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...departure (his top lieutenant, wife, and son and heir apparent also resigned positions at Samsung) may finally allow that process to begin - and could set a precedent throughout Asia, where family-run companies have long resisted transparency and greater accountability. As a major shareholder, Lee may continue to influence Samsung. But his decision to resign, even before a trial, for the greater good of the company he ran is an unprecedented act in South Korea and is an example that business leaders throughout Asia may find hard to ignore. When Lee announced he was stepping down in a televised speech...
...wrong to attribute a significant part of the increase in Amazon deforestation to biofuels, as Mr. Grunwald does. First, suggestions that Brazil is a major culprit in global warming are not supported by scientific facts or reliable statistics. Second, the growth rate of Brazilian emissions has been on the decline primarily because of decreasing rates of Amazon rain-forest deforestation, which is the main source of carbon emissions in Brazil, and increasing use of ethanol fuel. Furthermore, from 1970 to 2005 the use of ethanol in our energy mix has averted the emission of 644 million tons...
...proposed changes represent Smith’s first major administrative overhaul since he took office last summer, and they mark the culmination of a lengthy administrative review process that he launched in the fall with the help of paid consultants. Much of the content of the remarks to the Faculty had previously been presented to the Caucus of Chairs, an informal but influential body of FAS department heads and committee chairs that was formed in 2005 and that strongly criticized the divisional deanships and administrative expansion in the fall of that year...
...reasons Smith was selected as dean, University President Drew G. Faust said last spring, was his organizational experience outside of the academy. He was the founder of Liquid Machines, a company that sells digital rights management software to major corporations. But this very experience is sometimes a source of friction with the professors he leads...
...moving throughout the audience, rounded out the opening performances with a crowd-pleasing rendition of Mya’s “My Love Is Like…Whoa.” Often held at the end of Gaypril, Drag Night is one of the BGLTSA’s major events, according to Turner. Although it’s not a political event, Drag Night nevertheless showcases a unique facet of queer culture, one that according to Chan, the social char of BGLTSA, “gets people thinking about gender, and that there are alternative ways about thinking about...