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...that he needed to convince some of France's most wildly militant workers and their unions that they had everything to gain as partners with management and everything to lose as adversaries. In France? Bonne chance. Yet Air France employees are less grumpy campers (they're still French), and the company is reaping the rewards of labor peace and French élan in the skies. The notoriously dysfunctional bad boy of air transport earned $1.2 billion in the fiscal year that ended in March 2006, on sales of $28.2 billion, and $1.62 billion for the first three-quarters...
...well educated and has a tremendous ability. He doesn’t create enemies,” Chareonwongsak said. Sathirathai was also a candidate for the United Nations’ secretary-general. “Most of his time as foreign minister was spent trying to gain support” for his candidacy, Chareonwongsak said. Sathirathai’s son, Santitarn Sathirathai, is currently a student at the Kennedy School pursuing a masters in public administration with an emphasis on international development, according to the Kennedy School spokeswoman, Melodie L. Jackson. Surakiart Sathirithai could not be reached for comment...
...well known that ADT leads to weight gain through increased body fat deposits as well as diabetes. All of these raise the risk of heart disease,” Tsai said...
...productivity? Allen would rather dream than draw up a business plan. "I'm a reluctant entrepreneur," he says. The productivity guru likes to think of himself as a "researcher, educator and an evangelist," who helps people weave order into their complex lives. But because Allen would rather help people gain control of their frazzled lives than figure out new ways to make millions off of his ideas, he's still struggling to decide whether to focus on corporate consulting or the world of self-help. And what's the right scale and scope for The David Allen Company? "This could...
...country's reputation for persecuting religion. After the U.S. in 2004 placed Vietnam on its list of "Countries of Particular Concern" for blocking religious freedom (North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and China are all on the list), Hanoi passed a new law outlining ways for non-state religions to gain official approval. The next year, it allowed Nhat Hanh to return to Vietnam for the first time in 40 years. Late last year, Washington removed Vietnam from the religious-freedom blacklist...