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Ghosn will remain CEO of Nissan, becoming chief executive of two car companies with headquarters on two continents. If anyone is up to the task it's he. A French citizen and engineer who speaks six languages, Ghosn is a legend in auto circles for transforming Nissan from clunker to race horse. Puncturing the myth that no foreigner could change Japan's clubby corporate culture, he laid off thousands, revitalized product design, streamlined Nissan's supplier network--and became a cult hero in the local press. Nissan's 11% operating margin is among the industry's highest. Sales...
...countries across the world, from Angola to Belgium. (It will make a stop in the U.S. next year.) The goal is to drive home to managers everywhere that Total, with $122 billion in annual revenues, has a new goal besides making money: it wants to become a better corporate citizen. That means being more responsible and responsive in how it deals with the environment, with its employees, customers and vendors - and with the governments and peoples of the countries where it operates, including more than 40 in Africa. Those might be obvious goals for many companies; at Total, they seem...
...hope one day soon I can turn in my second-class citizen card and get a real certificate,” she said...
...guarantee you one thing: it ain't going anywhere without a strong push from the very top." The general is right. This is something President Bush might think about--if he wants to leave a distinctive mark on the American military, inspire a new generation of citizen-soldiers and succeed in the larger war on terror...
...government will be chosen by 250-seat national assembly chosen by "Governate Selection Caucuses" in each of the country's 18 governates (or provinces), each of which will be allocated one seat for every 100,000 citizens resident in that province. But the citizens won't get to vote; that will be left to a handful of delegates admitted to each "Selection Caucus." The delegates at each caucus will be chosen by an organizing committee comprising five representatives of the Bremer-appointed Iraqi Governing Council; five representatives from the coalition-appointed provincial council and one each from five coalition-appointed...