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...awkward moment. Sandy Weill, the world's most powerful banker, came face-to-face with Eliot Spitzer, the toughest cop on Wall Street. Both were among the guests at a Sept. 10 lunch hosted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. Their exchange was brief. But Weill, 69, CEO of Citigroup, indicated he was eager to talk about the ugly business that Spitzer, the ambitious New York State attorney general, has been finding in his probe of the financial behemoth. Within days a high-level session followed, and even Spitzer was impressed with Weill's sense...
...playing quarterback is the toughest thing to do in all of team sports? You’re trying to split hairs while men weighing upwards of 300 pounds are bearing down...
...companies like Toyota and Nissan were forced to stop production or find other ways to ship products to North America. Foes Fall Into Tough Love U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Harvey Pitt reached a truce with New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer in their battle to look toughest on corporate misdeeds. The two will jointly focus on separating research from investment banking The Best-Laid Plans A survey by the Business Council shows that 50% of the largest U.S. companies have changed their business plans this year because of market weakness, while 39% expect to cut capital spending further...
...awkward moment. Sandy Weill, the world's most powerful banker, came face-to-face with Eliot Spitzer, the toughest cop on Wall Street. Both were among the guests at a Sept. 10 lunch hosted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. Their exchange was brief. But Weill, 69, CEO of Citigroup, indicated he was eager to talk about the ugly business that Spitzer, the ambitious New York State attorney general, has been finding in his probe of the financial behemoth. Within days a high-level session followed, and even Spitzer was impressed with Weill's sense...
Perhaps the toughest challenge for the former President is to stay silent as commentators traffic in the cliche that the coming confrontation with Saddam is the result of a Bush failing "to finish the job the last time," the son trying to avenge his father's loss of nerve. If anything, Bush is even more convinced these days that Desert Storm was fought properly and ended properly. He points out that the objectives were set, the war fought and won, and to world acclaim America went home, avoiding what could have been an endless and bloody bog. "Finishing...