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Weill, 70, announced last week that he will step aside as Citi CEO at year's end and that Prince, 53, will succeed him. But Weill won't give up the chairman's title until 2006, and he peppered his public remarks with reminders that he will remain a force at Citi. "My brain won't stop," Weill assured analysts during a conference call. When Prince at one point indicated that he was eager to get back to work the next day, Weill jabbed, "What, not today?" Weill also quipped that the new team--which includes Citi president Robert Willumstad...
This is not to say that dyslexics can't succeed despite their disability. In fact, dyslexics are overrepresented in the top ranks of artists, scientists and business executives. Perhaps because their brains are wired differently, dyslexics are often skilled problem solvers, coming at solutions from novel or surprising angles and making conceptual leaps that leave tunnel-visioned, step-by-step sequential thinkers in the dust. They talk about being able to see things in 3-D Technicolor or as a multidimensional chess game. It may also be that their early struggle with reading better prepares them for dealing with adversity...
...scam. Cem Uzan denies charges of fraud and racketeering in the Motorola case and called the Turkish government's actions a disgrace that he would contest in the European Court of Human Rights. "Erdogan's aim is to destroy our wealth. He believes that [the Youth Party] could not succeed without my funding," he says. "He wants to ban me from political life." Uzan even claims he feels his life is in danger because of political enemies. Adjusting his spotless white cuffs, he says: "What happened to freedom, the European Union? What happened to democracy, Mr. Erdogan?" For the Uzans...
...very contructive critic. He loved to see plays succeed and I think that’s an admirable thing. I think he liked very much the idea that playwrights were receptive to his opinions,” Wilson said...
...live among them) and show films in your own private theater? It may be too late. Washington institution Jack Valenti, who for 37 years has headed the Motion Picture Association of America, the Hollywood studios' lobbying group, is finally ready to retire, and sources tell TIME the choices to succeed him have been narrowed to two Louisianians. One whose name has been floated for months is Congressman Billy Tauzin, Republican chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Tauzin has strong backing from Disney, but that has proved to be a liability among some of the other major studios...