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...same person serving as both CEO and chairman - but they must provide a compelling reason why. As a result, some 95% of British companies split the job. Simon Wong, who studied the topic as a consultant at McKinsey, points to another reason why separating the roles is a tough sell in the U.S. "If you do not occupy both positions you are perceived to be not a sufficiently strong leader," says Wong. "That's a very U.S. perspective...
...poetic tales of individuals struggling against the bleak backdrop of modern Turkey - routinely flop back home. Distant, a previous Cannes competitor, was seen by just 20,000 people in Turkey - only one-fourth as many as saw it in France. His current Cannes winner, Three Monkeys, has yet to sell to Turkish TV, which has deemed it too arty...
...while we've settled some border disputes over the past couple of years, and we continue to buy their weaponry, there is one thing that would demonstrate to everyone looking that our relations had truly entered a new era, where trust finally supplants suspicion. They need to sell us oil and gas - lots and lots of it - at a reasonable price...
...sure, they agreed to sell us $1 billion worth of uranium. Unlike some people who prattle on endlessly about global warming but don't do anything about it, we're expanding our nuclear generation capacity massively: That's the New 'China syndrome,' folks...
...just offer a way forward for TV. It may seem insane for ABC to leave money on the table by limiting Lost to six seasons. But Lost is a series that harnesses intense interest--for instance, to sell millions of DVDs because fans want to watch the complex episodes repeatedly. In an era of smaller audiences, networks need programs that can monetize a devoted fan base. But that requires assuring the fans--as limiting Lost's run has done--that they won't be jerked around forever. TV may be an excessive medium, but the brilliant, groundbreaking Lost may just...