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Before taking the reins of HMC, El-Erian had been a managing director at PIMCO, where he was widely expected to succeed William S. Thompson, Jr. as CEO. His position upon his return will be co-Chief Executive Officer and co-Chief Information Officer, seemingly solidifying his status as heir-apparent. In a statement released yesterday, both Thompson and PIMCO CIO William H. Gross said they have no plans to step down. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
CORRECTION: The Sept. 12 news article "HMC Chief Steps Down" gave the wrong name for the executive at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) that Mohamed A. El-Erian, president and CEO of Harvard Management Company, was expected to succeed if he had not come to Harvard. The executive was Bill Gross, founder of PIMCO and manager of the company's bond fund—not William S. Thompson, the company...
...evidence. Nobody. And I can tell you there are many intelligence organizations in the Horn of Africa. This is a very volatile area, and understandably there are much such organizations, and none of them have come up with any evidence. The reason is very simple. We know how insurgencies succeed and how they fail. And we have experience of counter-insurgency, from when we were on the receiving end. The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished. We are not going to make that mistake...
...black mayor in Ireland. But the Nigerian émigré is not just representative of the wave of immigration that has changed Ireland so deeply over the past decade. He is also a sign, he says, of how willing the Irish are to give people like him the opportunity to succeed. "There is no doubt Ireland is a land of a thousand welcomes," says Adebari...
...Iraq on Air Force One, I asked him whether Hemming's words would affect his decision on troop levels. Unlike the Marine, the Commander in Chief did not stray from his script. "The main factor that will affect my decision on troop levels," he said, "is, Can we succeed...