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...Jack White reckons that his recent album Fear of the Dawn has “my proudest guitar playing I’ve ever done”, as he told Variety magazine....
...Selznick scarcely hesitated, but Jack L. Warner did. The studio boss refused to loan his actress out to a rival company....
...Mr Reinhardt avoided criticism of Mr Vasella and stressed he had “good relations” with Mr Jimenez....
...Mr Reinhardt moved on to the healthcare arm of Bayer in his native Germany....
...As analysts gather to attend a briefing this week by the company’s chief executive Joe Jimenez under its new chairman Jörg Reinhardt, they will be listening with divided views for indications on the likelihood...
...It follows the nomination of Jörg Reinhardt, who succeeded Daniel Vasella as chairman in August and is keen to bring more focus to the Swiss group’s activities....
...His comments came just two weeks after Christoph Franz was named to replace Franz Humer as chairman of Roche, and a month after Jörg Reinhardt took over from Daniel Vasella as chairman of Novartis....
...Sending an indirect warning to Jörg Reinhardt, who formally replaced him this month as chairman and has already hinted that he would consider divesting Novartis’s smaller divisions, such as animal and consumer...
...Rival companies including Astrazeneca, Pfizer and Novartis also examined the acquisition of the cancer drug developer, although Jörg Reinhardt, the incoming chairman of Novartis, appeared to rule out a purchase...
...The deal marks continued appetite for medium-sized acquisitions by Bayer after the departure of Jörg Reinhardt, head of its pharmaceuticals division, to return to Novartis as chairman....
...Another potentially no less potent issue is the remuneration negotiated for Jörg Reinhardt, Mr Vasella’s replacement as chairman....
...Mr Reinhardt “knows what price Bayer would be willing to accept”....
...GMI Ratings identifies 21 chief executives who retired with more than $100m each since the start of the millennium, led by $417m for Jack Welch at GE....
...him to the CEO’s post, writes Andrew Jack....
...“We don’t have high-priced cancer drugs in our portfolio,” says Jörg Reinhardt, head of Bayer HealthCare, who says the overall impact is limited and has been tackled by measures including cutting inventories...
...Stefan Reinhardt, Merck In the 19th century there was an orchestra for Merck employees, which was restarted in Germany in 1966....
...Three more were pushed out in the latest upheaval: Mr Reinhardt, Andreas Rummelt and Thomas Wellauer....
...Mr Vasella has said he has no such current intention, but last year he created a new post of chief operating officer for Jörg Reinhardt, at a time his contract was changed to require annual renewal....
...Mr Vasella said that the reshuffle had no implications for him directly but that the board had accepted his recommendation to promote Mr Reinhardt, who would report to him....
...Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums in a long roll of typescript. Here, Munroe’s thesis practically proves itself....
...Mr Reinhardt stressed it was up to governments to decide whether or not to buy and use his vaccine....
...Andrew Jack: Could we touch on the current crisis?...
...Vaccines sales last year were $828m, and Mr Reinhardt predicted they would rise to more than $1bn in 2007, growing fast but still small compared with drug sales....
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