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Both candidates also took the chance yesterday to reflect on the tenure of the man they hope to succeed, current council President Rohit Chopra...
...runs the day-to-day business from his ninth-floor office at the Cheung Kong Center, while his father, on the 70th floor, guides strategy. Some investors wonder if the relatively unknown Li can effectively succeed his father, 75, whose net worth Forbes estimates at $7.8 billion. Still, it is widely assumed that Li--and not his younger brother, telecom tycoon Richard Li--is next in line. Victor avoids the issue but notes how much he's like Dad. "We almost always arrive at similar conclusions," he says. That may be a result of close tutoring. Father and son share...
Noel's managerial record is good. Since taking over Trent in 1999, he has expanded its chain of Westside retail stores, which stock perfume, crockery and Westside's brand of upmarket clothing. Sales were up 33% last year, helping his case as unofficial front runner to succeed Ratan in 2008. Noel was also recently appointed to the boards of Titan, the Tata watchmaking unit, and Voltas, an air-conditioning giant...
...rest of Sony has flagged, particularly the consumer-electronics division. Kutaragi's promotion to executive deputy president last March restoked rumors that he's next in line to succeed chairman and CEO Nobuyuki Idei, 66. Kutaragi won't comment on that, but he does acknowledge that his mandate at the company has expanded. Sony needs to return to its roots as an innovator of leading-edge technologies, he says, and rely less on sexy design and savvy marketing. It won't be easy, but Sony's video-game warrior is ready to do battle. --By Jim Frederick. With reporting...
...today's students more emotionally fragile than their predecessors? No one can say, though some point to grueling pressures to succeed in an era of economic uncertainty and heightened parental expectations. Hal Pruett, director of student psychological services at UCLA, recalls a tense freshman who became so distracted by inner turmoil that he couldn't study. "He kept saying, 'I can't afford to get a C.' I asked why, and he said, 'I won't get into medical school, and my parents will disown...