Galaxy's chief executive, Tim Lieweke, admits the deal is one which suits both clubs.

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Though the company has lost several patent suits aimed at halting production of those pods, Chief Executive Jean-Marc Duvoisin says the competition is a positive for Nespresso, which represents roughly 5% of the Swiss food giant's group sales.

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While some executive women stick to conservative black dresses for evening and navy, gray or black suits for work, Lebenthal's style is more daring and eclectic.

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Moreover, judging by this indictment, prosecutors could have brought similar charges against any number of other bosses from the 1990s: at the heart of almost all of the hundreds of private shareholder suits filed in America recently lies a similarly sketchy characterisation of what went on in the executive suite during the great boom.

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