Word: jeanings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bronfman thinks he has an ace in his close relationship with Vivendi CEO Jean-Rene Fourtou. But whether in Edgar Jr. they can trust elicits a Gallic shrug from shareholders. If he offers the right price for the Universal units, says Colette Neuville of a stock owners' group, "whether Bronfman can run it well is another matter that doesn't concern us." --With reporting by Peter Gumbel/Paris and Jeffrey Ressner and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles
...entrenched in our intellectual history the false dichotomy of nature vs. nurture became. Whether human nature is born or made is an ancient conundrum discussed by Plato and Aristotle. Empiricist philosophers such as John Locke and David Hume argued that the human mind was formed by experience; nativists like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant held that there was such a thing as immutable human nature...
...When Jean-Pierre Garnier's proposed $36 million severance package got slapped down by angry GlaxoSmithKline shareholders two weeks ago, it looked as if the U.K's revolt against fat-cat compensation - the movement against oversize salaries and bonuses for CEOs, especially those in charge of underperforming companies - might actually have some teeth. The stage seemed set for a major showdown at the annual shareholder meeting of banking giant HSBC last Friday. A new American board member, William F. Aldinger III, was up for an eye-popping three-year, $37.5 million financial package, and shareholders would get a chance...
...prime minister of France will have beef today-Canadian western beef. I had it yesterday and look how healthy I am this morning." Jean Chrétien, Canadian Prime Minister, after one cow in Canada was found to be infected with...
...sympathetic line, threatening to revoke the licenses of doctors and nurses who refuse to return to the front?an approach that has done little to calm fears among hospital workers. Although only a small percentage have walked out, those that remain have ample reason to be scared, says Tseng Jean-lie, chairman of the National Union of Nurses Association. "In some of the hospitals, medical staff are supplied with only two masks a week," says Tseng. "They should be getting a new one every four hours. It's not good enough." Not good enough for Taiwanese, or for the American...