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From pitching deals in a strip club to stuffing her pants with socks, Carly Fiorina has shown that she can hold her own in the male-dominated world of business. Fiorina, who served as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard before her controversial firing in 2005 and is rumored to have political aspirations, came to the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) yesterday to speak about her new book, “Tough Choices: A Memoir.” Fiorina, the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company, was named the most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine...
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Wynn and Adelson have done more to remake Las Vegas than anyone else, and yet no two businessmen could be less alike. Wynn is Vegas royalty, the artist who rejuvenated the Strip by going upmarket in tone with the Bellagio, which showcased Van Goghs and Cezannes and Degas's dancers instead of topless showgirls. He lost the place to raider Kirk Kerkorian, who took over Wynn's company, Mirage Resorts, and booted Wynn, who scored a $6.4 billion payout but still had a score to settle. Last year Wynn returned with the new Wynn Las Vegas: more hushed, more exclusive...
...battle of Macau is just heating up. Adelson's main entries on the Cotai Strip are still to come. "People say I've changed the face of Vegas, and now I'll change the face of Macau," he says. Wynn has much more in the works as well. He's secured a 54-acre site next to Adelson in Cotai to build four hotels--three of them full casino resorts. "I think it is more important to focus on people's work than it is their talk, including mine--but especially his," says Wynn. "And when the smoke clears...
...shouldering an extra risk, since they can buy an American show that works for them but gets canceled in the U.S. In Britain, Channel 4's acquisitions director Jeff Ford says he was willing to take a risk on the much anticipated NBC drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip because of creator Aaron Sorkin's track record with The West Wing. So far, Studio 60--about a Saturday Night Live--like comedy show--hasn't performed all that well. "We feel the show goes beyond TV and is a workplace drama," says Ford of its appeal to British viewers...