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...Rick Wagoner is acutely aware of his company's decaying state. He may have the toughest job in corporate America--preventing the world's largest automaker from going under. Wagoner outlined his plan last week, announcing a restructuring that will result in GM's producing 1 million fewer vehicles a year and, he hopes, saving $7 billion annually (GM's sales last year: $193.5 billion). Wagoner has been vigorously trying to crush rumors that GM will seek a bailout in bankruptcy court, following the path of troubled airlines and steel companies. "I'd like to just set the record straight...
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR TOUGHEST MOMENT? I was in prison after an attempted coup in 1985 with about 12 other so-called rebels, all of whom were killed. At that point, I felt a bit of fear, I must admit. But I became more determined to continue until I got to the place where I could change things...
...hope to accomplish is to get his Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, into position to succeed him as President. That would bar the door to Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who was once close to Chirac but is now the most popular man of the right and the President's toughest antagonist. So Chirac's potential to be a nuisance remains imposing. But his political influence can now only be exercised to benefit or to harm others, not himself. He keeps his throne, but the scepter of real power is already slipping from his hand...
...come on board. Liberia is deeply divided after 14 years of civil war. Who will you appoint to your government to heal the wounds? We will look at every political party, ethnic group, religion and find people that meet our requirements of competence and honesty. What has been your toughest moment? I was in prison after an attempted coup in 1985 with about 12 other so-called rebels, all of whom were killed. At that point I felt a bit of fear, I must admit. But I became more determined to continue until I got to the place where...
Telly has had the toughest time adjusting. Once a model preschooler, he has been acting up in kindergarten. One day he used scissors to carve a hole in his desk; another time he crumpled his homework into a ball and covered it with glue. "I don't know if he's being rebellious toward me because 'You let me be on the roof for five days,'" says Natrena, a single...