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...creators of Jersey Boys, librettists Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and director Des McAnuff, went for Plan C. They had two ideas for freshening the material. One was to emphasize the Seasons' Italo-American roots, especially the connection to the New Jersey mob of founder Nick DeVito; this turns the show from a simple exercise in Frankie Valli nostalgia into "The Falsetto and the Sopranos." The other was to give each member of the group weight by letting him tell part of the story. Tommy says, "You ask four guys, you get four different versions." That's Jersey Boys...
...with most immigrant workers, the financial incentive looms large for Filipino teachers who opt for the U.S. According to Ligaya Avenida, AIC's founder, a Filipino teacher earns from $9,000 to $12,000 a year. In Baltimore the average Filipino recruit makes $45,000 a year. Many Filipino teachers seeking to practice their craft in the U.S. shell out as much as $10,000 to recruiting agencies like AIC to secure interviews with American administrators and receive help with visas and other immigration documents. With some agencies, however, the teachers don't always get what they...
...because of concerns about their legality in the U.S. Should the DOJ decide to crack down, the gaming firms, at least, have an exit. PartyGaming's prospectus takes pains to point out that the company has no tangible assets or physical presence in the U.S. Indeed, one reason co-founder Parasol plays no official role at the firm other than shareholder and keeps a very low public profile--she refuses all interview requests--is that as a U.S. citizen, she's potentially at risk and doesn't want to harm the company, according to lawyers who know...
...DIED. AENNE BURDA, 96, founder of the Burda-Moden publishing house and one of post-war Germany's most prominent businesswomen; in Offenburg, Germany. Born Anna Magdalene Lemminger, she married printer Franz Burda in 1931. The first issue of Burda-Moden appeared in 1950, bringing high fashion to the public and later offering clothing patterns so women could make their own fashionable attire. The publishing house, which later expanded to include titles such as entertainment magazine Bunte and the newsweekly Focus, is now one of Germany's biggest conglomerates; the company has been rechristened Hubert Burda Media after Burda...
...switched its underwear material from odor-retaining polypropylene to washable polyester to stay ahead of the competition. He emphasizes the importance of quality in an era of cheap mass production. And he shows that his company, at least, can treat both its employees and the environment with respect.The future founders, chairmen, and chief executive officers here on campus would do well to learn a little from Chouinard. Companies do not have to be all about lower marginal costs and higher profits—they can also be about their people and the ecosystem. And if Chouinard’s business...