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...Maybe it’s not possible to maintain these world-class portfolio managers in an academic setting,” Meyer said...
...year," says one person close to the U.S. banks. FUNDING THE "BLACK HOLE" Alberto Ferraris wasn't the only one who thought highly of Calisto Tanzi. Until Parmalat collapsed, the 66-year-old founder was an almost legendary figure in Italy, viewed as a classic entrepreneur who built a world-class company from scratch. Soon after founding Parmalat as a dairy company in 1961, he was quick to embrace a new pasteurization technology that allowed milk to stay fresh for months without refrigeration. Parmalat's distinctive cartons soon became a fixture in stores across Italy, and ultimately conquered Europe...
...could do worse than Ferris Bueller, actor Matthew Broderick's amiably conniving teen antihero from the 1986 comedy who played hooky and turned the town upside down. But almost two decades later, you could also do much better. Over the years the Windy City has continually reinvented itself, adding world-class tastes to its legacy of blues, comedy and 1920s-era speakeasies...
Echeverri confesses that Dresden at first seemed like a long shot as a place to create a world-class biotech company with an international research culture. The city was still "a bit backward," he says, and locals hardly spoke English. But Max Planck and the federal and state governments were pulling hard to make it work. When Cenix arrived in Dresden in 2001, it had 11 employees. By the end of that year, it had more than doubled that number and boasted scientists from eight countries. "It has been easy to attract essentially any nationality here, with perhaps two exceptions...
...coming of age--and grappling with new challenges to the environment that has fueled its growth. As word about its staggering natural beauty has slipped out, the country has become one of the world's leading eco-destinations, attracting a million visitors a year. With this boom, upscale resorts are establishing beachheads up and down the Pacific Coast, offering championship golf courses, world-class restaurants and plenty of spas. But as hotels and other tourism businesses increasingly set up shop in remote and pristine areas, the government--which lacks the resources for effective enforcement--is facing issues such as deforestation...