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...with Beijing set to host the 2008 Games, China wants not only to bury the past but to set the tone for the future. The Beijing Olympics "is about more than just sports," says Ren Hai, a professor at the Beijing Sport University. "In 2008, China's development will be acknowledged and accepted by the world." Chinese sports czars have announced that 2008 will bring the nation an unprecedented number of Olympic laurels, based upon a "gold-medal strategy" approved by no less an authority than China's Cabinet...
...question is no longer how inept he's been. It's whether he was solely responsible for Vivendi's near downfall or is just taking the fall for the failings of the French business establishment. After 20 months of investigation, the two magistrates on the case, Henri Pons and René Cros, are focusing on three major allegations: that Messier used false information to make Vivendi's accounts look better than they were; that he manipulated Vivendi stock by launching a huge share buyback after Sept. 11, 2001; and that his j21 million severance contract, since canceled, amounted to embezzlement...
...directors who sat on Vivendi's board, which signed off on most of Messier's adventures? "The directors aren't choirboys," says Canoy. "They should be sanctioned, too, because they let Messier get away with this." The board has been thoroughly reshuffled since Messier was replaced by Jean-René Fourtou in July 2002. The company declines comment. Still, by focusing all the attention on Messier, "we're just kicking a man who's down," Neuville says. "To have real corporate governance in France, we need to examine all the causes of the disaster...
...reinforced after fissures appeared - and even that failed to prevent the audible cracking and widespread leaks that preceded the cave-in. Cracking elsewhere in the departure structure was heard after the collapse, forcing administrators to close the entire building. Even in the best of cases, says CDG director René Brun, 2E will remained closed for "months, even a year." The crash has even further-reaching business ripples. For years, ADP has sold consulting, engineering, and management services to airports abroad that want to improve or extend their infrastructure. Its acclaimed work in new airport construction in Asia, the Middle...
...fact, Winston took a semester off last spring to read Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in Copenhagen...