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...department to the male-dominated operational side of the airline in 1998. While much of her work involves drab buildings and heavy equipment, the Seattle-based executive reminds colleagues that "an airline is a people business." An avid jogger who enjoys spending time with her kids at the family retreat in Idaho, Schneider says, "I hope I serve as a role model for younger women who value both work and balance in their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women Executives: The Sky's The Limit | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...gave the ad enough free publicity to achieve its goal of lining up popular figures against a currency that over 50% of Britons say they would vote against. If the campaign helps preserve that opposition, Tony Blair's march toward a euro referendum could turn into a double-time retreat. THE BOURSE Zero Sum Game? General Motors and Ford reintroduced 0% loans to keep cars selling. But with incentives already averaging over $2,000 a vehicle, it's difficult to see how they'll make money on the deal. The End Of The Quest Qwest, which filed for bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Europe's Air Traffic out of Control? | 7/7/2002 | See Source »

...familiar face in a crowded field. In 2000 he had the party's nomination and its fat-cat donors all to himself--but blew the race. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday the big-money players will be wooed at two competing events: Gore's "donor retreat" at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., and North Carolina Senator John Edwards' gathering of givers on St. Simmons Island, Georgia. And Edwards is holding his retreat at the home of R.J. Reynolds heir Smith Bagley, a party powerhouse who used to support Gore (Bagley's wife Elizabeth was the U.S. ambassador to Portugal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Pass the Plate | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

Gore's Memphis retreat is expected to draw a decent crowd. While he will feature congressional Democrats as speakers, he did not invite Lieberman, who has said he will not run if Gore does (but is busily building his donor network in case Gore doesn't). Edwards' retreat will include a good-size contingent of trial lawyers--he used to be one himself--who also account for 86% of the money his pac has raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Pass the Plate | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...display of bipartisanship not witnessed since the days immediately following Sept. 11, politicians from both parties called the decision "ridiculous," "unbelievable," "nuts." The Senate quickly passed a 99-0 bill endorsing the unexpurgated pledge. The House condemned the decision by a 416-3 vote. Perhaps deciding that retreat is the better part of valor, Goodwin stayed his decision even before an appeal was filed. The case is virtually certain to be heard by an 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit and virtually certain to be overturned either then or later by the Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Pledge or Not To Pledge... | 6/29/2002 | See Source »

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