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...close to retirement. Brabeck technically reported to the chief operating officer, who was widely expected to become the new CEO. Maucher asked Brabeck bluntly, "What is it you truly want?" Brabeck's reply: "The chair you're sitting in." Several months later, Maucher announced that Brabeck would succeed...
...products now transported by large trucks were shifted to the global rail system, an efficiency savings of three- to tenfold could be realized. If those goods could be shipped over water rather than rail, even greater efficiencies would be realized. While such changes will take time, they have to succeed...
...Malaysia alone, is lobbying with the U.S. Trade Representative for tough action against the country. "More investment in Malaysia is greatly dependent on the rate of piracy coming down," says Roland Chan, an executive of the Business Software Alliance, a large industry group. "Even if we don't succeed, it will not be for lack of trying," says Pahamin...
...disclosure and conservative accounting" and notes that it has no unconsolidated debt. Pfizer's announcement last week that it will merge with Pharmacia sent several drugmakers looking for partners. But while Vasella doesn't rule out an acquisition, his firm is considered one of the few strong enough to succeed on their...
...poignant scene in which Prospero breaks his staff and drowns his book in the sea, thus relinquishing the magical powers that have made him the ruler of the island. Prospero, who will return to Milan to reclaim power, is too much a scholar and a mystic to really succeed in earthly politics. He will never be more at home than he has been on his island. So why does he give...