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...Samsung Group's Lee family. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, the founder's son, wields outsize personal influence throughout the Samsung empire. One fear is that Samsung Electronics' profits could be siphoned off to bolster the fortunes of, say, Samsung Life Insurance, one of 24 other companies under the Samsung umbrella. That might not be illegal, but it certainly would not please investors in the electronics unit. "In terms of business, this is a top-notch company," says Jang Ha Sung, Korea's leading advocate for transparency. "But in terms of corporate governance, it is still in the 19th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samsung Moves Upmarket | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...Samsung Group's Lee family. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, the founder's son, wields outsize personal influence throughout the Samsung empire. One fear is that Samsung Electronics' profits could be siphoned off to bolster the fortunes of, say, Samsung Life Insurance, one of 24 other companies under the Samsung umbrella. That might not be illegal, but it certainly would not please investors in the electronics unit. "In terms of business, this is a top-notch company," says Jang Ha Sung, Korea's leading advocate for transparency. "But in terms of corporate governance, it is still in the 19th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samsung Moves Upmarket | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...Then there was the ‘accidental’ soiling of my shoes and the not-so-accidental peeing all over my desk, textbooks, stuffed animals, laptop and boyfriend.” Hurlbut resident and Assistant Dean of Freshmen Philip A. Bean is said to have purchased an umbrella...

Author: By Gossip Guy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy! | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...Thich Nhat Hanh established the Unified Buddhist Church, which serves as an umbrella for monasteries and practice centers worldwide...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Buddhist Monk Talks about Peace, Terrorism | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...door. Before he goes dancin? in the rain, he kisses Debbie goodnight at her front door, and does it without bending any part of his body - just leaning, as if he were wearing clown shoes for balance. Then he goes into his act. He?s got one prop, an umbrella, and his dance exhausts its every use: as a cane, a pointer, a balancer on the tightrope of a curb, a cyclotron whirling him inside a whirlwind. But often he just holds it - who needs protection from the elements when you?re in love? "Come on with the rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Dancin? Man | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

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