largest shareholder.


2000–01 FA Premier League

In came Scotsman Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season – equalling Swindon's record low of Premiership wins which had been set seven years earlier.

Bloodtide

Blood Tide, a 1982 British film directed by Richard Jefferies

Edgar Perez

Knightmare on Wall Street is the account of the hours following Knight Capital's August 1, 2012 trading disruption which led to a $400 million rescue by Jefferies, Blackstone Group, GETCO, Stifel Financial, TD Ameritrade and Stephens.

Jefferies tube

J. D. Frazer also made a reference to Jefferies tubes in his User Friendly comic strip.

The term "Jefferies tube" was originally an inside joke among the original Star Trek production staff, a reference to Original Series art director Matt Jefferies, the man who designed the original starship Enterprise.

PS Decoy

Decoy is powered by a 1905 Ransome Sims and Jefferies twin cylinder steam engine, which was salvaged and restored from Bunnings engineering workshops in Manjimup.

Richard Jefferies

Illness and resulting lower productivity had impoverished Jefferies; and the editor Charles Longman suggested an application to the Royal Literary Fund.


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