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...outside of recruiting is not impossible. There are counselors for nearly every field imaginable at OCS, and they are willing and eager to speak with you. Do not make the mistake I did of thinking that since I did not fit the profile of the die-hard aspiring investment banker, OCS would not be receptive to my needs. They are continually developing new programming where needed--just last week, there was a session in the Lyman Common Room to talk about careers for women in government and public policy...
...square-jawed, with white hair that often looks a bit windblown, and above all stern, the president of Germany's fiercely independent Bundesbank always seems ready to hurl down a thunderbolt against any sign of inflation. In fact, his role is nearly that Olympian. Europe's most powerful central banker, Tietmeyer has far more influence than any other individual over the Continent's interest rates, exchange rates and the course of its struggling economic rebound. This year he will be a pivotal figure in determining the fate of the European Union's ambitious but risky plan to create a single...
...that privately he is a single-currency foe fearful of losing his power to the new European Central Bank. Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in an extraordinary open letter last year, branded Tietmeyer's stance as anti-European. "If you continue with your stubborn policies," Schmidt wrote to the banker, "Germany will become isolated...
Another leading contender is Vice Premier Li Lanqing, 68, a Shanghai reformer who has been in charge of international trade and education. He is a friend of Jiang's and has a reputation as a liberal. But, says a Chinese banker, "unlike some orthodox leaders, he doesn't carry any political baggage." And coming up on the outside is Hu Jintao, 55, the golden boy of the Politburo's inner circle. Also an engineer, Hu is in charge of the party's key organizational department and the promotion of younger members...
Policarpo said that he had come to the U.S. for the specific purpose of informing the American public and would be in the country for only a few weeks. He said that he is a banker in the Regional Development Bank of East Timor...