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...organized by the provincial military command, simulating attacks, designing hacking tools and drafting network-infiltration strategies. Tan was then chosen to represent the Sichuan Military Command in competition with other provinces. His team won again, after which, the iDefense reports say, he founded the NCPH and acquired an unidentified benefactor ("most likely the PLA") to subsidize the group's activities to the tune of $271 a month...
...Assad’s palaces. In September, the Israeli Air Force reportedly destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor, purportedly provided by North Korea. A month ago, the Central Boycott Office in Damascus invited delegates from Arab states to redouble efforts at banning business with Israel. Damascus has been a major benefactor and weapons supplier of Hamas and Hezbollah, terrorist groups dedicated to Israel’s complete obliteration. It has allied itself with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, who has explicitly called for Israel to be wiped off the map and has been undeterred in his pursuit of nuclear...
...game was, to kick a metaphor around, out of left field. An investment banker and former car salesman, he arrived in Brazil from Britain in 2004 seeking to buy a media outlet. But after watching Corinthians, he decided sports was a better bet. The team was desperate for a benefactor. Despite a fan base of some 24 million, the club attracted fewer than 10,000 people at most games, was more than $20 million in debt and had a revenue stream one-tenth of the $300 million that English powerhouse Manchester United rakes in annually. As for the rest...
...Faculty Club. We encourage students who attend this event to get as much information as possible regarding UBS’s complicity in PetroChina’s ties to Sudan. UBS representatives should be questioned rigorously on its role in securing the Sudanese government’s greatest benefactor such a lucrative deal. Students should think twice about working for a company that underwrites genocide...
...decision to forgo future earnings is clearly uneconomic. It may even backfire in terms of providing maximum good. After all, a well-endowed foundation can endure for many decades and fund charitable acts beyond a benefactor's vision. Yet for someone seeking purpose right now, there may be nothing like abandoning the corporate ladder and wading into the do-good weeds. "Baby boomers have always been in the how-do-I-find-meaning business," says Howard Husock, who directs the Manhattan Institute's Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, which honors innovative charitable actions annually. Now, he says, with many reaching retirement...