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...MEG WHITMAN When a headhunter begged her to interview at a fledgling dotcom, Whitman, then an executive at Hasbro's preschool division, at first declined. But she reconsidered and within a couple of years turned EBAY into the most successful pure Internet company while making herself the first woman Internet billionaire. Whitman, 44, has made eBay--with more merchandise than ever, including $1 billion a year in auto sales and 37 million users worldwide--a truly global marketplace...
Starting Five: Brynn Gingras, G, 5-7, So. (5.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg); Caitlin Bair, G, 5-9, Sr. (3.7 ppg, 1.4 apg); Helene Schutrumpf, G, 5-9, Jr. (8.6 ppg, 1.9 apg); Christina Phillips, F, 6-0, So. (2.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg); Meg Simpson...
...less so while wearing tights. Aussie hunk HUGH JACKMAN'S Danskin moment arrives in the upcoming contempo-period piece hybrid, Kate & Leopold. In the film, Jackman portrays a 19th century English duke transported to the 21st century who--what else?--grows smitten with a Manhattan corporate climber (MEG RYAN). Having depicted high-testosterone men in X-Men and Swordfish, he says the role "was a big challenge, though I have quite a bit of English blood. I had to go back to England and hire a coach to teach me some manners." But experience in musicals made him ready...
...MEG WHITMAN President and CEO, eBay Though most dotcom bosses can't get an investment bank to return their phone calls these days, Whitman and her company are held in such esteem that she has been named to the board of Goldman Sachs. Whitman, 44, joined eBay in 1998 and applied the lessons she learned at such old-economy firms as Hasbro and Disney. She did adopt some New Economy habits. Rather than preside from an office, she sits in a cubicle among her employees. Whitman was once criticized in Silicon Valley for stressing profitability over growth, but many...
...reunite with old flames, call off stagnant relationships—anything to avoid emotional limbo. It’s almost as if we have stepped onto the screen of a cinematic romance: Either we’re passionate Camilles doomed to tragedy, or we’re chipper Meg Ryans, ready to win the hero with a scrunch of our nose. And to a certain extent, that’s great. That’s what the movies are for—escapism and entertainment. In the case of romantic comedies, where the outcome is pre-determined by the marquee...