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...huge state-owned aluminum company - in Rio Tinto, the world's second largest mining company, as well as a couple of other, smaller deals in the mining sector. But opposition in Australia has been increasing. There are TV ads now running that in effect say, "China will not allow us to buy one of their mines, so why should they be allowed to buy ours?" (See pictures of Australia rescuing its koalas...
...committee searches for new classes to incorporate into its program next year, professors worry that loopholes in the new curriculum’s structure may allow for specialized courses that deviate from the ideal of a general education. “The structure is the same, of course,” said Gross, “because institutions are comfortable with what they’re used...
...good news for Ponzi victims is that the IRS will allow the amount of the theft loss to include the investor's unrecovered investment, that is, the principle plus other investments minus withdrawals, but including "fictitious income" as reported in past years, according to Shulman...
...Club sports provide both opportunities and limitations for those wishing to participate in lower intensity or competition. They allow one to become best friends with Lavietes, Jordan, and Murr, while simultaneously getting barred from Palmer-Dixon and Dillon. However, even with the low rung on the Harvard athletic totem pole, club sports provide an extraordinary outlet for non-varsity students...
...course, P-I subscribers will automatically begin receiving its longtime rival paper, the Seattle Times on Wednesday. But even that consolation may not last long. "It's not a certainty that the P-I's departure will allow the Times to continue, much less flourish," says Richman, the business reporter. For example, as many as 20,000 of the P-I's 117,000 subscribers already received both papers. Local economists say the Times' own position is dire, pointing to its two-year pension freeze and the laying off of roughly a quarter of its staff in the past year...