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Corporate Leadership


 Manage Like a Marine 

Officers outline similarities between Iraq and the office

Nov 2, 09 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Marine officers Timothy Saint and Nicholas Smith "learned a lot about leadership and management that we wish someone had told us as boot lieutenants" during their service in Iraq, and most of it applies to young managers in the corporate world. They provide some guidance on Business Insider :
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corporate • US military • leadership • Iraq war • executives • manager • Marine Corps • military officers

 Microsoft Pinching Apple 
 Employees to Staff Stores 

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

Sep 22, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • poaching • Macintosh • retail stores • computer • Apple Store • manager • employees

 Ex–Beatles Manager 
 Klein Dead At 77 

Abrasive manager feuded with both Paul McCarney and Mick Jagger

Jul 4, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Allen Klein, the bare-knuckle Beatles manager whom many blame for splitting up the group, died today after battling Alzheimer’s disease, Reuters reports. The former New Jersey accountant, who also managed the Rolling Stones, became a legend in his own right, known for his gangster-like business style in a career... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Rolling Stones • Beatles • Mick Jagger • Alzheimer's Disease • manager

 10 Most Ejected Skippers 

These managers are an ump's worst nightmare

Jun 25, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Among baseball managers, 10 have perfected the theatrics of fighting umps. Forbes looks at the skippers ejected most since 2004:
  1. Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves: Also the all-time ejection king, Cox (34 ejections since '04) was once booted over stadium lights.
  2. Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota Twins: Fiery former
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sports • MLB • umpire • baseball • manager

 RI Strip Club Hosts Job Fair 

Establishment hopes to attract 'new faces' to adult industry

Mar 20, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A prominent Rhode Island strip club is betting that long spells of unemployment will attract newcomers to the adult entertainment industry, the Providence Journal reports. The Foxy Lady is even hosting a job fair tomorrow, looking to hire up to 25 new dancers, bartenders and bouncers. Unemployment in Rhode Island... More »

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unemployment • Rhode Island • stripper • adult performer • sex industry • manager • recession depression

 Brown to Ax 
 Manager; She 
 Denies Affair 

Brown upset with his entire team

Mar 12, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown is ready to fire his manager, the New York Post reports—but not because of their rumored affair. Brown is upset his apology over the alleged assault of Rihanna was issued late and sounded “insincere,” an insider says, and the singer is ready to replace his... More »

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domestic violence • celebrity • affair • text message • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • manager • Tina Davis

Chris Brown's Manager Sent Sexy Text That Sparked Fight

TMZ says pair had sexual relationship

Mar 10, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman who left a three-page text on Chris Brown’s cell phone, inciting Rihanna’s fury and Brown's aggression, was none other than Brown’s manager, TMZ reports. Rumor has it Brown and Tina Davis, 40, had a relationship when Brown was 16, though both have denied it. The... More »

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crime • abuse • domestic violence • fight • text message • Rihanna • Chris Brown • manager

 Ex-Manager Sues Britney 

Lutfi claims Spears family sought to 'destroy' him

Feb 3, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A former associate is suing Britney Spears and her family for libel and defamation, TMZ reports. Sam Lutfi claims matriarch Lynne Spears’ tell-all book Through the Storm contains numerous false claims about him, part of a “campaign of lies and intimidation" to destroy his reputation and "drive him... More »

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Britney Spears • libel • lawsuit • defamation • Lynne Spears • Sam Lutfi • restraining order • manager

Mariners Hire Baseball's First Asian-American Manager

Don Wakamatsu, 45, works way up through Rangers, Athletics organization

Nov 19, 08 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Don Wakamatsu is the first Asian-American manager of a major league baseball team, AP reports, hired today by the Seattle Mariners. Wakamatsu, 45, played catcher, mainly in the minors, before coaching stints with Texas and Oakland. The Oregon native—who says he knows just a little Japanese—inherits a Mariners... More »

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Oakland Athletics • Texas Rangers • Seattle Mariners • baseball • Asian-Americans • Don Wakamatsu • manager

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