Word: boardroom
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...singer Michael Stipe says his rock group R.E.M. [MUSIC, May 21] can't possibly compete with the band Limp Bizkit or Britney Spears in terms of mass-market popularity? Stipe must have that backward, because those cheesy, minutely talented, built-in-a-corporate-boardroom flavors of the moment are the ones that can't meet the quality of R.E.M. Twenty years from now, R.E.M. will still be remembered as one of the greatest bands in rock-'n'-roll history, while Limp Bizkit and Britney will have long been relegated to "Where Are They Now?" status. ROBERT BEMIS Atlantic City...
...AirSpeak FLAIR ($1,985), a flat, lightweight touchscreen peripheral the size and shape of a cocktail tray that connects to your computer wirelessly. The FLAIR displays whatever is on your desktop, so you can check your e-mail or surf the Web from the living room or the boardroom. And when you're finished, you can serve martinis...
...media silencing has served another Putin purpose: discouraging foreigners from meddling in Russia's affairs. Ted Turner, the American founder of cnn who was prepared to buy Gusinsky's stake in NTV, is now likely to drop out of the deal following Gazprom's boardroom takeover that forced more than 300 staffers to walk out in protest. Newsweek severed ties with the freshly purged Itogi - which the American magazine had helped publish since 1996 - and asked the reconstituted periodical to stop using the Newsweek logo. Western governments scrambled to find creative ways of gently expressing their unqualified outrage. The European...
There are only two good reasons not to join in the PSLM’s cause. The first is because you disagree with their goal—the living wage. The second is because you disagree with their methods. You wish conflicts could be settled at boardroom tables or around dining hall tables. But when one group (students and low-paid workers) have so little power, and the other (the Corporation) has so much, there is no real discourse...
...Here come 75 million aching backs. A generation of reluctant grown-ups is raising children, caring for aging parents and beginning to think about retirement. Instead of pumping iron, preening and networking, they are worrying about orthodontists, skateboards and college tuitions. The backyard now has more appeal than the boardroom...