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Just after Fiat chief Gianni Agnelli died last January, the world got a rare glimpse of the company's heir apparent. John Elkann--the grandson Agnelli had handpicked six years earlier as his eventual successor--cut a striking figure at the wake in Turin, reminding many of the young Agnelli's poise and elegance. For now, Gianni's brother Umberto Agnelli, 69, controls Fiat Corp. But Elkann, 27, has become the man to watch...
Elkann is committed to the company. While getting his engineering degree at Turin's Politecnico University, he would sneak off for incognito stints at Fiat operations: a headlight plant in England, a production line in Poland. He continues to plug away in obscurity, and has declined to answer press queries about the future. Questions in the past were related to the tragic circumstances of Elkann's rise. Originally, his cousin Giovanni Alberto Agnelli had been tapped, but he died of cancer in 1997. Three years later, Gianni's son Edoardo committed suicide...
...ally against global terrorism. Musharraf has a lot of work to do to normalize an explosive situation. Pakistan is also a regional nuclear power, along with India. The future will tell if Pakistan is a friend or a foe. At the moment, the signs aren't comforting. Giuseppe Diotto Turin, Italy...
...after the legendary baseball star struck down by ALS. The high prevalence of ALS among footballers is the latest distressing news about the health risks of being a pro athlete. Some of those issues are known, and others related to drug use, says Raffaele Guariniello, a Turin prosecutor who has investigated doping in football and cycling. A study of health records of some 24,000 Italian football pros from 1960 to '96 turned up nearly twice the typical rate of liver, pancreatic and colon cancers. Sometimes unwittingly, footballers have used steroids, such as nandrolone, which are known to raise...
...future is cloudy for this family's flagship business, the carmaker Fiat, based in TURIN, ITALY. Losses are mounting, and their holdings' value has declined...