Word: bertelli
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...last week, Helmut Lang, the Austrian-born ready-to-wear designer and reigning minimalist of the '90s, resigned from his own company, which is owned by the Prada Group. The move ended a feud with Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli over how to reverse losses at Lang's line. In the mid-'90s, Lang's sales were as high as $100 million. When he sold a 51% stake in his namesake brand in 1999, Lang touted Bertelli as a guy who "understands the culture of a high-end product," and said, "His line is very, very well managed." Bertelli, who later...
...wouldn't talk about it," she says. Even representatives for the private security company that employed the men, Blackwater USA, could not say what exactly they were up to on that fateful morning. "All the details of the attack at this point are haphazard at best," says Chris Bertelli, a spokesman for Blackwater. "We don't know what they were doing on the road at the time...
...give all its contract warriors in Afghanistan proper training in offensive-driving tactics, although missions were to include vehicular and dignitary-escort duty. "Evasive driving and ambush tactics were not--repeat, were not--covered in training," this source said. Asked to respond to the charges, Blackwater spokesman Bertelli said, "Blackwater never comments on training methods and operational procedures...
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...still had 25% of the voting shares, so I was naturally involved with the company. Bertelli and I talked constantly while I was away. But I also tried to be distanced. I was trying to find a way not to be a dork. I went sailing for five weeks. I traveled through Russia, to St. Petersburg, looking at churches. I did some gardening. I also started to learn about the business side...