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...sometimes you can fool them. The Fox’s treasury is mostly Monopoly money and UPC symbols from cereal boxes. (This is why the official Fox tie features Cap’n Crunch.) 8. Remember what Larry Summers says: If you rush AEPi and then turn down their bid, your actions are anti-Semitic in effect, if not in intent. 9. Don’t kiss up, but show your interest. Ask questions. Be polite, but also try to display a little personality. 10. Literal punching is not recommended, except when dealing with members...
...more than it needs to, given the competitive labor markets in which it hires. To do so would compromise the University’s commitment to the creation and dissemination of knowledge.”Freeman says he wonders whether SLAM may be trying to bid up workers’ wages, using the $20-per-hour demand as a negotiating tactic.“They may be overshooting,” he says. “But it’s also getting them attention.” —Staff writer Daniel J. T. Schuker can be reached...
...call came just after midnight, and Gianpiero Fiorani knew immediately that the news was good. Antonio Fazio, Italy's central bank chief, was on the line to say he had just signed off on the bid by Banca Popolare Italiana (BPI) to take over another northern bank, Antonveneta. What neither man knew was that authorities probing BPI chief Fiorani's role in the attempted takeover were listening in. "Ah, Tonino, I'm moved," he said, addressing Fazio by an affectionate nickname, adding that he had "goose bumps...
...wake of the Fazio-Fiorani revelations, BPI's bid for Antonveneta has been blocked by magistrates, and its rival, Dutch bank ABN Amro, has taken a majority stake in Antonveneta, making it the first foreign owner of a major Italian lender. Meanwhile, Fiorani, under investigation for allegations of insider trading, market rigging and giving false statements, has resigned as BPI chief...
Fazio holds on, however, despite being under investigation in the same probe of the takeover bid. So what drives the decisions of Italy's top central banker? Some answers can be traced back to 2002, when Fazio traveled to the northern town of Lodi for a conference organized by Fiorani's bank, then called Banca Popolare di Lodi. During the afternoon break, the two men decided to stroll together through the center of town in front of a cadre of journalists. It was a blatant signal to all that Fazio had anointed Fiorani to be the next banker...