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...career as a Berlin-based investment banker and lobbyist. Swiss, the national airline that replaced the bankrupt Swissair, has just hired him as a consultant in a bid to revamp its image. An interesting choice, considering all that Borer has personally done to shake up his country's staid reputation...
...Some planners in Washington believe they may have an easier time reaching the next generation of Arabs, and are pleased by the early success of their new Arabic-language station, Radio Sawa ("together"). Unlike the staid and preachy Voice of America (VOA), Radio Sawa targets a youth audience with trendy American and Arab pop music, attempting to get Washington's take on the news across in snippets that infrequently interrupt the Top 40 barrage. So far, only Arab audiences in Jordan, Dubai, and Kuwait have been able to tune in to Radio Sawa (the signal doesn't reach Cairo...
Person of the Week CANCELLED He took Vivendi Universal on a corporate buying spree, trying to transform a staid, provincial French utilities firm into a multinational media giant. But Jean-Marie Messier overreached and Vivendi's stock price collapsed, leading to his dismissal as company chairman last week...
...bankrupt his corporate creation - discrediting the entire Paris Bourse in the process - was pressed upon Chirac allies on Vivendi's board, and down went Messier. Replacing him is Jean-René Fourtou, the non-executive vice chairman of Franco-German pharmaceutical giant Aventis and respected baron of French business. Staid, solid and focused on getting Vivendi past its liquidity crunch, Fourtou will also likely sell off some Vivendi assets and establish a tighter, slimmer industrial strategy. That's not exactly the "think big" spirit that made Messier a star, but it should be music to the market's ears...
...said one tailor watching the models parade in beaded suits, "but the quality ..." Quality aside, tailors like Boateng did shake up the row when they first arrived. Faced with the colorful displays hanging in Richard James or in Boateng's shop, some on Savile Row stuck to their staid ways. But others responded with brighter designs and cheaper lines - which is one of the reasons the hip male style leaders in Britain (the editors of Arena, Esquire and GQ) now prefer traditional Savile Row tailoring over designer duds. Under the design direction of Carlo Brandelli, Savile Row's Kilgour French...