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...governing body decided to divest the university’s holdings, its fund managers immediately determined that the university did not have any direct holdings in Sudan-linked companies, but that they might indirectly hold shares of PetroChina, Sinopec, the Russian oil firm Tatneft, the Swiss power company ABB Ltd., and the state-owned Indian firm Bharat Heavy Electricals...
...would have massive water-recycling basins, which preclude the need to dig new reservoirs, which many had feared would displace thousands of farms and homes. The project would create as many as 7,000 direct jobs and more than 40,000 indirect jobs at home. Companies such as Bechtel, ABB and the French contractor Bouygues are expected to bid for the project...
...June 2005, Stanford became the second major school to divest from firms linked to Sudan, announcing that it would sell direct stakes in PetroChina, Sinopec, Tatneft, and power and automation equipment company ABB Ltd. Elsewhere, at Yale, an advisory committee is preparing a report on whether the school should divest from companies tied to Sudan...
...This month, Stanford’s Board of Trustees will consider a student-faculty panel’s recommendation that the University sell its shares in PetroChina, Sinopec, Tatneft, and a fourth firm, the Swiss-based power company ABB...
...first indication that divestment campaigns are having an impact on the Sudanese regime’s business partners, ABB Ltd.—which holds a contract to improve Sudan’s electric grid—announced in April that it is “considering whether doing business [there] is the right thing...