Facebook now hosts perhaps 4 million fan pages, branded sites operated by companies, celebrities and enthusiasts.

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Nissan's president, Yoshikazu Hanawa, was still the highest-ranking executive, but Ghosn clearly was in control, arriving with 17 Renault managers and having them fan out across the company to challenge the ways it had always operated.

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