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...immediate concern in China policy over the next 18 months will be the succession of President Jiang Zemin. His imminent retirement has set off a fierce power struggle between reformists and hard-liners to succeed him at the helm of a communist party - whose binding ideology today is nationalism rather than socialism - bracing for a careening ride down the rapids of globalization. The U.S. posture on China may have a critical impact on that struggle...
...Buffett couldn't run fast enough from his interim job as chief of Salomon Brothers in 1992. So you can see why stumbling CSFB grabbed Mack, whose own record for running a clean ship is pretty much unblemished. Mack was even rumored to be on the short list to succeed Arthur Levitt as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He's known for giving egocentric bankers--Quattrone while at Morgan Stanley, for one--the boot rather than caving to princely demands...
...everywhere is that Mack will succeed by enforcing strict management controls that tend to get lost in a bull market. Others will too, it is hoped, because so far all we've got is a set of "best practices" for bankers and analysts and yet no way to enforce them. A few firms have eliminated some conflicts of interest--but not the worst ones. As ever, buyer beware...
...China watched on TV, it would make a lot of money. If that company was owned by the communist government, the vast Chinese masses might only see and hear what those authorities wanted them to. But in the messy modern world of information anarchy, could Beijing's overlords ever succeed in such a plan...
Taylor and Gyorffy have each managed to succeed at both the collegiate level and the international level despite the extended season, under the tutelage of Associate Head Coach Walter Johnson ’71 and Paul Turner, respectively. Taylor earned several Heptagonal titles and an NCAA title during the college season preceding her personal best time during the summer. Gyorffy won four Heptagonal titles and an NCAA title during the school year and has since placed highly in several international competitions...