Woodford named British paper's Businessperson of the Year

LONDON, England - British paper The Independent, in its Dec. 23, 2011 issue, reports it has selected former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford as Businessperson of the Year in recognition of his fightback after he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the company's fraudulent activities.

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