The "emperor" of Olympus, protector no longer

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Michael Woodford began his short tenure as Olympus president, he described the man who hired him, Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, as an "umbrella," a protective cover to deflect anyone out to stop the Briton's western-style tough cost-cutting.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19894a63/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+%22emperor%22+of+Olympus%2C+protector+no+longer&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F25%2Fuk-olympus-kikukawa-idUKTRE79O0P120111025%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+%22emperor%22+of+Olympus%2C+protector+no+longer&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F25%2Fuk-olympus-kikukawa-idUKTRE79O0P120111025%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/116916553190/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19894a63/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/116916553190/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19894a63/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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