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...council members Trisha S. Dasgupta ’03 and Robert M. Gee ’02 currently face. In February, Dasgupta and Gee doled out $600 and $1300, respectively, in order to cover over-budget costs of a Harvard-sponsored summit of the Ivy Council—an umbrella organization for student council members of the Ivy League schools. Dasgupta and Gee operated under the belief that the organization would pay them back immediately. The check has now been in the mail for more than two months, and to date, they have received no reimbursement. This Sunday night...
...Wilbur Theatre; unfortunately, it brought a quarter of them 15 minutes late. In the middle of Laertes’ first scene with Ophelia, the herd of Americans came traipsing down the aisles like so many elephants, linked trunk to tail. After the requisite bit of coat rustling, umbrella shaking, coughs, sniffs and general settling into seats, the performance was allowed to continue...
...also advises other companies on virtual-boss setups. The biggest adjustment for U.S.-based managers, he says, is learning to trust out-of-sight employees. Just because they are in a land far away and aren't always right by the phone doesn't mean they are sipping umbrella drinks at the beach. Despite managers' fears, most employees work as hard or harder in a less-structured environment, Casey says. "They like the freedom...
...favorite and Paul's daughter) is launching her own label under Gucci; red-hot fashion star Nicolas Ghesquiere will also join the group. McCartney's contract at Chloe is believed to expire in June; Ghesquiere is bringing the legendary haute- couture house Balen- ciaga under the upstart Gucci Group umbrella. Not bad considering that just 18 months ago Gucci "Group" was composed of just Gucci. Since then, American Ford, 39, who designs the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent lines, and De Sole, 57, have given a makeover to the company's image, moving it from fusty, fashion conservative and financially...
...founded last year, Maha Resorts (maha means great in Sanskrit). The first offering?Mahakua-Hacienda de San Antonio, a converted 19th-century hacienda once owned by Sir James Goldsmith?opened in western Mexico last October. In a few months, the two resort chains will merge under the Amanresorts umbrella...