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...topic again. (Airplane safety, on the other hand, is not scheduled to appear on the congressional roster anytime soon). While the country waits for legislation, the House and Senate are currently stuck in committee, bickering over the issue of federalizing airport workers. Tuesday, the President told Congress in no uncertain terms that he wants to see a compromise bill - and soon...
...Much more difficult is how to lead a company through these uncertain times. Being a CEO has always been tough, but as the parade of corporate top guns at the Fortune conference attested, it?s never been tougher. Take Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines. By most accounts, Bethune was a corporate hero prior to Sept. 11. When he took over at Continental in 1994, he set a simple goal: be on time. From that flowed a host of seemingly conventional values that worked magic on the company. On Sept. 10, the airline was first in on-time performance, first...
...courtesy of the late Notorious B.I.G., which originally appeared in his song “I Can’t Stop the Reign.” Punctuated by the signature scream and sharp exhalation, “Unbreakable” defiantly announces Jackson’s comeback in no uncertain terms...
...grim, uncertain weeks following Sept. 11, some New Yorkers wondered when they would ever have cause to party again. At the Robin Hood Foundation, executive director David Saltzman and his board organized both the party and the cause. The Oct. 20 Concert for New York City brought together an A list of performers that ran from Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger to Melissa Etheridge. In ticket sales alone, the televised concert generated $14 million; pledges from viewers are still being calculated...
...outlook for future productions is dicey. "What investors are asking themselves," says Jed Bernstein, president of the League of American Theatres and Producers, "is, If Broadway is already at the high-risk end of the investment scale, do I really want to introduce a new show into an uncertain environment? We may be seeing the effects one, two, three years down the road...