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Chung Mong Koo, chairman of South Korea's Hyundai Motor, carefully scrutinizes a newly designed gearshift lever for the automaker's Sonata sedan while his entire senior management team hovers around, anxiously awaiting his approval. The execs are justifiably edgy. Engineers added a plastic plate beneath the shifter to prevent spilled coffee and other flotsam from falling into the mechanism and gumming it up. It's a minor change, but no one is treating it that way, least of all Chung, a hard-nosed, detail-oriented boss with a penchant for micromanagement. ("He still makes the decision...
...less than a comparable Toyota or Honda in the U.S., but with rising labor costs and a weaker dollar, Hyundai must persuade customers to pay more so that profits keep growing. Last year, Hyundai's earnings edged up a mere 2%, while sales grew 10%. Zayong Koo, an auto analyst at Lehman Bros. in Seoul, says it could take several years before Hyundai achieves this crucial pricing power: "They need to show a track record of good-quality cars in order for them to take that next step and raise pricing...
DIED. V.K. (for Vi-Kyun) Wellington Koo, 97, China-born, Columbia-educated politician and diplomat who served the Republic of China as Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (1926-27), Ambassador to the U.S. (1946-56) and vice president of the International Court of Justice at the Hague (1964-67); in New York City. The suave, elegant Koo represented his country at both the Paris peace talks that ended World War I and the 1945 San Francisco conference, where the United Nations was born...
...sure not to miss the only concert of Ghanian highlife music to hit Harvard this year. Blodgett Distinguished artist Daniel Amponsah, who goes by the title Koo Noo is scheduled to perform this highly anticipated concert. Free. 8 p.m. Paine Hall...
...received the envelopes were “student leaders, activists, people involved in the community,” said Koo, glancing anxiously at the door of Ticknor Lounge. He was supposed to be asking attendees to write their anonymous comments on final clubs on 3 by 5 index cards...