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CforC's team-based leadership structure draws on the operations and planning skills of a military commander (Butler), the business acumen of an entrepreneur (Hashemi, who co-founded a successful espresso-bar chain called Coffee Republic) and the humanitarian know-how of someone involved in nongovernmental organizations (NGOS)--that's Slim, an academic who worked for a number of agencies, including the U.N. and Save the Children...
Says FFlaherty: "The credit crisis we're facing is the result of unbridled greed. We need to bridle greed." Perhaps when world leaders sit down in Washington to forge a 21st-century New Deal for the global financial system, it may have more than a smattering of Canadian banking know...
...blocks that Cuba hopes to exploit in the 43,000-sq.-mi. (112,000 sq km) EEZ. Analysts say one reason is the daunting infrastructural difficulties facing any company that drills in Cuba: firms have to bring much more of their own capital, equipment, technology and on-the-ground know-how than usual. This year's severe hurricane damage in Cuba has made the situation worse. Canada's Sherritt, in fact, recently dropped out of its four-block contract. "Who else is going to be willing to actually come in and take the risk in Cuba?" says Benjamin-Alvarado...
...captain,” Cartwright said. “I’m lucky to have a captain in Rebecca—I think she’ll be the standard by which all other captains will be compared.”Words like experience and know-how get thrown around frequently in the world of sports. Each team has its own standout senior, with enough talent, acclaim, medals, and awards to go around.But in lightweight rowing, Kharrazi is truly a step above. She joined Radcliffe as a freshman, inexperienced in the world of collegiate rowing. She left her first...
...something I’ve understood as well as I should.” Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank ’62 are the chairs of the finance committees in their respective legislative chambers. They, along with President Bush’s economic team, have the know-how and can-do attitudes to engineer a substantive bailout bill—without McCain’s help. Perhaps the esteemed senator from Arizona should let the experts do their jobs...