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Faust has not yet offered firm views on the proper role of the military at Harvard...
Poor Harry Potter. As he prepares for his swan song, it's the iPhone's wizardry--not his--that's stirring up the fevered anticipation usually reserved for a summer blockbuster. Nineteen million Americans say they want the hyper-hip gizmo sight unseen, reports research firm M:Metrics. And that collective clamor is not just about branded bling. It's about a widespread yearning for a better phone, a cooler calling tool that always works, that is easy to use, fun to play with and comes in a stylish, sexy shell...
...addition, Chertoff has practice tuning out political pressure. Early in his career, he left a lucrative job at a white-shoe law firm to put away Mob bosses as a first assistant U.S. Attorney in New York. In 2006 the DHS Secretary weathered a call for his resignation from Nevada Democrat Harry Reid, then the Senate minority leader, because Las Vegas had been denied security dollars...
...Because he founded the company with energy and enthusiasm, Yang may be able to help revive flagging employee morale, which has led to a number of senior-level departures this year. "The company needs internal excitement," says Ned May, lead analyst for Outsell, a California-based research and consulting firm. But analysts point out that Yang lacks the trial-by-fire management experience other top CEOs could have brought to Yahoo...
...Google's agitators, the search giant continues to soar, having recently overtaken Cisco Systems, albeit briefly, as Silicon Valley's most valuable company, with a market cap approaching $160 billion. And its battles don't seem to affect Google's broader reputation: In a recent survey by research firm Universum, 5,500 MBA graduates ranked Google the most attractive of all companies to work for this year...