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...about 50 percent today. El-Erian’s to-do list will almost certainly include striking a balance between internal and external money management.University President Lawrence H. Summers defended the firm’s compensation plan when asked about HMC’s ability to attract top talent in an interview Friday. HMC compensates its managers based on their portfolio’s performance relative to a benchmark that measures market performance.“The board has discussed this issue, and the board is completely committed to continuing to provide compensation for outstanding performance at HMC at levels...
...change your mind or at least shut up. When he generously introduces you to the guy who runs Apple's iTunes development team, Jobs makes it clear that you're welcome to meet him but you can't print his name. Jobs doesn't want competitors poaching his talent. "You can mention his first name but not his last name," Jobs says. "How's that?" It'll have to do. The guy's name, by the way, is Jeff...
...pretty good view of the sideline every week, it sure looks like something’s changed. Senior linebacker Matt Thomas, usually the ring leader in celebration and cheering, appeared alone in his enthusiasm. The Crimson sideline looked pensive—even downtrodden. Harvard has the talent to turn this season back around and still make a serious charge at the Ivy title. Dawson is still the best back in the league and probably the country, and O’Hagan is still one of the most talented and exciting quarterbacks in the league. But for the Crimson...
...soul of what we preach, and it’s been such an incredible strength for our football program,” Murphy said.The players who made that success possible, however, have moved on. Harvard has no one to compare to Brian Edwards ’05, whose talent on special teams was unmatched. Sophomore Steven Williams, his apparent successor, fumbled both a kickoff and a punt on Saturday, giving the Big Red excellent field position and, ultimately, two field goals.At quarterback, the Crimson’s inexperience both under center and at wideout have contributed to the spike...
...Along with luck and formidable bombmaking abilities, Azahari and Nurdin, once colleagues in the geophysics department of an obscure Malaysian university, have one other critical talent?the ability to convince young men to sacrifice their lives in the name of Islam. Azyumardi Azra, a moderate Islamic scholar and rector of the State Islamic University in Jakarta, argues that a combination of poverty, the speed of societal change since the fall of dictator Suharto in 1998, and the Western military presence in Iraq, has left many young Muslims alienated and receptive to the message of global jihad. "The recruiters are good...