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...APPOINTED. HENRY TANG and AMBROSE LEE, as Hong Kong's financial and security secretaries, respectively, after a shake-up of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's Cabinet last month; in Hong Kong. The appointments followed the resignation of two officials after large protests against Tung's leadership and proposed security legislation...
...skeptic, unable to shake the unsettled feeling of constantly being on the move, might say that neither is truly home. It’s strange sometimes to realize that no matter which bed I’m sleeping in at the end of the day, I’ll be in another city soon...
...century for technology companies. Only in the most recent of the past 30 months, as hardware and software orders have begun to revive, have stocks moved higher. Demand is encouragingly strong for Internet service, mobile phones and video games. But most of the tech sector remains deep in its shake-out phase, which means that only a relative few resilient players continue to deliver products and services--and profits. This year TIME's survey of global tech leaders salutes the survivors, executives who have made it through the punishment and come out with their businesses not just intact but thriving...
...first Chinese-language search engine, surprised critics by turning profitable in the third quarter of last year. For the second quarter of 2003, it posted a stunning $7.5 million profit on $19.3 million in revenue. But the climb has not always been smooth. During the shake-out following the dotcom crash, shareholders questioned the company's heavy dependence on banner-ad revenue. Hostile board members and disgruntled investors wanted professional management to replace him. Zhang says his nonconfrontational style helped him hold on, but the experience "was the worst sort of psychological torture." Short-messaging service, which helped the company...
...more creative. Some are wearing white doctors' coats, brandishing stethoscopes and passing out tongue depressors with the words "Rx for America: Howard Dean." The Governor, however, seems unprepared for parading. He's wearing navy pinstripe suit pants, a blue business shirt and his perennial black penny loafers. When we shake hands, he blurts the first thing that comes to mind: "It's good we're not right behind the horses. That always happens in Vermont--it's a message, I guess. You have to watch your step, which is a pain because you want eye contact with the people." When...