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From: Multichannel News
Date: 20070430
Author:Ellis, Leslie; Gibbons, Kent; Reynolds, Mike

By Leslie Ellis, Kent Gibbons and Mike Reynolds

Cable CEOs Carry Own Bags in a Pinch

How many engineers does it take to get their U.S. cable CEOs to the airport in Hong Kong in time to catch a flight to Korea - after their bus breaks down?

Answer: Zero. The engineers weren't needed to fix the bus they were all riding, as some leaders of the pack reasoned when the incident occurred April 19 in the midst of a three-country trip by cable executives to visit consumer electronics firms in Asia.

Instead, the leaders - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and Time Warner Cable CEO ...

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