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...strong global publishing brand. I have enjoyed my time here and feel the publishing team has accomplished a great deal,” the statement read...
...crumbled." The assembly of Vivendi Universal through one billion-dollar deal after another enhanced Messier's reputation as the bright, brash future of European business. In championing the marriage of entertainment and technology - and by ostentatiously embracing American business practices and cultural tastes - Messier marketed himself as a new brand of global CEO. His appetite for media attention, meanwhile, offered a refreshing change from France's older generation of clubby, secretive business chieftains. But Messier ignored the risk of over-exposure, and his hamming soon generated jealousy, resentment and disdain in France. His Americanophilia also rankled, especially after he moved...
...because he was the one who scored the winning overtime goal that allowed South Korea to oust Italy from the tournament. Perugia chairman Luciano Gaucci claims that he fired Ahn because of comments the athlete made in a post-game interview declaring Korean soccer superior to the Italian brand. But, Gaucci told an Italian paper, "I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined Italian soccer." A British member of the European Union's Parliament has asked the organization to look into whether the Italian team broke any E.U. antidiscrimination laws by firing Ahn because...
...privilege it began exercising in November when it purchased 30,000 tons of corn from Archer Daniels Midland. Since then Fidel Castro's government has spent $90 million in scarce hard currency on staples like rice, wheat and chicken. Now Castro and his buyers would like to sample brand-name products. This fall more than 150 American companies such as specialty pastamaker Bushel 42 and Spam producer Hormel will travel to Havana to show off Napa Valley wines, soy burgers, candy bars and even bottled water at a food and agribusiness exhibition. "The focus for American companies...
...engineering acumen. Analysts say Jaguar would not be in the black without Reitzle's insistence that the automaker not skimp on such engineering details as the six-speed gearbox in the S-Type. Some Ford watchers, though, say Reitzle's departure was timely. "Wolfgang was great on the brand side, but he was always banging heads against people on the cost side of the business," says analyst Scott Hill of Sanford C. Bernstein...