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...more familiar rock instrumentation on the CD, which also continues his fascination with swirling raga rhythms and quasi-mystical lyrics. "I took my cues from Bob Marley, because his sounds are warm and organic and inspired," says Farrell. "If the songs get too cerebral or wordy, you can't kick with them relaxing in a hammock...
...money-management firm with a nice-guy culture was looking for an eats-nails-for-breakfast, kick-butt manager to run a new area of its portfolio. The first hire was aggressive with a capital A. In an office where flamboyant egos were scarce, the hotshot's first move was to order $200,000 worth of office furniture. "He needed to be a star," reports Elaine Eisenman of Management & Capital Partners, whose firm was enlisted to find a better match. The new guy flamed in four months, just long enough to get the furniture delivered. You know what...
...trick will be to get them into mailboxes and back out into the marketplace before one of two things start to scare people: the unemployment rate, which is going nowhere but up, and the stock market, which is going nowhere at all. Hopefully by winter, Greenspan's cuts will kick in and business will feel ready to pitch in with some multiplier-ready dollars of their...
...They kick up fusses. They have to be convinced. Greenspan does have to twist the occasional arm. (If gossip like this turns you on, try Bob Woodward's "Maestro.") In little ways, and at crucial times, they matter. Witness the excited financial-page murmuring that accompanied the release of the minutes of the May 15 meeting, which revealed that Kansas City Fed Bank President Thomas Hoenig, fearing inflation, bucked Big Green for the first time in two years and voted for a quarter-point cut. (The regional presidents, not seeing Greenspan as often, do tend to be a bit more...
...then, the economy should be rolling again and the bulk of the Bush tax cuts will just be starting to kick in. No matter how Bush's re-election prospects look from five months out, he'll want a Fed chairman with a kind eye for what W. put in place. Someone who sees the world like a true Republican. Someone with experience on the Fed and in a White House, able to see monetary policy from both the central bank's and the president's viewpoint...