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(From The Banker)
Byline: SUZANNE MILLER
If Paul O'Neill secretly pines for the good old days when he ruled US aluminium giant Alcoa with impunity, one can hardly blame him. In those days, nobody thought to question the wisdom of a chief executive who had so admirably turned a lumbering company into one of the industry's big profit generators. All the more reason, then, that Mr O'Neill has seemed bewildered by the barrage of criticism that has dogged him since he became US Treasury Secretary last January. As politicians, market makers and journalists record every misstep and verbal gaffe along the way, Mr O'Neill has shown disarming resilience to all ...