Cook, 25, dropped by CNN's New York offices (with his mother, Beth Foraker, in tow) to talk about keeping creative control, losing his privacy and his responsibility as Idol No. 7.

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That added ball-handling responsibility coincided with his 1-of-7 shooting over that span (and came right after he'd shot 5-of-7 in the first quarter, when he only initiated the team's offense once).

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Mr Osborne will undoubtedly ramp up the pro-growth rhetoric when Parliament reconvenes in the autumn, not least because he is likely to have to announce the fourth downgrading of the Office of Budget Responsibility's 2011 growth forecast (currently 1.7%).

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Overall, the typical non-white director serves on 2.2 boards, compared with 1.7 for white directors, according to a study of 1, 400 companies by the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC).

FORBES: , always gets a nod, as do Stanley O'Neal