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...Even the Academy solons have recognized: Hollywood, we have a problem. They've brought in Bill Condon and Larry Mark, respectively the director and the producer of Dreamgirls, to zazz up the show. According to this weekend's USA Today, "the ceremony will have a narrative, unfolding like a play in which awards are given as part of the plot. Some of the industry's biggest stars (many of them aimed at younger fans) drop in for guest roles." Another report suggests that one segment will feature Hugh Jackman, this year's host, at the piano - because if there...
...Joseph Condon, a former regional manager for Citigroup in New York City and a current Citi shareholder, challenged Rubin and other members of Citi’s Board of Directors at the annual shareholders meeting in late April over Rubin’s involvement with Citi in the prelude to the firm’s disastrous losses...
...What prompted me to go to the meeting,” Condon said in a telephone interview, “was the fact that quite a significant number of people who worked under me, exceptional people who have families to take care of, are losing their jobs while Mr. Rubin collects a very significant income from Citigroup...
...Condon noted that he has tremendous respect for what Rubin achieved during his prior years on Wall Street and his time as Treasury secretary. “But in his eight years at Citi, he’s done nothing, so why is he collecting a salary?” Condon asked...
...huge laboratory; it is the world's seventh largest Rx market and rising. Last year's sales of $13.6 billion are expected to double by 2010. With an aging Chinese population increasingly plagued by cancer, diabetes and heart disease, "we're incredibly bullish on the marketplace possibilities," says Liam Condon, president of Bayer Healthcare China, which recently doubled the capacity of its Beijing factory. "We are going to launch over 20 new products in the next five years," he says...