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...Then he quit in February, leaving behind the world's third most popular online network, a behemoth with 98 million registered users in 41 countries and, because of Telefonica's 23 million wireless customers, a guaranteed global reach...
...part of business is figuring out who's going to be the boss, which explains why he quit the almost-top job at TerraLycos. "I was hoping I wouldn't have to," concedes Davis. "But we had more than one hand on the tiller, and that's an impossible way to steer a company." The other hand belongs to Joaquim Agut, TerraLycos' CEO, who has a bigger claim to the job, since his company bought Davis...
...Nagano bank and a Tanaka campaign booster, recently told a national news magazine: "I've got the impression Tanaka is now becoming the Emperor who has no clothes." Even some loyalists are turning heel. "Governor Tanaka is like Mount Fuji," says Yoshitaka Sugihara, an aide who recently quit. "If you see it from a long distance it's very beautiful, but once you climb it, there are lots of rocks and rubbish...
Shaq will quit the Lakers, realizing his true talents lie on the stage rather than on the court. His off-Broadway one-man-show, entitled “Kazaam II: Shaq-Diesel Slams in the House,” will gross more money than any other off-Broadway show that starred a 320-pound NBA player in modern history. Phil Jackson will resign as head coach and the world will suddenly realize that Jerry Buss and Jerry West are actually Jerry Krause and Jerry Reinsdorf...
...security establishment. Before his arrest, he liked to jet around to global conferences and sound off in the Western and Arab press. A friend recalls once recoiling when Mubarak arrived late for a meeting and Ibrahim demanded to know why he had kept them waiting. His first defense lawyer quit after Ibrahim detailed his detention in a public lecture dubbed, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." "He has guts," says Egyptian political writer Mohammed Sid Ahmed. Huffs an official: "Who does he think...