January 18, 1999

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Media

Not so Good Morning

As the clock wound down on a Good Morning America broadcast last week, co-host Kevin Newman was promoting highlights for the ABC network show the next day. One was an interview with a former host of the program who now anchors occasional specials for ABC. By Anthony Wilson-Smith8 min

Canada

CATCHING UP

Sierra Wireless Inc. is a cool company. Launched just six years ago by three high-tech entrepreneurs, the Richmond, B.C., firm quickly established itself as a leading manufacturer of equipment for linking up portable computers to the Internet over cellular telephone networks. By JOHN GEDDES6 min

The Nation’s Business

Corporate leaders also should face the music

With the bank mergers off, there is no excuse left to keep the CIBC’s CEO, Al Flood, in his palatial Bay Street office By Peter C. Newman4 min

Washington

When things go right

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The familiar words are those of Charles Dickens, describing the London and Paris of 1775 in A Tale of Two Cities. But they apply equally well to end-of-the-millennium America. The “worst” part is easy—too easy. By ANDREW PHILLIPS4 min

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