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...portfolio. Some of Harvard’s peer institutions have already taken the lead in divesting entirely from firms with ties to the Sudanese government. In June 2005, Stanford announced its decision to sell all its direct stakes in corporations linked to the Sudanese government, including PetroChina and Sinopec. Amherst College made a similar decision to divest from 19 Sudan-linked companies—including Sinopec—last month. A United Nations official estimated last March that at least 180,000 people have died during a year-and-a-half of conflict in the Darfur region...
...Festival and Exhibition, (617) 661-1812. $21-$53; $5 discount for students, senior citizens, and large groups.Feist with Jason Collett. Presented by WXRV. Paradise Rock Club. 8 p.m. Tickets available via Ticketmaster and at the Paradise Box Office, 617-562-8800. $15. 18+.Rascal Flatts. Mullins Center at UMass Amherst. 8 p.m. Tickets available via Ticketmaster and at Mullins Center Box Office, (413) 733-2500. $25/$45.75 All ages.Sunday, Feb. 12thCoro Allegro Concert. Sanders Theatre. 3 p.m. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $48/$32/$20; $5 discount for students and senior citizens; 15 percent discount...
...Amherst went still further than Harvard, divesting from 18 other firms, including several in which Harvard still owned shares as of Sept...
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...
...want to be sure that our investment managers understand our stance on this important issue as they consider their own investments,” said Amherst trustee Bill Ford, chair of the board’s Investment Committee, in a press release...