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...Amherst??This pick just seems random to us. Did they feel like they needed a liberal arts college and put up the top 10 on a dartboard...
...Amherst??This pick just seems random to us. Did they feel like they needed a liberal arts college and put up the top 10 on a dartboard...
...boycotts...will have grave disadvantages for the institution.” Yet several events in the past year, including Harvard’s selling its shares of PetroChina, Michigan’s termination of its contract with Coca-Cola, and Stanford’s, Yale’s, and Amherst??s divestment from all companies doing business in Sudan, indicate that this debate is anything but a closed case. And divestment remains in the news—Harvard still holds shares in Sinopec, another company with links to the Khartum regime...
...Sudan, said, “I think Harvard is to be commended for having led the way in the divestment campaign, but it’s time for them to eliminate their investment in those companies that continue to sustain a genocidal regime.” “Amherst??s divestment and Yale’s divestment this month oblige Harvard to rethink the extent of the divestment,” he said. While PetroChina’s involvement in Sudan was well-publicized, the extent of Sinopec’s activities are not as clear.A Washington...
...Amherst??s Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Jan. 14 to sell any direct holdings in the companies and to bar future investments. Amherst does not hold any shares directly. Instead, the school said a “small number” of outside fund managers who invest on Amherst??s behalf do hold shares of some of the companies, and will be instructed to divest...