Word: cutthroats
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...Parsons end up on top? Partly by being nice--as corny as that may sound in the cutthroat world of corporate politics. Parsons, who stands 6 ft. 4 in., with a salt-and-pepper beard and a soothing baritone, is a boardroom charmer. Barry Schuler, president of the company's AOL division, recalls extending a hand the first time he met Parsons. "Dick went right past my hand and gave me a big bear hug," says Schuler. Parsons is relentlessly self-deprecating. "One of my kids," he says, "gave me a T shirt that said, I MAY NOT BE BRIGHT...
...market share could safely charge lower premiums. But low prices also put the squeeze on the industry's profits. Now that companies are being forced to pay out much of the money they've set aside - some will pay up to $2 billion in claims - that era of cutthroat competition is over...
...should they be. Their duty is to do their best to get the story, and then make a decision about whether it is right to televise it. Let's hope they make the right one. The vexing component, though, is their frequent combination of sentimental nationalism on air with cutthroat competition behind the camera in order to be the first with whatever story is going that...
...portfolio that Welch created. GE's long-cycle businesses, such as power and aircraft, where orders are locked in years in advance, are in good shape. Not so the short-cycle divisions, such as appliances and lighting. Many observers expect Immelt to get out of the cutthroat business of selling dishwashers and refrigerators, which Welch was unable to do. Still, "having a few consumer brands is worth something," says Noel Tichy, a University of Michigan management professor who ran GE's famed Crotonville executive-training center in the mid-1980s. Immelt wants to quicken the pace of innovation...
...women's leagues are something like 25 times as many as occur in the men's leagues. For women who don't work, tennis is their only outlet. There is no definite reward system in being a mother. With tennis, there is a definite reward system."... One who thinks cutthroat competition for women is bad is anthropologist Margaret Mead. She admits that if women turn their backs on the home and childbearing, they may need sport to give them confidence in their bodies, as men have done since the beginnings of society. But she thinks Americans are terrible sports...