Word: reefs
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Philippe Brawermann REEF President and CEO 40, Belgian www.reef.com...
...Last year Brawerman, the former head of Cisco Europe, was No. 1 on Time Digital Europe's Top 25. After a year in which many of Europe's software stars have burned out, Reef is still going strong...
...beaten both its profit and revenue numbers for six consecutive quarters, and second-quarter revenues were up 500% over 2000. Why has Reef continued to sparkle in the darkness of the downturn? Good management, focus on the bottom line and an ability to save its customers money...
Raised on the North Shore of Oahu, Johnson is the son of Hawaiian surf legend Jeff Johnson. At 16, Jack had a pro surfing contract and became the youngest-ever invitee to the ridiculously dangerous Pipe Masters. After he face-planted on a reef (an accident that left him with 150 stitches and extensive scars around his lip and forehead), Johnson made the transition into directing surf films. On "work" trips to Indonesia and Australia, he would entertain his buddies with mellow acoustic tunes, but never considered a career in music. "Because of where I grew up, music...
...That nature should punish a country that tries so hard to serve it seems deeply unfair. But in 1998, El NiNo warmed the seas, bleaching and killing much of the fantastical underwater coral. Fears surfaced that the rainbows of multicolored reef fish and legions of turtles, sharks and manta rays that made the Maldives a high point of the diving world would depart for richer shores. In the end, the fish stayed and the coral is now growing back. But global climate changes remain a concern. The Maldives stretch 800 km, but less than 300 sq km is land...