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Before taking over Harvard’s helm, Summers signed his name to a now-infamous World Bank memo suggesting America should relocate its polluting industries to developing countries in order to boost its national economy. When the internal memo was leaked, Summers quickly earned the wrath of domestic and foreign leaders...
...organization MORI, says this perception is not shared by the public, who see Brown as "a socialist wolf in sheep's clothing." But this is not necessarily an electoral disadvantage: Labour's current 5% lead over the Tories under Blair would increase to 13% if Brown were at the helm, according to a survey by pollsters NOP. And a whiff of good, old-fashioned socialism does nothing to harm Brown's high standing with Labour's grassroots or with the unions. Each sector controls one-third of the votes in the electoral college Labour must convene when it chooses...
...cereal market share to rival General Mills. Carlos Gutierrez, who became CEO that year, led a massive revamp of the company that restored sales, morale and the No. 1 position. But in November, Gutierrez was poached to take over the Commerce Department, leaving board member Jim Jenness at the helm of Kellogg. The question is whether Jenness, who has never held an operational role at the company, based in Battle Creek, Mich., can successfully follow a star CEO and keep the ball rolling...
When Kweisi Mfume took the helm of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in 1996, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization was in crisis. Mired in debt and stung by a sex scandal involving ousted executive director Benjamin Chavis, the group needed a leader who could restore its credibility. Mfume, a five-term Democratic Congressman from Baltimore, stepped up to the challenge. Through a campaign of corporate sponsorship, he erased the group's $3.2 million in debt and stockpiled $15 million in cash reserves...
...well be in the embryonic stage of a reign that could eclipse that of Queen Victoria—in years, if not significance. Since his ascension to the post in July 2001, Summers has consolidated his status as one of the most powerful men ever to take the helm of the world’s most powerful university. In so doing, he has asserted his influence far beyond the gates of the Yard...