Word: bossing
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...year term ends March 19. The University of Tokyo graduate is "an extremely competent administrator who ensures consistency," says Jesper Koll, Japan director for Singapore-based Tantallon Capital. During his five-year term as deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, Muto, 64, typically voted in line with his boss, Fukui, at policy meetings. Even though Japan faces "stagflation"-a slowing economy combined with higher inflation-Muto isn't expected to do anything radical. He'll probably leave interest rates at the current level of 0.5%, at least in the short term. "The BOJ has not once acted pro-actively...
...case of Andean road rage. It exposes volatile political fault lines not seen in the Americas in a generation. On one side stand President Bush and regional allies led by conservative Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, whose army is accused of invading Ecuador last weekend to kill a Marxist guerrilla boss. Against them stand Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez, whom Uribe accuses of sponsoring those rebels, and friends such as Ecuador's President Rafael Correa...
...TIME:First things first: should women rule the country? Moreover, should this woman - namely, your old boss's wife, Hillary Clinton - rule the country...
...rightful office. When you went to argue for a raise, [then chief of staff] Leon Panetta told you you didn't deserve what a male colleague of lower rank made because you weren't a man supporting a family. Would that have happened if a woman was your boss...
...personnel - there have been 89 fatalities since Britain first deployed troops in the country in 2001 - Prince Harry, known by his military title Cornet Wales, has been secretly working in Afghanistan since December, coordinating air support for military operations on the ground. Yesterday his secret was revealed and his boss, General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British army, was quick to praise him. "His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary," said Dannatt. "He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his battle group...