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...older teenagers and adults, sticking too long to the low-growth market for kids under 14. Sony identified adult gamers as one of its key markets early on and encouraged game developers to produce titles with sophisticated themes (read: crime and violence, including titles such as Grand Theft Auto 3). While Nintendo still emphasizes the family-friendly nature of its products, it's since brought out more mature games but it is struggling to convince consumers it is anything but a toymaker. At this fall's giant Tokyo Game Show, Konami, one of the largest game producers, introduced 23 PlayStation...
Ghosn will remain CEO of Nissan, becoming chief executive of two car companies with headquarters on two continents. If anyone is up to the task it's he. A French citizen and engineer who speaks six languages, Ghosn is a legend in auto circles for transforming Nissan from clunker to race horse. Puncturing the myth that no foreigner could change Japan's clubby corporate culture, he laid off thousands, revitalized product design, streamlined Nissan's supplier network--and became a cult hero in the local press. Nissan's 11% operating margin is among the industry's highest. Sales...
...company's investment group, IFIL, which has broadened its holdings to include banking, retail and ownership of Turin's soccer team, Juventus. But the core of the business is still cars, and that is where Elkann's mettle will be tested. Fiat saw its share of the Italian auto market fall from 60% to 39% in the late 1990s, before striking a stock-swap deal with General Motors in 2000. Fiat needs to reaffirm the brand at home and expand abroad. That was perhaps Gianni Agnelli's greatest achievement--and could be Elkann's greatest challenge. --By Jeff Israely/Rome
...PlayStation 2; $49.99) doesn't have one--just medium and hard. Only in Manhunt, medium and hard are called Fetish and Hardcore. Somewhere in here, you should have figured out that Manhunt, a new game from Rockstar North, the team that created the controversial and wildly popular Grand Theft Auto series, is not for children...
...trial for allegedly funneling $166,000 from a faltering commercial bank into a private political research institute set up by Roh. Meanwhile, investigators from the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office recently raided offices at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, part of the Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate; Hyundai Capital, the auto finance arm of automaker Hyundai Motor; and LG Shopping, an online shopping subsidiary of Korea's No. 2 conglomerate. Prosecutors are seeking evidence that the companies gave contributions illegally to political campaigns, including Roh's. A spokesman for Samsung said the group was "not involved with the election process illegally...