Word: jim
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...Jim Rogers turned investing into an international thrill ride in his books Investment Biker and Adventure Capitalist. His latest effort, Hot Commodities, explains how to invest in everything from tin to coffee--with detours into Brazilian sugar farms and Dutch smuggling rings. TIME's JYOTI THOTTAM asked him for some New Year's wisdom...
Since then judges have argued that Republican politicians--always eager to look tough on crime--have been tightening guidelines and further chipping away at their prized independence. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Sensenbrenner once threatened to subpoena a federal district judge's records to see whether he had been too lenient, and a year later, Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered federal prosecutors to report judges who were similarly showing too much forgiveness...
Ideally, that should leave more time for Simon to do what he does best--rally the troops and plot strategy. "Irwin has an uncanny ability to get people to charge the mountain for him," says Beth Bronner, senior vice president of marketing at Jim Beam Brands and a longtime Hain Celestial board member. After an earnings disappointment last fall, Simon gathered about 150 employees at his Long Island, N.Y., headquarters for an inspirational screening of Miracle, the feel-good film about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's improbable gold-medal victory. Now he has to hope that Hain...
...lost its first-place 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...
Senior point guard David Giovacchini led the way for the Crimson, hitting all six of his free throws, while Cusworth and sophomore Jim Goffredo were each 3-of-4. Captain Jason Norman and senior guard Kevin Rogus combined to hit only 6-of-12, however, continuing their seasonal struggles from the line...