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...industry, and in particular UBS, which has been under a cloud since last summer. That was when news broke that U.S. authorities were investigating the world's largest manager of private wealth for its role in helping rich Americans hide $200 billion in undisclosed offshore accounts to avoid taxes. Last month UBS agreed to pay the U.S. a $780 million penalty to absolve itself of criminal fraud charges. It also agreed to release the names of 250 clients whom the U.S. suspects of evading taxes. Two weeks ago, as UBS shares plummeted to a new low, the bank's chief...
...have consistently hired from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School in past years, prompting Harvard’s lobbyists to push for a loose interpretation of the restrictions. Firms that have accepted TARP funds would be required to demonstrate that they have made concerted efforts to employ and avoid laying off U.S. citizens before hiring H-1B visa holders, said Kevin Casey, the University’s chief lobbyist. “It may be that employment horizons are slightly smaller for those graduating from some of these programs,” Casey said. Roughly one third...
...report notes. But too often, such murders are disguised as accidents or suicides. "It is well known," the authors write, "that police can be extremely lax in registering reports and that, in cases of suspected criminality, family members of a victim might be able to bribe police to avoid investigation...
...Clinton was never going to avoid running into domestic Israeli politics on her visit. Livni's centrist Kadima Party posted a narrow win in Feb. 10 parliamentary elections but has been unable to stitch together a governing coalition. Now the hawkish Netanyahu is trying his luck, turning to the right wing and orthodox religious parties and possibly a breakaway faction of the Labor Party. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...single-race colleges like Spelman. She also said that people could be put in groups or separated in ways to create an atmosphere conducive to discussion. “The willingness to have difficult conversations is the key,” Tatum said, “If you avoid things you don’t learn that [they] can be liberating.” —Staff writer Jillian K. Kushner can be reached at kushner@fas.harvard.edu...