UK: FSA may investigate Ken Morrison share sale
By: Petah Marian | 2 March 2011
Sir Ken Morrison, the former chairman of UK supermarket chain Morrisons, may face an investigation from the country's shares watchdog, for allegedly failing to disclose the transfer of millions of pounds worth of shares.
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Sir Ken Morrison, the former chairman of UK supermarket chain Morrisons, may face an investigation from the country's shares watchdog, for allegedly failing to disclose the transfer of millions of pounds worth of shares.
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