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...Cornelius Vander Starr, who hired Greenberg in 1960. Even though AIG had to shut down its operations in China in 1950 after the communists took over, Greenberg never lost sight of those roots and was thrilled when his company in 1998 reclaimed one of its original offices on the Bund in Shanghai. Ahead of most, he understood the vast economic potential of China and advocated for better relations to every U.S. President since Kennedy...
...Dalton were to continue her case, it would be the second active gender discrimination suit against the University. Former Business School professor Barbara Bund Jackson is currently suing the University on similar gender discrimination charges. A federal judge last week cleared the way for Jackson's tenure suit to go to trial...
...SHANGHAI Mr. Wang, who asks not to use his first name, wandered along Shanghai's historic Bund the other day. Perfectly normal, yes, except he wasn't wearing a thing?and nobody was paying attention. That everyone ignored him infuriated Mr. Wang, for he was one of China's fledgling crop of performance artists. What's the point of performing if no one watches...
VIEW FINDER The breathtaking views from the 88-story Jinmao Tower encompass the historic river-front Bund with its 1920 buildings and Pudong's Blade Runner surrealism. Enjoy a drink at Cloud 9, the bar at the Shanghai Grand Hyatt atop the Jinmao. Jinmao Da-sha, 2 Shiji Avenue, Pudong...
...Conte Verge in late 1933. Facing terrible persecution back home, the Jews of Central Europe were prepared to look to any port in a storm and Shanghai was one of the very few available. What must have gone through their minds as they arrived on the Bund and confronted Shanghai's sweaty summers and teeming waterfront can only be guessed at, but they did have one central advantage; Jewish ?migr?s had been trickling in for years and there were many hands of friendship...