Where better to launch the latest effort to blend old media and new than at a spiral-shaped museum famous for turning round and round on itself?
In the process of buying and turning round more than 30 companies, he realised that a third of the employees he encountered were illiterate and two-thirds could not do basic mathematics.
Strings were attached to the money: states had to adopt certain standards and find innovative ways of improving recruitment, rewarding teachers, promoting charters and turning round the lowest-performing schools.
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Yet economists remain uncertain whether either man is offering the right formula for turning the German economy round and whether, in the final analysis, their economic recipes are that different from each other.
Mr White "has a long track record as a senior professional in turning round children's services and delivering sustained improvement, " a council spokesman said.
The plan also involves parachuting in as chief executive of the Fiat parent company Enrico Bondi, an old Mediobanca hand who made his reputation turning round the Ferruzzi agro-chemicals business and, latterly, sorting out troubled Telecom Italia.
Then she gave a sigh and went into the house, only turning round on the veranda.
But after nearly two years of slump, Malaysia's economy is now turning round, along with others in the region, and the stockmarket is booming.
Mr Bourguignon has been labelled "France's self-appointed Mr Fixit" after turning round the fortunes of Euro Disney as its chief executive between 1993 and 1997.
Dame Mary Macdonald, an education consultant who has specialised in turning round failing schools, found herself subject to a campaign of lies and threats from parents.
The plan envisions turning the 1917 building into a year-round ice-sports hub, attracting both hobbyists and professionals.
It's not going to set any records for thinness or price, but laptops like this one are a big part of the reason the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell is turning in better numbers lately, and the M1330 could be a case study on how to hit a sweet spot in a fast-moving market.
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