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...coming from." He adds, "People are judged by results, not that you come from three or five generations." Still, being the majority shareholder as well as CEO allows for some freedoms that would be unthinkable at any nonfamily company. Bertarelli spent most of the past six months in New Zealand preparing for the America's Cup, which he won for landlocked Switzerland with his yacht Alinghi. Although he kept in touch by phone, e-mail and videoconference, managing a company from the other side of the world was evidently a challenge, and Bertarelli put in place a deputy...
...Jennie James The Bottom Line "Sure, losing hurts, but not nearly as much as paying lawyer's bills." DAVID WARE, head of TeamTalk, after he lost a best-of-three arm-wrestling match to settle a €102,000 legal dispute with a rival telecommunications firm in New Zealand...
Back in New Zealand they started as Shihad. Then they got big and moved to Melbourne, Australia. Fans went crazy for their good old melodic and metallic rock’n’roll. Rocking harder than The Datsuns and more grown-up than The Vines, Pacifier were the real deal—that old breed of true rockers that makes crowds get up and headbang like they’re in middle school again...
...race this week, taking his share of the antiwar vote. What's more, the ex-Illinois Senator had a rocky D.C. tenure. Among the potholes: her frequent visits with Nigeria's military government. (Those questions were raised and answered when she was confirmed to be ambassador to New Zealand in 1999, she says.) The smart money bets the 55-year-old will never rise higher than an asterisk in the polls. Still, primaries are volatile. One of Moseley-Braun's advisers, Kitty Kurth, worked for Paul Tsongas in 1992 when the ex-Senator went from punch line to winner...
...volunteer performers staged a stirring African-themed spectacular. South Africa also has visions of a stirring upset before the home crowds over heavily favored Australia. Most of the upset so far, though, centers on the eight opening-round matches scheduled to be played in Zimbabwe and Kenya. New Zealand refused to play in Kenya, citing security concerns stemming from last year's suicide bomb attack on a Mombasa tourist hotel, and warnings of possible further terrorist actions. And, up to opening day, the English and Australian teams were still discussing the possibility of refusing to play in Zimbabwe, where President...