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26 Going Private

If Wall Street can’t recognize value when it sees it, there’s a buyer out there who probably can. But directors beware!
Plus: The Tangled Web That Led to the Revlon Ruling
Six Questions to Ask Before Taking the Leap

Autumn 2001

Features

34
Wanted: Yanqui Directors
A Mexican empire-builder has signed up six Americans as board members and is looking for more. He needs them to build credibility on Wall Street, where he’s sometimes his own worst enemy.
Plus: Yanks Who Said Si


40
NASDAQ's Super Sleuth
Bumpy markets encourage insider trading and other no-nos. But watch out. Aided by a team of technocops and their electronic snooping gear, Cameron Funkhouser will get you.
Plus: How to Protect Your Company From Inside Traders


48
A Dot-com That Could
While most e-tailers have fallen on their faces, Travelocity got online selling right, and is close to turning a profit. But now the big guys are moving in. Can the upstart survive on its own, or will its former parent grab it back?
Plus: Top Spots–Favorite Destinations, Overseas and at Home


58
Where GE's Board Went Wrong in Europe
A French B-school professor thinks Jack Welch’s directors missed two warning lights that could have prevented the Honeywell merger embarrassment. And that’s not the only lesson he has for board members on both sides of the Atlantic.


64
Busy, Busy, Busy
Al Osborne sits on the boards of Nordstrom and five other public corporations, two private companies, and three nonprofits, teaches at UCLA, and runs its entrepreneurial center. He insists that he has time for it all