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Today, the man who once edited an upstart competitor to the age-old Daily Racing Form now calls himself publisher of the long-standing bettor’s bible...
...late 2001, TIME Global Business reported on the success of Dublin-based RyanAir, the upstart airline whose profits had soared 39% in six months, and its jeans-wearing CEO, Michael O'Leary, above. Today it's clear that this budget carrier is no fluke. With high productivity from its workers and high enthusiasm from flyers (willing to bear the inconvenience of second-tier airports in exchange for low fares), RyanAir saw its profits rise 66% in 2002. Already in 2003, passenger counts are up 35%. Both results buck industry trends. In February, RyanAir made its first acquisition, paying $26 million...
...public. They both relish the fact that since they don't have to answer to Wall Street, they can plow earnings back into long-term investments. "When you construct a 10-year deal with them, it's not a ridiculous discussion," says Rupert Gavin, CEO of BBC Worldwide, whose upstart cable channel, BBC America, is distributed by Discovery...
...less gentle with his enemies. Cam allegedly neutralized a rival gangster, Le Ngoc Lam, by having henchmen pour acid on the upstart's face. His most famous feud was with a crime queen in the northern province of Hai Phong: Dung Ha, better known as Dung the Lesbian. The two fell out in 2000 after she tried to expand her empire into Saigon. The rivalry escalated after Dung sent Cam a taunting "present" for one of his soir?es: a gift-wrapped box filled with live rats smeared with feces, which upset Cam's party guests. A month later, Dung...
When James Soong left the Kuomintang (KMT) prior to Taiwan's 2000 presidential race, he essentially handed the election to Chen Shui-bian and his upstart Democratic Progressive Party. Soong, running as an independent, outpolled the KMT's nominee, then-Vice President Lien Chan, 36.8% to 23.1%. Chen, however, took 39.3%, putting an end to more than 50 years of KMT rule. But three years in the political wilderness seem to have thawed the friction between Soong and Lien, and?on Valentine's Day, appropriately enough?they announced that they would join forces against Chen in the next election...