BNET Industries
Market Cap:$230.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$29.1M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Investment Fund
President
Clifford M. NoreenContact Information
c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 1500 Main St Ste 600
Springfield, Massachusetts 01115
(413) 226-1516
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NAICS Code Floor Covering Stores: 442210
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Verizon, SBC get OK from Department of Justice.(Late News)
- 2005-10-31
The Department of Justice approved Verizon Communications Inc.'s plans to acquire MCI Inc. and SBC Communications Inc.'s plans to buy AT&T Inc. The Federal Communications Commission was scheduled to vote late Friday on the Verizon-MCI dea The Department...
SBC, Verizon deals expected to get Justice's OK today
- 2005-10-27
The Justice Department plans to clear the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers today, paving the way for the landmark deals to speed to completion, people with direct knowledge say. SBC, meantime, is proceeding with plans to change its corporate name to AT&T, people with direct knowledge say. SBC's name change...
US Justice Dept. approves SBC-AT&T, Verizon-MCI mergers
- 2005-10-27
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Justice Department approved the telecommunications industry mega-mergers of Verizon with MCI and SBC Communications with AT&T, subject to the divestiture of some operations by both groups. The approvals clear a major hurdle to the deals that create two telecom powerhouses in the United States....
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of MCI and SBC's Acquisition of AT&T
- 2005-10-27
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. to divest portions of certain local fiber- optic network facilities in order to proceed with theiWASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice announced today...
DOJ Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of MCI and SBC's Acquisition of AT&T
- 2005-10-27
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. to divest portions of certain local fiber- optic network facilities in order to proceed with theiWASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice announced today...
Justice Department In...uiry Puts MCI's Recovery in Jeopardy.
- 2003-07-28
By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Death Of Telecom Mergers Greatly Exaggerated
- 2000-06-28
The U.S. Department of Justice has thrown a speed bump into the merge lane in front of MCI WorldCom [WCOM] and Sprint [FON]. The DoJ yesterday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, asking for a permanent injunction to block the merger. "This merger threatens...
DoJ Leaks Yet Again
- 2000-05-19
All leaks lead to the Wall Street Journal, the medium of choice for Washington officials who aren't supposed to talk about something but want to anyway. The latest is from the Justice Department, where leakmeisters told the Journal a decision has been made to recommend rejection of the merger...
MCI WorldCom Attacked On Both Sides Of Atlantic
- 2000-04-28
The long-distance market, by standard antitrust measurements, is already over-concentrated, and the proposed merger of MCI WorldCom [WCOM] and Sprint [FON] would make for an even stronger concentration, according to a new study by two economists at Washington consultancy Joel Popkin & Co. Authors Steve Pociask and Jack Rutner...
The Department of Justice last week encouraged the FCC to approve EchoStar's acquisition of News Corp. and MCI WorldCom's direct broadcast satellite assets.
- 1999-01-18
Approval of EchoStar's request "promises to facilitate new and potentially significant competition between DBS and cable providers, thereby benefiting consumers of [multichannel] services," Justice wrote in a filing to the commission. The Approval of EchoStar's request "promises to facilitate new and potentially significant...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Clifford M. Noreen | President |
| William J. Barrett | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Donald Glickman | Board of Directors |
| Marshall D Butler | Board of Directors |
| Martin T. Hart | Board of Directors |
| Robert E. Joyal | Board of Directors |
President (since 2008), Vice Chairman (2007-2008), Member of the Board of Managers (since 2006), Managing Director, Babson Capital; President (2005 - 1/2009), Vice President (1993- 2005) of the Trusts. Vice President (since 1996), HYP Management LLC (LLC Manager); Director (since 2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Limited (investment company); Director (since 2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited (investment company); Senior Vice President (since 1996), MMHC Investment LLC (passive investor); Managing Director (since 2006), MassMutual Capital Partners LLC (investment company); Director (since 2008), Jefferies Finance LLC (a finance company); Member of Investment Committee (since 1999), Diocese of Springfield.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | President | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Chair of Board | Current |
Chairman (since 1992), Donald Glickman and Company, Inc. (private investments); and Partner (since 1992), J.F. Lehman & Co. (private investments). Director (since 1984), Monro Muffler and Brake, Inc. (automobile repair service); and Lead Director (since 1998), MSC Software Corp. (simulation software).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| MassMutual Participation Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Infinity Venture Capital Fund | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alpha Technologies | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kyocera Corporation | Director | Former |
MARTIN T. HART has been a director of ValueClick since March 1999. Mr. Hart has been a private investor in the Denver area since 1969. He has owned and developed a number of companies into successful businesses, and has served on the board of directors for many public and private corporations. Presently, Mr. Hart is serving on the board of the following public companies: MassMutual Corporate Investors, an investment company; MassMutual Participation Investors, an investment company; Texas Roadhouse, a restaurant chain; and Spectranetics Corporation, a medical device company. He also continues to serve on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Hart graduated with a B.A. from Regis University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ValueClick, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Private Lessons Channel | Board Member | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mediaplex | Director | Current |
| Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | Board Director | Current |
| Willie's Corner | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Power Corporation | Current | |
| Private Equity | Director | Current |
| Scottish Re Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Corporate Governance | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Jefferies Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Trustee | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | trustee | Former |
William J. Barrett , 69, Secretary of the Company since 2001, was a director of the Company from 1996 to 1997 and rejoined the Board of Directors in 2001. Mr. Barrett is President of Barrett-Gardner Associates, Inc., a private merchant banking firm; Director of MassMutual Corporate Investors and MassMutual Participation Investors, closed-end investment trusts; Director, Executive Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of Supreme Industries, Inc., a specialized manufacturer of truck bodies and shuttle buses; Director of TGC Industries, Inc., a geophysical services company; and Chairman of the Board of Rumson-Fair Haven Bank and Trust Company, a New Jersey state independent, commercial bank and trust company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Director | Current |
| Chase Packaging Corp | Secretary | Current |
| Tgc Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
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