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...fund managers. In 2003, star bond managers Maurice Samuels and David R. Mittleman were paid $35 million and $34 million, respectively.“The question of compensation should be fully open and discussed by the University community,” one of the alumni, William A. Strauss ’69, said in an interview Friday.El-Erian comes to the job well-equipped for such a discussion. Communication is one of his major strengths, said Benjamin J. Heller ’94, managing director at HBK Investments and also a Crimson editor.Heller, who recently joined El-Erian...
...thursday, 4 january: The idiot selectors went for three spinners. There's no turn. Strauss and Trescothick, free of my taunts, put on 400 for the first wicket; there's rain forecast for the next week. Great for the farmers. Who cares? Might as well turn into a tsunami. England will retain the Ashes. Sod them...
...French see these elections as a replay of May 29," says Stephane Rozes, one of France's most astute pollsters. "The good showing of the Left Party represents a real problem for reformers, whether that's Dominique Strauss-Kahn among the Socialists or even Villepin on the center-right. The fact is that even in defending the German Social Model, Schroeder lost three points...
...brand's astonishing turnaround over the past three years under the tutelage of Robert Siegel, who took over the company as a project for his retirement--or perhaps to avoid it. A self-proclaimed clotheshorse, Siegel had made a name for himself during his 29-year career at Levi Strauss, where he launched the hugely successful Dockers brand in 1986. Siegel left Levi's to run Stride Rite, then headed south to Charleston, S.C., to contemplate retirement. But, he says, "those thoughts lasted like two minutes." He took on a few consulting jobs. Among them was Devanlay, the global apparel...
...blame to go around. At various times over the past three months, CNOOC, the Chinese government (which owns 70% of the company), and the company's gold-plated U.S. advisers?investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, as well as high-powered Washington, D.C., law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP?all made bewildering, tone-deaf mistakes that hurt CNOOC's case. The oil company's Washington team, sources close to the deal say, consistently reassured management that the politics were manageable?even as the political climate deteriorated throughout the summer...