Ronald Burkle

Billionaire investor Ronald Burkle alleged Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) management is manipulating communication with the company's employees as a Tuesday vote by shareholders on board directors approaches. Burkle, which is running a dissident slate that includes himself, charged Friday that his investment vehicle "was refused access to company resources repeatedly used to urge employees to support Chairman Leonard Riggio." "Barnes & Noble used company resources and the company's internal communications systems on multiple occasions to solicit votes for Leonard Riggio and his hand-picked nominees to the board," said a Yucaipa Co. spokesperson in a statement. "But