Word: chairman
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...Europa Abend" or European Evening was the novel finale for the national convention of West Germany's Christian Democratic Union in Kiel. First the politicians routinely re-elected Helmut Kohl party chairman, despite grumbles that Kohl will be no match for Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in next year's elections. After that, to stir support for C.D.U. candidates in upcoming European Parliament elections, a novel buffet of dishes from other European Community nations: smoked salmon from Denmark, Netherlands herring, Italian wine and, Gott im Himmel, the French dish-or dishes-three dancers who pranced about onstage wearing...
Cohn denies that he has any personal dislike of the company's chairman, but readily admits that "I'm anti-Establishment when it comes to people like Ford." With his great power, Cohn says, Henry Ford "represents an era of American business that supposedly went out of style with the turn of the century." Cohn's suit was brought on behalf of a handful of stockholders. The suit charges, among other things, that Henry Ford, who scarcely needs money: 1) pocketed $2 million from the "highest officials of the Philippines government" in exchange for building a stamping...
...World," ISC is today in deep trouble. In the past two years, it has piled up losses totaling more than $50 million. In February, the American Stock Exchange suspended trading in ISC, after auditors found serious irregularities in the firm's financial records. The company's longtime chairman, J. Thomas Kenneally, 52, was ousted two weeks ago, and the few employees remaining in ISC's lavish skyscraper headquarters have been busy tagging the antique furniture for auction. Now company managers are bracing for another shock. They expect that later this month the SEC will bring charges against...
...engaged in projects in 40 countries, and Kenneally was beginning to climb on the business jet-set circuit. Two years ago he and David Rockefeller, the Chase Manhattan Bank chief, were vice chairmen of the Iran-U.S. Business Council, and Kenneally was also vice chairman of the prestigious National Council for U.S.China Trade...
...told friends he was planning to fill his days by writing a book and, perhaps, giving lectures to journalism students. But last week, in a move that amazed the television industry, Salant announced that on May 1, the day after he leaves the CBS payroll, he will become vice chairman of rival NBC, responsible for news and corporate planning. "I'm terrified of retirement," Salant explained. "The truth is, I don't know how to teach or how to write a book...