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...Adelphia Communications, "claimed he was ceo in name only." And Richard Scrushy, CEO of HealthSouth Corp., "thought his financial officers, though aggressive, were operating within the confines of the law." It is stunning how men who claim to be so clueless came to run huge companies and earn salaries that would make Croesus blush. I would like the board of directors of any corporation looking for a new ceo to know that I am available and ignorant - just the qualifications, apparently, to get me a job at the top. Allen J. Schuler Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Classy and Controversial Your story...
Sweden ranks no. 2 in the world - after Norway - in terms of gender empowerment, according to the U.N. Development Program's 2004 report. Swedish women earn more money and hold more high-level political offices than their counterparts abroad. Child care is provided by the state, and although the Prime Minister, Goran Persson, is a man, he is also a "declared feminist." So what is Sweden's new political party, Feminist Initiative (FI), fighting for? "We have systematic wage discrimination, a growing problem with violence against women, and images of women as sexual objects confront us every day," party leader...
...advises companies on competition issues. "Everything that happens over the next few months is going to be noted, and for those companies that are up to something that is not strictly within the rules, they'd be well advised to stop and maybe even own up. Saying sorry might earn them some goodwill." Perhaps, but elephants rarely apologize. - With reporting by Joe Kirwin Yo, Ho, Ho - and 35 bucks Are booze drinkers - already accustomed to upscale whiskey and "sipping tequila" - ready for pricey rum? France's Moët Hennessy thinks so: it's launching 10 Cane, a premium...
...Adelphia Communications, "claimed he was CEO in name only." And Richard Scrushy, CEO of HealthSouth Corp., "thought his financial officers, though aggressive, were operating within the confines of the law." It is stunning how men who claim to be so clueless came to run huge companies and earn salaries that would make Croesus blush. I would like any corporation looking for a new CEO to know that I am available and ignorant--just the qualifications, apparently...
Dangling Man and The Victim, the strange allegorical novel that followed, were fine apprentice novels. But it wasn't until Augie, his big and vigorous coming-of-age novel, that Bellow discovered his voice, a voice so distinctive that it would earn its own adjective: Bellovian. It combined the rhetoric of a precocious University of Chicago student with the exuberant syncopations of Chicago street talk--high...