Sabbatical: chief executives" new saviour

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No doubt many of us have sometimes wished the boss would go away - for a long time. Preferably far, ...

No doubt many of us have sometimes wished the boss would go away - for a long time. Preferably far, far away. Somewhere remote. Without phones. Is this just a desk cowboy"s daydream? For some on both sides of the Atlantic, it is coming true. They have borrowed the tradition of sabbaticals from the more sedate world of academia. • ast month, Robert Chapman, who runs the $130m Chapman Capital hedge fund, said he was returning capital to his shareholders. Why? Are returns no good? Does he think the market is so dire you might as well put your cash under the mattress? No. Chapman, whose Los A...