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...firm Norton Rose, buyouts by Chinese companies in Europe and North America rose to $6 billion last year. But corporate China's anything-goes reputation can be repellent to potential partners. "There will be times that Indian companies, based in a high-functioning democracy, will win a bid or get an investor, a customer, because they're just seen as more stable," says Melissa Brown, director of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia...
...Even before Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, his previous opponent, opted out of a reelection bid, her popularity buffeted by what many saw as a dismal performance during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the painfully slow recovery since, polls showed Republican Jindal, 36, with a commanding lead in a do-over. And with weeks to go before the October 20 primary, and no big-name Democrat in the race - New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and former U.S. Senator John Breaux both stepped aside after toying with the idea of running - many here are betting that Jindal will get the 50%-plus...
...high expectations about teaching Harvard graduate and undergraduate students, and felt that it was a great opportunity for one in my field,” says Berkowitz. At the time, he was excited for the experience and had no expectations for a future tenure bid. “Everybody who had eyes saw there were very very high standards for tenure and knew that their chances were remote,” he says...
Democrat Eric Massa happened to be in Washington last week for a fund-raiser for his bid to challenge Rep. Randy Kuhl (pronounced "cool"), a Republican from upstate New York, for his seat next year, and he couldn't believe his good fortune. As his potential opponent voted against the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Plans (SCHIP), Massa felt like he was watching Kuhl commit "political suicide" for all to see on C-SPAN...
...further discuss the report at a reception. The conference will continue today and tomorrow, focusing less on the report itself and more on its current significance to society, politics, and public policy. Topics to be discussed will include black male joblessness, discrimination in the workplace, and the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School. Harvard hired Moynihan to teach at the University from 1966 to 1977. A four-term Democratic senator from New York, Moynihan died in 2003, a year after delivering the 2002 Harvard Commencement address...