Was America ready for another chief executive with boots?
It is unclear whether Germany's signature bank is ready for a chief executive who has spent most of his career abroad, is not comfortable speaking German and lacks domestic political connections.
"We are ready for everything," said the executive, who works for of one of Greece's biggest conglomerates.
GETTING READY FOR SNOW Jim Minish, executive vice president for facilities of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, said Friday that about 300 snow-shovelers would report to Giants Stadium beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday to clear seats.
Wharton has had iPads ready for its last three executive MBA cohorts; Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business started giving out iPads last year; Goizueta is planning tablet distribution for the next set of students in its "modular" EMBA, 30% of which is taught online.
"In a way it was the boundaries Chris pushed out in 'We Can Be Heroes' that attuned the audience to be ready for 'Summer Heights High,' " Courtney Gibson, executive head of content creation at the Australian public network, wrote in an e-mail message.
It is this pipeline of female talent that the conference aims to empower: without confident career women who can structure their progression upwards, there will be no female executives ready for the highest positions in commerce and industry.
Holding out the prospect of democratic renewal, Mr Wallace said the Scottish cabinet would bring in a bill that would be ready for decision by the new executive following next May's election.
Unions expressed surprise that Walsh, the former BA chief executive, was ready for further industrial action on the back of a series of strikes by BA cabin crew since November 2009.
"This plan is clearly not ready for prime time," said Jerry Berman, executive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, which wrote the report with Common Cause, both public interest groups based in Washington.
