SAN CLEMENTE Calif. Scott Barnett, founding president and chief executive of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants Inc., said late Wednesday that he was stepping down, saying simply that “it was time.”Company officials said Barnett’s...
MIAMI Ahead of a Monday vote on Benihana Inc.’s pending merger with a subsidiary that will effectively issue 12.5 million shares of new common stock and raise $30 million, supportive corporate management and major shareholder opponents were...