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...Sally Morris, chief executive of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers—an international association of over 300 not-for-profit publishers—wrote in an e-mail that even with these safeguards, she and the publishers she represents object to the project, which plans to digitize copyrighted books...
...billion, and Yahoo! has kept pace, jumping 120% to $3.57 billion (thanks in part to acquisitions of Inktomi and Overture). Semel's turnaround story: the once money-losing dotcom has become a thriving real-world business, with 399 million unique users this January and some $840 million in profit last year...
...Economic Minister; after legislators called for his ouster over suspect real estate transactions; in Seoul. Revelations emerged in January that Lee's wife, Jin Jin Sook, may have flouted residency laws with a 1979 purchase of land in Kwangju, south of Seoul, which she later sold for a profit of $4.6 million. Lee denied any improprieties, but said he would step down because the controversy "could burden the President and be of no help to the economy...
HOLLYWOOD AND SILICON VALLEY were shocked when Terry Semel became CEO of Internet portal Yahoo! in 2001. But the ex-Warner Bros. chief has led the company out of dotcom-bubble troubles to a new era of record profits. He has also done well personally, making a profit of more than $250 million on stock-option sales, according to analysis firm Thomson Financial. Semel talked to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about technology, Tinseltown and the competition...
...dining hall will become a runway, and the bright colors of General Gao’s chicken and Hawaiian punch will be replaced by an equally-splendid tapestry of student and professional design. Contradictions: A Charity Fashion Show will benefit Spheres of Exchange, the Boston branch of the non-profit Refugee Women’s Network, a group that “serves refugee and immigrant women through leadership training, education and advocacy.” The event is sponsored here at Harvard by AMBLE, Aspiring Minority Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs, who have worked to bring the designs of hot labels...