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...Most U.S. companies have a different perspective, arguing that a chairman-CEO is better positioned to take decisive action and carry out a successful vision. But according to RiskMetrics, 45% of S&P 1,500 companies (the nation's 1,500 largest by revenue) had a separate chairman and CEO in 2007. That number is up markedly since 2003, in the wake of the explosion of corporate accounting scandals, when only 30% of companies had different people in those roles. In many of those cases, however, the separate chairman happens to be a former CEO. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splitting Power at the Top | 5/28/2008 | See Source »

...knew they were already on board. It wasn't like they had come here to hear me persuade them to start. I was giving permission for them to start." His plan also carries an impressive sheaf of endorsements: from Billy Graham ("the greatest, most comprehensive and most biblical vision for world missions I've ever heard or read about."), President George W. and First Lady Laura Bush ("This is a miracle brought into being by love of God and neighbor"), John McCain and Bono...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick Warren Goes Global | 5/27/2008 | See Source »

...Derbys, the last in 2000, Desormeaux was supposed to be history. Now he's primed for the Triple Crown and inspiring fans in the process. Desormeaux, 38, balances racing with raising son Jacob, 9, who suffers from Usher syndrome, a disease that causes deafness and a gradual loss of vision. Jacob has lived through 11 surgeries. "He's the happiest boy on earth," says Desormeaux. "The only people who are sad right now are his parents and the people who love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Love for Big Brown | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

Shigeru Miyamoto is revered among video gamers for creating a legion of adventures filled with goofy heroes like Mario and Luigi. Among co-workers, though, Miyamoto is equally well known for his cartoonishly hot temper. Early last year, when Nintendo engineers had trouble executing his vision for a new kind of game that involved stepping on a scale and weighing yourself, they learned firsthand just how much like Bowser--Mario's fire-breathing archnemesis--Miyamoto could be. "I suffered the wrath of Miyamoto-san because we weren't coming up with enough ideas," developer Arisa Hosaka said in an online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shigeru Miyamoto: The Wizard of Wii | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...Arts, said that Paulus “has a range of experience and is about to have a lot more.” He emphasized that although Paulus has never led a dramatic institution on the scale of the A.R.T., she possesses the kind of “excitement, vision, and energy that leads to explosive, revolutionary things.” Bill P. Rauch ’84, the new artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, who was also considered for the position, said that Paulus “combines intellectual rigor with experimentation while caring about the audience...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A.R.T. Finds New Leader | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

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