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...flies coach, including the CEO. De Luca roams the halls to chat with lower-level staffers and encourages everyone to e-mail him with ideas. A few years ago, he dyed his hair pink after losing a bet with an employee. That sent the signal, he says, that "the boss may be crazy, but he's somebody I can talk...
Many of Universal's 7,000 employees are nervous about working for such famously hard-nosed bosses. Wright sought to quell those fears at Universal headquarters last week. He says NBC would look for $200 million in "synergies" from new revenues and combined efficiencies, and $200 million from cost cuts, including facilities, purchases and people. As for big layoffs, Wright says, "Chopping off heads won't get you those kinds of numbers." One head that won't roll: Vivendi Universal Entertainment boss Ron Meyer. Both men argue that their staffs and goals fit. "We're not prima donnas here," says...
...Basically they said ‘Good luck with Savin’ it! My boss wishes you best success and it’s a great thing you’re doing, unfortunately we’re too busy,’” Franken said. “I kind of expected that. I knew Ari Fleischer wasn’t gonna write me back...
...former Massachusetts Senate President, William Bulger was one of the most powerful figures in state government—which left him in a unique position to represent the university’s interests at the State House. He was also the brother of notorious New England mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the FBI’s ten most wanted. The Bulger family’s seeming dichotomy of public figure and public fugitive was a motif that often left William to play the part of the innocent “good brother...
Epps was unafraid to be an outspoken advocate of his policy stances, often throwing his weight behind projects opposed by Lewis and publicly disagreeing with his boss about the nature and aim of Harvard’s undergraduate education. He prided himself on independent thought...