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These numbers contrast with those of the last years of the presidency of Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers’ predecessor. During the 1999-2000 year, 34 percent of all offers went to women, and during the 2000-2001 year—Rudenstine’s last year—36 percent of all offers went to women...
Incoming chief executive Robert Iger badly wants to change that. Unlike his predecessor, Michael Eisner, who never seemed comfortable with international expansion--"Going to China and the Far East might as well have been Mars," the anonymous former exec says of Eisner--Iger has made boosting Disney's overseas revenues a priority. China is a personal Iger favorite. He has made numerous visits, lunched with senior leaders and even dropped in for a movie at a Shanghai cinema. It was so modern, Iger says, "I might as well have been in a multiplex in Indiana...
...what also gets Immelt pumped is talking about the environment in a way no GE chief has before, certainly not his predecessor, "Neutron Jack" Welch, who ran the company with a brass-knuckles approach to the bottom line. Welch had a testy relationship with greens, notably over cleaning the Hudson River of PCBs, a toxic chemical GE dumped, legally, for decades before the practice was banned in 1977. Since Welch retired in 2001, however, Immelt has been remaking GE. He recently announced a restructuring, paring 11 operating divisions to six. He has pruned slow-growth businesses like insurance and loaded...
...divine providence" are what keeps her going during difficult times, that's not enough to save the nation. She has to maintain the integrity of her office. President Arroyo and her family have to shape up or she may have to tread the same path as her disgraced predecessor. Jingo Badillo Manila...
Only months after his ordination as pope, Benedict XVI appears already to have won the adoration of millions of Catholics and the attention of politicians, scientists, and regular citizens across the globe. Although perhaps lacking some of the benign charm of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, the man formerly known as Joseph Ratzinger has quickly solidified his support within the Church’s hierarchy and among lay Catholics. As the spiritual leader of approximately one billion Catholics, the new pope is armed with the ability to substantially influence modern social issues, and he has swiftly demonstrated his intention...