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...American standards. For the most part, analysts view the firm as a world-class business. Among foreign investors--who own more than 50% of Samsung Electronics' shares--there is some concern that management is still subject to the whims of the Samsung Group's Lee family. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, the founder's son, wields outsize personal influence throughout the Samsung empire. One fear is that Samsung Electronics' profits could be siphoned off to bolster the fortunes of, say, Samsung Life Insurance, one of 24 other companies under the Samsung umbrella. That might not be illegal, but it certainly would...
...American standards. For the most part, analysts view the firm as a world-class business. Among foreign investors - who own more than 50% of Samsung Electronics' shares - there is some concern that management is still subject to the whims of the Samsung Group's Lee family. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, the founder's son, wields outsize personal influence throughout the Samsung empire. One fear is that Samsung Electronics' profits could be siphoned off to bolster the fortunes of, say, Samsung Life Insurance, one of 24 other companies under the Samsung umbrella. That might not be illegal, but it certainly would...
...crud clouds are picking up toxins, such as cadmium and arsenic, as they cross China's northeastern industrial belt. The pollutant payload is small but "very, very bad for your health," says an environmental studies professor. The problem stems from spreading desertification across huge swathes of China. Says Goh Kun, the mayor of Seoul: "We need radical and aggressive measures to stop the yellow sand." Korea has rarely faced a more insidious invader...
...American standards. For the most part, analysts view the firm as a world-class business. Among foreign investors - who own more than 50% of Samsung Electronics' shares - there is some concern that management is still subject to the whims of the Samsung Group's Lee family. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, the founder's son, wields outsize personal influence throughout the Samsung empire. One fear is that Samsung Electronics' profits could be siphoned off to bolster the fortunes of, say, Samsung Life Insurance, one of 24 other companies under the Samsung umbrella. That might not be illegal, but it certainly would...
...Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) stalwart who helped draft Japan's security agreement with the U.S. When he died in 1969, Junichiro was studying in London. He hurried back home and, while sorting through Junya's papers, discovered that his future had been laid out for him. "Certain victory, Junichiro-kun," read a note written in his father's script. In Japan, political inheritance is common: about a third of the seats in parliament are passed from one generation to the next. So Koizumi's election should have been a slam dunk. Instead, he suffered an embarrassing defeat in Yokosuka...