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The only real entrepreneurs were the Jews, who were forced either to embrace Christianity or face expulsion.
Back in September, when the backwash from Russia's crisis forced Brazil to raise interest rates to almost 50 percent, one Brazilian lamented the situation: "Brazil has never had such a responsible government; the environment for business has never been so good; why is this happening to us?"
A WP front-pager reports that damages awarded to 500,000 Floridian smokers in a class-action suit could not be paid in a lump sum, saving the tobacco industry from a multibillion dollar verdict that might have forced some of the small companies to fold.
My ghastliest show-business moments were spent with Dustin Hoffman, but bad as they were, there were nowhere near as bad as being told you've flunked an exam you haven't flunked and being forced to go to summer school (and, as the Times notes today, being punished by your parents for flunking said exam).
More recently, outside CEOs like Harvey Golub at American Express and Lou Gerstner at IBM--both McKinsey alums--have forced fundamental changes on corporations seemingly stuck in long-term ruts.