Word: gavin
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...branding," says Stern. "He's the doer, and I get all the credit." If Stern, 61, were to step down tomorrow, deputy commissioner Russ Granik would no doubt take over. Insiders believe that Silver, who is only 41, would then be next in line. Says Sacramento Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof: "The NBA would be in good hands if Adam were running the show." --By Sean Gregory/New York
...Burma (renamed Myanmar by the regime) - which Total vigorously denies - and the 1999 wreck of the tanker Erika, which created a devastating oil spill that polluted some of France's best-loved beaches. "They had a lot of dodgy relationships [with governments] and the whole system was opaque," says Gavin Hayman of U.K.-based Global Witness, a fierce critic of Big Oil's behavior in Africa. But Total officials insist that they've changed their spots. So bribery and leaky old tankers are out; codes of conduct and wind energy are in. Instead of ignoring protest groups like Greenpeace...
...corporation has pursued an aggressive commercial-expansion strategy designed to make it an international media powerhouse. The firm is gaining clout as a global broadcaster, content producer, book and magazine publisher, ad-services vendor and Internet firm. "We're fighting in the big boys' league," says Rupert Gavin, chief executive of BBC Worldwide, which runs the corporation's consumer businesses, including BBC America...
...other performances were also strong, with Emily van Waning Galvin ’04 as Viola and Caroline T. Koo ’04 as Olivia being particularly notable. Gavin plays Viola as a young boy with a touching weepy eyed presence and Koo handles the dramatic changes in her characters disposition with great comedic flair...
...stick around if Discovery did go public. They both relish the fact that since they don't have to answer to Wall Street, they can plow earnings back into long-term investments. "When you construct a 10-year deal with them, it's not a ridiculous discussion," says Rupert Gavin, CEO of BBC Worldwide, whose upstart cable channel, BBC America, is distributed by Discovery...