Thanks to spin-off launches and acquisitions, under his command the number of Time Inc titles grew from around 20 to 140.

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DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche , under enormous pressure in Germany to spin off the money-losing Chrysler Group, says all options for the U.S. auto making arm are now on the table.

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Among the flops under Zucker's watch: the critically scorned Friends spin-off Joey and the costly animated misfire Father of the Pride.

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Northrop is slimming down on some of its least profitable operations, and could possibly spin out the entire unit which brought in just under one-fifth of revenues last year.

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The department doesn't want them to appear, but there is a precedent - several appearances under the last government by Tony Blair's sultan of spin, Alastair Campbell.

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And then there was a spin-move James did at the three-point line, followed by a pass under his legs, then a hook-shot-toss off the backboard.

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Furthermore, the Butler inquiry's assertion that spymasters had not been under political pressure is somewhat undermined by its failure to question Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair's former chief spin-doctor.

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