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BlackRock and Larry Fink are under media scrutiny from various angles.
The FT locates a wise Swabian housewife and asks her about the financial crisis. Read more
David Brooks leaves out a salient fact about CEOs
David Brooks has an interesting column in the New York Times this morning about the traits of successful chief executives, which concludes that execution and organisational skills are far more important than the ability to inspire or be a good listener:
“The CEOs that are most likely to succeed are humble, diffident, relentless and a bit unidimensional. They are often not the most exciting people to be around.” Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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