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...Isaac Getz, a Michelin adviser and professor at ESCP Europe business school, uses a more revolutionary term — libération — which sums up the radical nature of the change, and the risks ahead....
...Prof Getz says that at “liberated” companies, “you need fewer managers, but these managers aren’t fired — why would you fire a guy who was good for 15 years?...
...As Mr Greenspan confirmed to the Financial Times this week, he even did the band’s tax returns....
...“We want to have an unrestricted access to the Indian market in return for unrestricted access to the European market,” Mr Hodac said. “We want a level playing field.”...
...But now they were regarded as a mere interest group that depended on money from the state,” says Mr Getz....
...“Syeeda’s Song Flute” and the ballad “Naima” are polished tunes, while the two blues “Mr P.C.” and “Cousin Mary” are equally catchy up-tempo riffs....
...After a long stint swishing away behind Ella Fitzgerald, Thigpen became known as “Mr Brushes”, but this gig demanded full-on modernism, complete with pinging symbols and clattering snare drum....
...Nor were his chops a patch on those of his friend, the great Stan Getz. Mr Greenspan had studied at the Juilliard School, which later shaped Miles Davis’s genius....
...Hyundai’s sales in the region rose 12 per cent this year on growing demand for compact cars such as Getz and Atoz models....
...After a brief tenure at Warner, he has been at EMI for 21 years and has overseen the signings in his various roles of, among others, Herbie Hancock, Willie Nelson, James Taylor, Stan Getz and Natalie Cole...
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