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...calling it "Enron on the Zaan," referring to the river that flows near the headquarters of Royal Ahold, the world's largest food retailer. And while that might be an exaggeration, Ahold has certainly scandalized the Netherlands' normally placid business life. The company's CEO, Cees van der Hoeven, and its finance chief, Michael Meurs, abruptly resigned last week following the discovery that a food-service subsidiary in the U.S. had overstated its operating earnings by at least $500 million. Ahold's stock immediately plunged by two-thirds, erasing €5 billion in value, although it picked up again slightly...
...women on business, a trouble-free environment is key. "Female frequent travelers have concerns about their safety," says Michel Van der Hoeven, manager of Singapore's Gallery Evason. "They always ask to be close to the elevator, to reception." Gallery Evason was the first hotel in Asia to reserve a floor for women, served by female staff, when it opened this spring. Doubles start at $86; to reserve, call (65) 849-8686. Since then, the Novotel Atlantis in Shanghai's Pudong district has set aside its 43rd floor, under the name Club Femme. Doubles...
...head of Asia for Best Western, says the world's biggest hotel chain has yet to find significant demand for female-only facilities. "It's not like women execs need bodyguards," he says. "I really don't think we want to spend money on this." But replies Van der Hoeven: "It's not about money. Look at any hotel. Look at the size of the robe, the slippers: they're based on males. At the end of the day, it's about good service...
Determined to "shake the foundations a little bit," he mounted a drive to revitalize the stodgy G.O.P. leadership. He helped toss out Charles Hoeven as chairman of the House Republican caucus in 1963 and joined the move to upset Charles Halleck as minority leader in 1965. Both were replaced by Michigan's Gerald Ford. When Ford wanted to give Goodell his reward, Republican veterans gave Goodell his comeuppance. Overriding Ford, they refused to make the ambitious, somewhat abrasive Goodell either the Republican whip or head of the Policy Committee...
...really been acting against Halleck or Arends. "What we tried to do," said one, "was to strengthen Charlie's position and at the same time shake the foundation under his feet. It all depends, I think, on how Charlie reads the signs and portents." Ex-Chairman Hoeven thought he could read signs and portents quite clearly. Said he of the rebels: "They're going after Mr. Halleck and Mr. Arends in due time...