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France Cordova: A Stunning Career Record
Inspired by Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein and the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, France Cordova became an astro-physisist and worked at Los Alamos for most of the 1980s. Cordova, now aged 65, was the first of twelve children born to a
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Empty Threats: Little to Fear from the Chattering Classes
Western intelligence services are sounding the alarm over a possible terrorist attack soon to strike Yemen or another country in the Middle East. Spying agencies noted a significant increase of “chatter” prompting the US government to close its embassy in
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Political Game Changer in Turkey: The Decline and Fall of the Deep State
It has taken a court in Turkey almost five years to wrap up the trial of 531 suspected members of Ergenekon, an ultra-nationalist organization bent on overthrowing the government. On Monday the court handed down its last verdicts: 19 life
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Pepsico’s Indra Nooyi: Everything with Purpose
Indra Nooyi has been CEO of PepsiCo since 2006 and chairman since 2007. PepsiCo are famous for their product slogans and in an era of company mission statements, the Company has developed the slogan: “Performance with Purpose”. Under Nooyi’s leadership,
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Mohamed Al Jaber: The Arabs and Technology
Mohamed Al Jaber, born in Jeddah in 1959, is a UNESCO special envoy who likes constructive dialogue and so do we. He believes in building bridges between the Middle East and the wider world and we applaud him for this
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Shareholder Value: Outdated and an Obstacle to Corporate Success
The pursuit of increased shareholder value is much overrated, may hurt corporations and is certainly not the legal requirement some CEOs hold it to be. In her book The Shareholder Value Myth, legal scholar Lynn Stout of the Clarke Law
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Sheri McCoy: The Avon Lady
Sheri McCoy is one of the relatively few global business leaders to have risen through the ranks of a major multinational. Having been overlooked in the search for a CEO at Johnson & Johnson, where she had risen to the
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Now Even More Powerful: Our Hero Helen Clark
Helen Clark, born in 1950, served as New Zealand’s prime minister from 1999 to 2008. She was the first woman to be elected PM of her country and upon leaving office was celebrated as the ‘Greatest Living New Zealander’ in
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Reef of Contention: Spain Talks Tough on Gibraltar
The Spanish government is taking a cue from Argentina: Whenever beset by apparently insurmountable problems and tanking approval ratings, find some external issue in order to rally the nation around the flag. In times of domestic troubles, successive Argentine governments
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Doomsayers Enjoying a Field Day with Deutsche Bank
A tiny but apparently growing number of pundits is pretty sure the Deutsche Bank will shortly tumble and fall. As a systemic – if not essential – bank, the DB will not descend into insolvency on its own. Those in
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