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...things that may have caught the eye of the U.S. sports is the massive increase in value of overseas rights deals," says Alex Byars, a senior manager in the sports business group at Deloitte, the business advisory firm. Under a new international broadcast rights agreement, Byars says, the Premiership will earn an average of nearly $430 million each of the next three years, nearly double the annual amount it pulled in under a previous agreement...
Harvard undergraduates from opposite ends of the political spectrum revealed a surprising level of agreement on U.S. foreign policy during a debate that marked the culmination of the student-organized International Relations Week 2007. The Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) each fielded a two-member team that went head-to-head on Saturday, debating four topics united under the rubric of “Internationalism in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The issues up for discussion included the role of the United Nations in U.S. foreign policy, the doctrine of preemption, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?...
...showdown has elements of a perfect storm. The decline of U.S. fortunes in Iraq has been accompanied by a rise in Iranian assertiveness, which has intensified with Ahmadinejad's recent tough talk. Trumpeting Iran's nuclear ambitions as a nationalist cause, Ahmadinejad rejected the agreement by his moderate predecessor, Mohammed Khatami, to voluntarily suspend uranium-enrichment during three years of negotiations with European powers. Ahmadinejad abandoned Khatami's "dialogue of civilizations" for more confrontational rhetoric, calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and goading the West by denying the Holocaust. Iran enthusiastically backed Hizballah and Hamas in their...
...Sunnis. We are all Iraqis, and we must reconcile.' It was a showstopper. He has a real presence. He and the host, Sheik Ahmed [Abu Risha], went and prayed together, which was a big deal symbolically. Then there was a 'goat grab'--a feast--and an agreement to keep meeting...
...exclusive third-party advertising platform partner for Facebook,” according to a statement. The company will now sell the banner ads appearing on Facebook outside of the United States and will share the revenue generated by that advertising. Last year, Microsoft contracted an agreement to run banner ads on Facebook in the United States through 2011. “Microsoft has a lot of cash. Facebook has enormous growth prospects. It’s a smart investment deal from both sides,” said John G. Palfrey Jr. ’94, the executive director of Harvard...