David Black
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 43 |
| Date of birth | October 17,1980 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Baltimore |
| Maryland | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Photography |
| Job | Photographer |
| Film director | |
| Movies/Shows | The Confession |
| The Cosby Mysteries | |
| Nasty Boys | |
| Official site | davidblackwriter.com |
| Spouse | Barbara Weisberg |
| Children | Tobia Samuel McKee Black |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series |
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| ID | 525956 |
The King of Fifth Avenue
Murder at the Met
Like father
An Impossible Life
Fast Shuffle: A Novel
The Extinction Event
Ekstasy: Out-of-the-body Experiences
Medicine Man: A Young Doctor on the Brink of the Twenty-first Century
Minds
Peep show
Miracle
Impossible Life: A False Family History
David Black Life story
David Black is an award-winning journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and producer. His novel Like Father was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times and listed as one of the seven best novels of the year by the Washington Post.
Water firms forced to pay back customers for poor performance
... Ofwat s chief executive David Black said while the bill cuts " may be welcome to bill payers, it is very disappointing news for all who want to see the sector do better"...
Thames Water customers will not pay more if firm collapses
... David Black also told the BBC the firm had " some time" to raise the funds it needs to fix it finances...
Thames Water needs 'substantial' sums of money
... Ofwat boss David Black said talks between the firm and investors to raise the extra funding were continuing...
Timeline of dissident republican activity
... A judge on 6 January facing trial on charges linked to the murder of prison officer David Black...
Water rebates for some customers after £150m fines for missing targets
... David Black, chief executive of Ofwat for England and Wales, said: " When it comes to delivering for their customers, too many water companies are falling short, and we are requiring them to return around £150m to their customers...
Thames Water customers will not pay more if firm collapses
By Jemma DempseyBBC News
Customers will not be made to cover the cost if Thames Water goes bust, The Boss of regulator Ofwat has said.
David Black also told The Bbc The Firm had " some time" to raise the funds it needs to fix it finances.
Thames is billions in debt and could, in a Worst Case scenario, be taken over by the government if it cannot turn things around.
Mr Black denied Ofwat had failed to monitor The Firm , but admitted there were " hard lessons to learn".
He added that excessive payouts for chief executives in the water industry had " angered" him.
Thames Water , which supplies a quarter of the UK population, has faced heavy criticism over sewage discharges and leaks and is Under Pressure to improve its services.
But last week it emerged The Firm was struggling to raise The Money it needed to service its huge £14bn debt pile.
It came after chief executive Sarah Bentley stepped down from The Company after just two years in The Job .
With other big water companies also carrying high levels of debt, Ofwat has been accused of failing to properly regulate the industry.
But Mr Black denied this, telling BBC Radio 4 's Today programme: " Companies need to take responsibility for their own financing structures, we're here to protect customers' interests. "
He added that putting The Firm into a " special administration regime" - where it would be temporarily re-nationalised - remained a " backstop option" and " we're still a long way from that".
Asked specifically if customers would have to Pick Up the tab if investment was not forthcoming, he responded: " No. "
Last week Health Minister Neil O'Brien also sought to assuage concerns about the potential impact on customers, but the influential business select committee warned taxpayers could still be hit.
Labour MP Darren Jones told The Bbc last week that if the government was forced to take over the running of Thames Water , " taxpayers will be exposed to The Debt and running costs of a very large company".
Ofwat says it is still waiting to see how Thames Water plans to fix its finances.
But on Tuesday, Mr Black told The Lords ' business committee that he believed The Company needed to raise " substantial" sums to Keep Going .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
