Activist investor Elliott buys UK bookshop chain Waterstones
April 26, 2018 at 04:27 AM EDT
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - British bookshop chain Waterstones is to be acquired by Elliott Advisers, the U.S. activist hedge fund which has made its presence felt in the UK's corporate world recently by helping force the demerger of Costa Coffee amongst other shake ups.