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During his long career with Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, Paul Otellini has had a catbird-seat view of the remarkable social and business changes wrought by the information technology revolution. Now Intel's CEO, he has also witnessed some of the tech industry's biggest setbacks, such as the implosion of the dotcom bubble in 2000 that plunged the U.S. into recession. In an recent interview with TIME senior editor Jim Erickson, Otellini discussed some of the differences between the dotcom bust and the current global financial crisis - and whether technology's Next Big Thing can help...
...Producer of 13 Best Picture Oscar winners, including Platoon and The Last Emperor, John Daly helped boost the careers of directors such as Oliver Stone and Roberet Altman, as well as actors Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts. Daly, who began his career in his hometown of London, created Hemdale, an independent film company, with Blow-Up star David Hemmings. Together they produced more than 100 films that earned upwards of $1.5 billion. Daly...
Once her term ends, her options open up. She could try to capitalize on her fame with a cable TV show or, more likely, a lucrative speaking career. Matthew Jones, senior vice president of Leading Authorities Inc., a speakers bureau that represents top political figures like Trent Lott and Terry McAuliffe, says Palin could be a big hit if she were willing to work hard. "A paid speech is different than a campaign speech," he says. Corporations and groups would book her initially just because of who she is, says Jones, but to have staying power, she'd need...
...challenge would be to reach enough moderates and independents to win a general election. But Palin knows how to reposition herself. She started her career as a flame-throwing social conservative in Wasilla but pivoted artfully into the role of independent reformer in her run for governor. After speaking in highly partisan and sometimes regrettable terms about the "real America," she'd have to make a similar move to broaden her appeal again...
Speculation about Obama’s political career began even before he graduated magna cum laude in 1991 from the Law School, where he made history as the first black president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Despite suggestions from his professors that he apply for a federal court clerkship, by his second year Obama had already made clear his intention to pursue a career in grassroots organizing and civil rights litigation. Obama also later become a lecturer on constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School...