Word: communists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...then he was back in Switzerland, in charge of marketing. When CEO Helmut Maucher began redefining Nestle's product and branding strategy, he leaned increasingly on Brabeck. He even took to calling Brabeck Suslov, a joking reference to Mikhail Suslov, notorious chief ideologist of the Soviet Communist Party. The new product strategy involved grouping all Nestle products under six global brands, including Nescafe, Nestea and Nestle itself. Once it was launched, Brabeck grew restless and asked to be sent back into the field. Maucher was then in his mid-60s and close to retirement. Brabeck technically reported to the chief...
...stirring. Revolution Books has inhabited various Cambridge locations since its founding in 1979. Today, it resides at 1156 Mass. Ave., where a black door and narrow set of stairs leads visitors up to a room crowded floor-to-ceiling with books. The bookstore was founded by the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), USA, an organization whose agenda is to overthrow the capitalist system, guide society through socialism, and implant communism. “The mission of the store is to bring revolutionary politics to the people,” said Ben O’Leary, the middle-aged volunteer...
...monetary policy and the E.U.'s battered Growth and Stability Pact, which long required governments to limit their debt and budget deficits. Exchange rates matter, she contends. The past 10 years were "a lost decade" for Germany because--among other reasons--the former West Germany reunified with the former communist East Germany at an exchange rate that was too high. "How many times do you go through this?" she asked, incredulously...
...between PetroChina and CNPC, UBS’s apologists contend that had UBS not served as underwriter, one of a number of other firms might have stepped in. But this clearly would not have been the case. As the result of a restriction imposed by China’s communist government, UBS is one of only two western firms that can serve as lead underwriter for companies in mainland Chinese markets, the other being Goldman Sachs...
...room of the national rumor mill - ? Managua's landmark Imperial Barbershop. Since this modest three-chair barbershop opened its doors 35 years ago, Rodriguez and Larios have seated, aproned and lathered some of Nicaragua's most important politicians, bankers and powerbrokers. Right-wing former president Arnoldo Alem?n and ex-communist guerrilla leader Henry "Modesto" Ruiz are both on the client list. His Eminence, Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, the country's top religious authority, has been getting the same haircut here for 30 years. Managua's Sandinista Mayor, Nicho Marenco, comes in for a trim every month...