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When I was a sophomore, three senior guys lived next door. One was Ec, another Gov and the third Biochem. Two of them went into banking (the Gov concentrator went to D. C. ). In my first week on the job, I learned that one of the guys quit after two weeks; he said he couldn't take it any more and is now running a startup with his dad. The other is responsibly finishing his two-year contract and will run straight to B-school next year, hoping to find a new career that will restore his "self-worth...
Last week, Robinson's only paid staff member, Thomas P. McCuin, a veteran of the presidential campaign of Sen. John S. McCain (R.-Ariz.), quit, citing philosophical differences with Robinson...
...that weren't bad enough, even Firestone's spin doctors have apparently lost faith in the company; last week, in the wake of the company's refusal to expand the recall to include an additional 1.4 million tires, its p.r. agency, Fleishman-Hillard, quit, reportedly tired of clashing with corporate lawyers. In a statement, Fleishman said it didn't think it could be of further service, refusing to elaborate. "I personally think Firestone is toast," says veteran marketer Jack Trout of Greenwich, Conn., who has previously worked with the company. "It's really a second-tier tire brand with...
...nice guy doesn't mean you can't kick a little ass." He had just landed what he calls his "dream job," detailing motorcycles for Harley-Davidson, when Ella learned of her cancer. He realized he was about to lose his mother, and everything changed. He quit the new job, left the Army Reserves, postponed a pending marriage and set out to provide 24-hour care at Ella's modest home in Artesia, Calif. "This is my last chance to spend time with her," he explains. "It's not easy, but I could never throw her into a nursing home...
...reasons for Fujimori?s sudden departure remain murky, but of more immediate concern to Peruvians is the dangers that arise from the fact that he delivered an incomplete announcement. He said he'd quit, but not when and how. Pressure on the streets may grow for the president?s immediate resignation, but right now there?s considerable uncertainty over how any transition would be managed. And that means Peru could be heading into a political vacuum - something nature, and the military, tends to abhor...