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...meeting last Friday, Daniel Summerfield of U.S. pension fund CalPERS and British fund USS demanded that 72-year-old chairman Rupert Murdoch resign because of his recent installation of his 30-year-old son James as chief executive. Critics say BSkyB is a family affair too close to the elder's News Corporation. Murdoch Sr. allowed that there was "a suspicion of possible nepotism" but said he's not leaving. "You have an arrogance ... that is completely appalling," said another investor, who envisioned decisions "being made over breakfast." But BSkyB won all resolutions. James can serve on the board...
...team’s elder statesman, Old’s decisionmaking and veteran presence have left their mark on his coaches and teammates...
Born in Ethiopia, Samuelsson was orphaned at age 3 by a tuberculosis epidemic in his homeland. He and his elder sister were adopted by a Swedish couple and grew up in the port city of Gothenburg. Samuelsson began cooking when he was about 6 at the side of his Swedish grandmother, Helga Jonsson. "I learned the most about food from my grandmother," he says. "Her world completely revolved around food." After a stint at culinary school, followed by work in kitchens throughout Europe, Samuelsson became executive chef at New York City's sleek Aquavit in 1995 when he was only...
...Paris Hilton’s handbags. So let’s forget about brunette Alice Walton, Wal-Mart heiress and divorcee, who probably spends her Friday nights at home eating Tostitos and watching Meg Ryan movies. It’s nothing but Dior and red carpets galore for the elder of the fabulous sisters Hilton...
...team felt very confident heading into the game after our big win over UNH,” the elder McDavitt said. “We have been approaching each game with the mentality that we need to play at the top of our game all of the time and not let down once we start winning...