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Checchi's management skills have been coming under attack by Davis, who is buying heavy TV time to slug away at Checchi's stewardship of Northwest Airlines, which he acquired in a 1989 leveraged buyout. Checchi portrays his time at Northwest as a classic "white knight" tale--spent reforming management and saving the airline--while Davis says Checchi's takeover saddled the company with so much debt that he drove it to the brink of bankruptcy. There is truth to both claims: Northwest is healthier now than it was before Checchi came along, but during the recession...
...invited to Seattle for more interviews. My trip to the Pacific Northwest--the home base of the Evil Empire--was unquestionably the only redeeming episode in the fiasco that has been my summer job search. The natural scenery was gorgeous and the Microsoft corporate campus is a testimony to the great things that monopolies who employ unfair trading practices can accomplish...
...Summit is Washington State's Western Washington University, which rests between the breathtaking peak of Mount Baker and the calm waters of Bellingham Bay. It's an idyllic setting--Alpine meadows, tall pines, unspoiled lakes and miles of hiking trails--and also a great place to learn about the Northwest and its marine environments. You'll take wildlife cruises to Puget Sound, trips to North Cascades National Park and, of course, visits to Mount Baker. Also planned this year are special trips for kayakers, beginners and advanced, and courses about the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest...
Microsoft's initial revenues come from software licensing; the code for the hit travel site Expedia, for instance, will soon fuel sites for American Express and Northwest Airlines, among others. And the financial sector is next. Last week Microsoft unveiled its Investor Platform Kit, which lets banks and brokers put mix-and-match versions of Investor on their own sites...
What comes to mind when you think of Michigan? Snow? Cars? Football? How about summer vacation? Tucked away in the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula are some of the country's best-kept secrets: white sandy beaches, turquoise lakes, towering dunes and a premier training center for young musicians, dancers, artists and actors...