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...Party (UNDP), were holding out hope that a damaging prosecutor's report would sink Lee's presidential ambitions. But with two weeks to go before the Dec. 19 election, Lee, 66, now appears to be the only candidate capable of securing a majority. The former Hyundai Engineering and Construction CEO has an approval rating of about 40% in public opinion polls, compared with 18% for Lee Hoi Chang and 15% for Chung. President Roh Moo Hyun, whose five-year term is ending, cannot run for a second term...
...outcry from its users when it introduced the “News Feed” last year, but it has since received positive feedback about this feature. The information shared is based on “conversations that are already happening between people,” Facebook founder and CEO Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, said when introducing the program in New York last month. But some users might need more time. “Why would my Facebook friends want to know what I buy? ‘Hey pals, look what I brought...
...said, and schools receive an annual payout that usually comes to about 4 percent of the principal. While this is the largest one-time gift to the Center, Gergen noted that Leslie and Abigail Wexner have been the institution’s largest overall benefactors. Leslie Wexner is the CEO of The Limited, a women’s clothing chain. The couple contributes $2.1 million annually to the Center, pledged over a period of nine years, according to Gergen. —Staff writer David K. Hausman can be reached at dhausman@fas.harvard.edu...
Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Kindle, his company’s newest take on one of the biggest futuristic technologies that never took off—the electronic book. Though a massive PR blitz has helped get the white, plasticky device backordered through the holidays, Kindle is unlikely to be the next sensation Bezos hopes it will be. As bloggers have been quick to point out, Kindle has many problems that must be addressed before it becomes a permanent fixture at Starbucks nationwide...
...came to Harvard to begin its five-year residency and partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Each year-since then, the group has staged a series of lectures, workshops, and performances to work with students and faculty on cross-cultural development through music.According to Laura Freid, CEO and Executive Director of the Silk Road Project, Inc., the inspiration to showcase “Layla and Majnun” came from a meeting with Qasimov while the group was in Azerbaijan. He and his daughter Fargana Qasimova later joined the Silk Road Ensemble and both will perform at Harvard...