Officials at SAIC say they were told by the Defense Department to hire her.
Should Beijing be allowed, through SAIC Motor, to buy any part of General Motors?
SAIC, better known as the parent of Shanghai Automotive, is a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
Volkswagen has two passenger vehicle-making joint ventures in China: one with Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp.
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With a 51% shareholding, SAIC will have the right to approve budgets and senior appointments.
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SAIC's contract is up for renewal next month and has been put up for tender.
Most analysts think investors should stand pat on SAIC, with eight of 11 analysts rating it hold.
Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on SAIC, with eight of 13 analysts rating it hold.
Riza's supervisor, World Bank Vice President Jean-Louis Sarbib, says the circumstances surrounding the SAIC job were not transparent.
But GM's big Chinese partner SAIC Motor is on the list, as are many other largely state-owned enterprises.
Some fuss has been made over numbers reported to the Chinese State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC).
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Some observers interpret it as the price for getting SAIC's help in India.
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But last November models from SAIC and Geely won high marks in crash tests by a European safety agency.
SAIC's stock is valued four times yearly according to a complex formula and employees who leave are required to sell.
Robert Beyster, SAIC's founder, has given away nearly his entire company to his employees in the form of private stock.
Berkeley's chief rival, SAIC in San Diego, has sold hundreds of its cesium iodide handheld screeners to the FBI and other agencies.
Shanghai Autoalso happened to own a 20% stake in SAIC-Chery Automobile Co.
SAIC's other partner and by far the biggest and most profitable car maker in China, to bring in newer models and technology.
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Homeland security and defense contractor SAIC joined the Global 2000 after completing its initial public offering in October (see "Beltway Bet: SAIC").
The first big one was between GM and SAIC, set up when GM won the bid for a JV in Shanghai in 1995.
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Other private companies like Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) have solved the people problem in a more traditional way: Pay them to stay.
Berkeley's chief rival, SAIC Corp. in San Diego, has sold hundreds of its cesium iodide handheld screeners to the FBI and other agencies.
"This time next year there will be hundreds of these used at critical points across the U.S., " says James Winso, an SAIC director.
No. 3 on the list is Science Applications International Corporation ( SAIC), a provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions.
SAIC, a stalwart on our annual list of America's Largest Private Companies, ranks 1, 177 on our list of the world's largest public companies.
The largest provider of defense IT services, SAIC boasts of 9, 000 contracts, the bulk long-term with no one greater than 4% of net revenues.
"This time next year there will be hundreds of these used at critical points across the U.S., " says James Winso, a director of SAIC.
Its batteries are already used in power tools, and the company has formed alliances to supply Chrysler and SAIC Motor Corporation of Shanghai with car-sized versions.
It includes a private-sector bank, China Minsheng (now No. 107), an auto giant, SAIC Motor (now No. 167) and a property developer, China Vanke (now No. 314).
In addition to a growing defense budget and a trend toward outsourcing to private contractors, SAIC has benefited from deep ties to the intelligence and national-security community.
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