Word: breen
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...1/2-year push to reform Tyco, Ed Breen has pulled off feats that would have made lesser CEOs quake in their wing tips. He persuaded the entire board of directors of the disgraced company to resign, fired almost all its top corporate managers and faced down an $11 billion debt when he had no cash to spare. But there is one thing he is unwilling to do: celebrate. Tyco has finished its first solidly profitable year since its notorious former CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, turned the little-known industrial conglomerate into shorthand for greed. But Breen is not planning any parties (toga...
...Instead, Breen is watching his work take root and flower. He has consolidated purchasing, beefed up auditing and started regular meetings on strategy, operations and training--basic discipline that the old Tyco lacked. "We're still in the early innings," Breen says. The company may yet face shareholder lawsuits, but this year Tyco has clearly come back. Its stock has risen 25% since January, and in this fiscal year Tyco has generated $4.8 billion in cash and $2.9 billion in profits while slashing its debt by $4.4 billion. Another sign of confidence: in June, Breen launched Tyco's first...
...joke than description, and though “I drank from the wine that came from inside / the heart of his meat and the splurge of his sweet” is a little more explicit, it’s still couched in enough euphemism to have gotten past the Breen Office or the FCC. However, there are exceptions for those who are paying close enough attention; lines like “I kissed his ugly gangly greens, he swallowed my pee” and “I want another enema” are likely to make some...
...first excerpt the company presented was Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15,” set to music by Mozart, a composer favored by Balanchine. Dancers Larissa Ponomarenko, Carlos Molina, Kathleen Breen Combes, Tempe Ostergren, Sacha Wakelin and Rie Ichikawa brought a crisp, effervescent energy to their performance. Especially notable were Molina’s graceful, fluid transitions and jumps seeming to hover in midair...
...might be further spooked by the impeachment because of the political uncertainty it causes at a time when the country's economy is shaky and the nation is threatened by North Korea. "There are some pretty heavy issues here, and yet this is where their energies go," scoffs Michael Breen, managing director of business consultancy Insight Communications Consultants in Seoul. "Korea is going to get a reputation for being the Italy of the East...