Word: guru
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Talk about globalization. David Beckham, the soccer player in question, is almost certainly the best-known sports star in the world. He doesn't make the most money--in last week's SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, soccer guru Grant Wahl reckoned Beckham, 28, earns close to $30 million a year, which is way less than the earnings of golfer Tiger Woods and Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher--but Beckham's agency, SFX, which is owned by Clear Channel, the radio and concert giant, hasn't done badly by the boy. It is Beckham's name that's on the title...
...Talk about globalization. David Beckham, the soccer player in question, is almost certainly the best-known sports star in the world. He doesn't make the most money - in last week's SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, soccer guru Grant Wahl reckoned Beckham, 28, earns close to $30 million a year, which is way less than the earnings of golfer Tiger Woods and Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher - but Beckham's agency, SFX, which is owned by Clear Channel, the radio and concert giant, hasn't done badly by the boy. It is Beckham's name that's on the title...
Then she nearly turned into a self-help guru, telling the women in her audience that they too can speak with an honest voice, without fear of what the rest of the world will think...
...vehicles they replaced, according to the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates. GM, the Big Three's lowest-cost producer in terms of materials, is ahead of Chrysler and Ford in standardizing platforms across models, which reduces development costs. The influence of its North American chairman and product guru, former Chrysler and Ford executive Robert Lutz, 71, is emerging: Cadillacs are rolling out with bold designs and high performance, Chevy is launching the SSR pickup convertible, and Pontiac is reviving its 1960s muscle car, the GTO. In areas of engineering weakness, GM is swallowing its pride and outsourcing: Saturn...
DIED. ALBERT HAKIM, 66, Iranian-born Silicon Valley businessman and financial guru behind the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s; of a heart attack; in Inchon, South Korea. Hakim masterminded the web of bank accounts used to funnel U.S. weapons and funds to Iran and Nicaraguan rebels. As part of a plea bargain, he paid a $5,000 fine and served two years of probation...