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Regardless of the changes, the brand has a long way to go. The diminished chain that Baker inherited is a far cry from the powerhouse it was in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. The originator of the Christmas window and the first to hire a woman president and personal shoppers was once a showcase for high-end American designers?a tradition Baker hopes to revive. But when Lord & Taylor was bought by Associated Dry Goods in the late '70s, it lost its edge as a fashion leader. May Co.'s 1986 acquisition only contributed to their downward spiral. "Lord & Taylor...
...thoughts are hardly radical. Even her insistence that what Halston needs is a "designer who won't ignore the dna" isn't new. That formula has been tried, with lackluster results, three times in recent years. The fourth hire is Marco Zanini, most recently at Versace working alongside Donatella Versace, who will now work with Mellon and the Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe, also a part of Halston's creative advisory team...
...find them building houses for the poor or taking the kids to the Entwistles' for Saturday brunch. Every Monday morning, Entwistle gathers the troops. "He calls on even the most junior people to talk," says associate Anjali Talera, "and everyone's contribution is treated as equally crucial." A local hire from Merrill Lynch, Talera says that feeling is "rare in investment banking...
Such talk will hardly dampen Entwistle's plans. He's adding personnel rapidly, sometimes an employee a day. Goldman Sachs has also built relationships with Indian universities and M.B.A. programs in an effort to nourish the Goldman culture in India from the ground up. The bank plans to hire most of its India staff locally within the next few years. Previously, the only way to recruit India's top students was by offering them the chance to go abroad. "Now they don't want to miss out on what's going on at home," Entwistle says, "and we can finally...
...interested in AIDS and other global health challenges. Here, cutting-edge research labs race to develop effective vaccines; student groups engage in political advocacy to increase political will among our elected officials; and non-governmental organizations that work in some of the world’s hardest-hit regions hire undergraduate summer interns and graduating seniors. The answer to the once-vexing question, “What can I do?” becomes clear quickly enough if you know where to look...