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...average price of $800, all three bags are as practical as they are glamorous: roomy enough for the beach and sophisticated enough for the boardroom...
...Newer to the market is London-based designer Luella Bartley, whose eyelet- and buckle-festooned "Gisele" bag is a favorite of Kate Moss. At an average price of $800, all three bags are as practical as they are glamorous: roomy enough for the beach and sophisticated enough for the boardroom...
...boardroom at DC Comics, a life-size statue of Clark Kent sits in a chair reading the Daily Planet. Lately the talk is probably making him a little nervous. Superman is still the company's flagship icon, but Batman outsells him, and the original superhero hasn't starred in a movie for 17 years. But help may be on the way. DC is installing new creative talent on all three main monthly Superman comics, starting with the June issues. "Periodically there's just a moment that happens when a new generation of talent steps in, and you get some fresh...
...Boardroom drama like that at Shell is becoming more common in Europe. Being a chief executive officer these days is a bit like being on a reality-TV show: no one knows who will get voted out next. In the past month alone, London-based SSL International, maker of Durex condoms and Scholl foot products, replaced its CEO. German tech company Infineon unexpectedly lost its blunt-speaking CEO, Ulrich Schumacher. He said he was leaving for "personal reasons," but it's clear that the board and shareholders were dissatisfied with the company's performance. An interim chief, Max Dietrich Kley...
Still, the Sys worry that in bringing in outside managers, something important might get lost. The collegial atmosphere they have created can't be found in any ordinary boardroom. At a business lunch in Manila, members of the family, each striving to talk over another, banter happily about malls, politics, their kids. When Sy declares, "I've never had an inferiority complex," Henry Jr., the eldest son, quips, "only shopping complexes." The family bursts into gales of laughter. The trick will be preserving what Tessie calls a "continuity of culture," preserving that family spirit even as the Sys' role diminishes...