I have been there for about 23 years, and in the last five years i have been responsible for international business, and in february i assumed responsibly as ceo. Maurice . My name is maurice levy. I have worked at publicis, and i am about to change companies because i thought it was the right time at this point in my career to move to another job. I will step down from my position as ceo to be a coceo of a Company Called publicis omnicom, which is about to be born in the next few weeks months. Paul . Paul jacobs. I am the chairman and ceo of qualcomm, and i have been at the company basically since the beginning. We started in 1985, and i have been ceo since 2005. I am just about to step down as ceo and remain executive chairman so i can spend more time focusing on technology and innovation and less on some of the other parts of the ceo job i did not like as much. [laughter] peer . I am peer schatz, ceo of a Company Called qiagen. We are in the area of life sciences, and we work with G
Though sometimes i bring up just to annoy people. One element of the it cant happen here that relates to the president. He never specifies what his alternative is. What he implies is what is needed is an oligarchy of good people. Not so different from the new samurai. How these people are selected, but you have to replace democracy with an oligarchy of good people. How this is to be done, not much to say. When you read or listen to people around the obama administration, very similar to their view of the world, very similar to their view of the world with one important difference which i wont go into now. Pickup in question and answers. Let me stop with that. I have gone on too long. What time is it . Of good. I have been around too long. Sorry. [applause] fred siegel has agreed to take your questions. [inaudible conversations] i am always intrigued by the antagonism of intellectuals to capitalism. The persistent threat. I wonder is it because capitalism stands for a source of power th
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In iraq the death toll continues to rise amid more demonstrations driven by young iraqis calling for new elections and an end to corruption. They say their government isnt listening, so theyre piling on the pressure in baghdad and cities across iraq. And englands cricketers seal their biggest away winning margin in more than nine years to take a two one lead in the series against south africa, with just one match left to play. And at half past eleven we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers anna mikhailova, deputy Political Editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcaster, david davies. Good evening. Prince harry is on his way to canada tonight after expressing his Great Sadness at the way things things have turned out since he announced he was stepping back as a senior royal. Its thought he is heading to Vancouver Island to join his wife meghan and their son archie. Last night, in an emotional speech prince harry said the uk was his home and a place he loves
In the topjob. Chanting the death toll continues to rise amid more demonstrations in iraq protests driven by young iraqis calling for new elections and an end to corruption. They say their government isnt listening, so these young iraqis are piling on the pressure here in baghdad, and in cities across iraq. England take the lead with a third test victory over south africa in Port Elizabeth. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news the most remarkable scandal in domestic rugby. As saracens come to terms with relegation, many of the squad move their focus from club to country. Good evening. Prince harry is on his way to canada tonight after expressing his Great Sadness at the way things things have turned out since he announced he was stepping back as a senior royal. Its thought he is heading to Vancouver Island tojoin his wife meghan and their son archie. Last night in an emotional speech prince harry said the uk was his home and a place he loves but after months of talks he said the coup