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May 14th, 2021 Ever since the iPod debuted on October 23, 2001, Sony has been in trouble. Apple's music player instantly made Sony's MiniDisc and Memory Stick WalkMan devices seem antiquated. The iPod could hold up to 1,000 songs on its (at the time) roomy 5GB hard drive. Sony, meanwhile, also released a WalkMan that same month with a 128MB Memory Stick, the largest size available at the time. The iPod became a cultural phenomenon, cementing Apple as a consumer electronics innovator beyond the world of computers. It took Sony until 2004 to produce its own music player with a hard drive, effec...

Apr 30, 2021 For new managers in foreign countries, many things can be surprising. For Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived head of a 90-year-old Japanese chemical giant, it was an absence that stood out. “I’ve been to 25, 30, 40 meetings so far, and I have yet to see one woman from a management position in any of these meetings,” said Gilson, the Belgian who took over as chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. this month. “I was amazed.” Gilson, 57, is no newcomer to Japan, having spent five years in the country in the 2000s as an executive of what is ...

Japan’s Newest Foreign CEO Asks: Where Are the Women Managers? Apr 30 2021, 10:13 AM April 29 2021, 8:30 PM April 30 2021, 10:13 AM (Bloomberg) -- For new managers in foreign countries, many things can be surprising. For Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived head of a 90-year-old Japanese chemical giant, it was an absence that stood out. (Bloomberg) -- For new managers in foreign countries, many things can be surprising. For Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived head of a 90-year-old Japanese chemical giant, it was an absence that stood out. “I’ve been to 25, 30, 40 meetings so far...

Roger Mudd Once considered Walter Cronkite's heir apparent, he was on the scene when Robert Kennedy was killed and later asked Ted Kennedy what seemed to be a routine question. Roger Mudd, the Peabody Award-winning journalist who spent a quarter-century at CBS News and NBC News and came close to becoming a No. 1 network anchorman — not that he wanted that, anyway — has died. He was 93. Mudd died Tuesday of complications from kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia, his son Jonathan Mudd told Mudd joined CBS News in 1961 and served as a congressional and national affairs correspon...

Daily horoscope and birthdays for Feb. 19, 2021 Francis Drake Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Today you feel energetic and flirtatious! Who knows? A friend might become a lover. (Saucy you.) Be careful and don’t do anything you will regret later. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Today you feel confident in a jaunty, cavalier way. Because of this, you might impress a boss or someone in authority. (This could develop into a romance or, at least, a flirtation.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): Today you are attracted to someone who is “different.” In fact, it is this very differ...