But can Chinese companies take over ailing American and European businesses and turn them around?

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Sandberg's announcement reminds us, too, of how little we're asking for when we ask for flexibility -- things like getting home to have dinner with our families or take an ailing parent to the doctor.

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Back in 1976, the government asked him to take over an ailing heavy-machinery maker nobody wanted.

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