Here’s an interesting snippet in FORTUNE magazine (July 24, 2006) about the CEO of Renault and Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, the first person ever to run two companies on FORTUNE‘s Global 500 simultaneously:“Ghosn brags about his ability to set financial and performance targets three years out – and meet or exceed them. At Nissan he even… Read More »
Tomorrow is the 33rd death anniversary of Bruce Lee (July 20, 1973). Here’s a little trivia about the legendary martial artist and actor: When his second movie hit the theatres, Bruce Lee became a bigger box-office draw. He made a lot of movie critics eat their words because Fists Of Fury (played in the U.S.… Read More »
The FORTUNE Retirement Guide (June 26, 2006 issue) cited a Rutgers study that concludes: “The vision of a traditional work-free retirement is yielding to a new notion of a work-filled retirement.” That probably explains why Lee Kuan Yew, at the ripe old age of 83, is still up and running (though I suspect the real… Read More »
The Singapore government has lashed out at a blogger named mrbrown for penning a satirical piece titled “S’poreans are fed, up with progress!” about the rising cost of living in Singapore. Following the official rebuttal, the editors of Today informed mrbrown that his regular column would be suspended indefinitely. His suspension, however, prompted a silent… Read More »
David Beckham (sure, ban it like badham)Thierry Henry (and the theory is?)Sol Campbell (sold Campbell soup?)Ruud van Nistlerooy (rude in theory, perhaps)Nicky Butt (don’t laugh, it’s a real name actually)Luke Young (probably not after a few decades)Jerzy Dudek (jersey do what?)What else can you think of?
Earlier this week, I mentioned that some people seemed to have difficulty letting go of money. But others do. The world’s second richest man, Warren Buffet, has announced plans to give away 85% of his estimated US$44 billion wealth to charity. Ironically, most of the donations will go to a charity run by Bill Gates,… Read More »