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...London have a "deep pool of talent," says William J. Mills, ceo of Citigroup's Corporate and Investment Banking division for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. But compared with its Continental rivals, it offers "the most flexible labor laws." While the number of financial-sector staff in London rose 4.3% to 318,000 between 2002 and 2005, tough U.S. immigration rules applying to foreign talent helped New York's head count slide by 0.7% over the same period, according to a report published late last month by McKinsey. London's geographic position also allows it to start...
...minute-and-a-half to play, allowing him to be recognized by the crowd of 1,632, which included a large contingent of his family.As he walked off the court for the last time as a collegian after being whistled for a fifth foul, the fans at Lavietes rose to their feet to give the big man a final ovation. Cusworth shook hands with all the players on the bench, then got a hug from coach Frank Sullivan before sitting down to watch his teammates close out the final 1:34 of the victory. “I really can?...
...Peter Capkovic, the top-seeded player in the tournament, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.“It was a very big win,” Valkin said. “I was the underdog, but I knew that I was good enough to beat the guy. I rose to the occasion and played well.”The South African went 5-0 overall, losing only three sets. Fish likened Valkin’s performance to the play of Boston-area athletes from a different sport.“He was a little like the New England Patriots...
...credit, Pressler did rid the company of most of the $3.2 billion debt he had inherited by tightening inventory, closing underperforming stores and managing the supply chain more efficiently. And while Gap's stock still lags its competitors', the company's shares rose 66% on Pressler's watch. "Under his leadership, the company has meaningfully improved its operations, strengthened its balance sheet, greatly enhanced its online presence and improved our standing as a global corporate citizen," Robert Fisher, son of Gap's founders, told TIME in an e-mail...
...partner was George Raft, sometimes it was George Burns. "I heard it twisted around so many ways," he says. "It could have been Rudolph Valentino." Nonetheless, the poignant sweetness of her recollections and the faintly acrid aftertaste of his own uneasy detachment flavored Simon's adolescence. As he rose during adulthood from deprivation to celebrity, creating hit TV shows, then dozens of gag-laden Broadway shows and jauntily comic movies, he thought from time to time of writing candidly about his mother and even about that specific situation, with its blend of childish veneration and Oedipal yearning. But such memories...