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Zhang Yong, a bright, up-and-coming bureaucrat, thought his financial expertise and Ivy League education would prepare him well for the tricky issues he would face in his job as vice director of economic development in Taizhou, one of the fastest-growing cities in one of China's fastest-growing provinces, Zhejiang. Instead, he found himself tackling a problem that seemed more appropriate for a Third World backwater than a Chinese boomtown: a chronic shortage of electricity. Last year, Taizhou's economy grew at an astounding 15%, but all the gleaming new factories pushed electrical consumption...
Based on the innovative philosophy of consolidating related small businesses to capitalize on economies of scale, the “rollup” company was netting $4 billion within three years and became the fastest company ever to hit the Fortune...
...know that we raced our absolute fastest race on Sunday, and I’m really proud of us,” Lambert added. “It was a good race to have be my last...
Even if you're the fastest couple in the world, there are certain things you can't outrun--like Johnny Law. So Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, the sprinting champions, find themselves caught in the center of a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation into steroid use by athletes. Both deny taking banned performance-enhancing drugs, and neither has been formally charged. Still, as the allegations spread all the way up Olympus to the U.S.'s top track-and-field stars, it looks as if either we'll be sending a scandal-tainted team to the Games or those...
Since then, the world's fastest couple have been the sport's darlings. They're good-looking, they win, they share shoes, and they've now had a baby together, Monty, who can undoubtedly crawl with alacrity. They even have each other's names tattooed on their arms. Jones--who is so good that when she got three golds and two bronzes at the Olympics in 2000, she considered it a disappointment--is charismatic, does charity work and constantly signs autographs for kids. She's known for her intensity. "Marion's work ethic was like none I've ever seen...