Rising stars rise to leadership amid youth and risk
A Detroit profile notes Heidi Kassab became Cornerstone Community Financial CEO at 32, reflecting a trend in younger chief executives. A Booz Allen Hamilton survey shows average starting ages fell across major sectors from 1986 to 2001, sparking debate on whether youth or experience wins top jobs. Experts say innovation and drive favor youth, but failure risk grows without experience and cultural fit. Kassab credits early preparation and long grooming for leadership success.
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Detroit
Heidi Kassab
Credit
Iehair
Atone Community Financial
Michigan
United States
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chuck Wardell
Korn/Ferry International
Wardell
Cornerstone
European energy tensions rise from Russian Belarus oil dispute
Europe reevaluates energy strategy as a Russia Belarus oil dispute disrupts flows via the Druzhba pipeline. Germany Poland Czech Republic consider natural gas imports from Norway and Qatar while Italy pushes solar expansion. EU contemplates unified oil cuts to curb Moscow leverage amid warnings from think tanks and officials.
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Berlin
Russia
Belarus
Europe
Moscow
Transneft
Poland
Germany
Czech Republic
Norway
Qatar
Italy
European Union
Guido Wester‘welle
Free Democratic Party
Middle East
Economist
Vladimir V. Putin
Minsk
Druzhba
Claudia Kemfert
German Institute For Economic Research
Ukraine
Hollywood stars return to Japan ads with SoftBank push
Cameron Diaz headlines a 30 second SoftBank cellphone commercial in Tokyo as Japan brings back celebrity advertising. Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Scarlett Johansson and Kiefer Sutherland join a new wave of top stars tapping Japanese brands amid revived growth. Japanese firms spent about 52 billion dollars on domestic ads last year, a postwar high.
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Cameron Diaz
Tokyo
Hollywood
Japan Inc
Aerosmith
Diaz
Japan
Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
Scarlett Johansson
Kiefer Sutherland
Tinseltown
Hest
Bill Murray
Madonna
Sharon
Stone
Liv Tyler
Dentsu Inc
Virtual reality spreads through business use
In Fairborn and beyond, virtual reality moves from military and gaming to industry. The Vis Lab at Wright State University rents high end VR space for firms to design products, test assemblies, and visualize factories, with Deere & Co and other manufacturers adopting immersive visualization to speed design and reduce prototypes.
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Joshi Research Center
Joshi Center
Wright State University
Dayton
Gulf of Mexico
Houston Energy Company
James Oliver
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Oliver
Deere & Co
Peoria
Idl
Iowa Center
Ken Golden
Marc Halpern
Gartner Inc
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Detroit Free Press
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Sheffield Center
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Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Fairborn
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