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J.P. Garnier, chief executive of the global drug giant, who lives and works part-time in the Philadelphia region, is scheduled to retire a year from now from the London-headquartered company. And according to the London Daily Telegraph, Garnier has assigned three top lieutenants some special duties to prove their mettle and, supposedly, winnow them down to an heir apparent. Two are Americans, and one -- David Stout -- is also based in Philadelphia. Worth reading here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/04/28/ccgsk28.xml -- Thomas Ginsberg