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...officials took a similar measure in the early nineties, divesting from businesses involved in South African commerce during the era of Apartheid. The measure, passed by New Haven’s two pension boards, prevents the city’s pension funds—the City Employees Retirement Fund (CERF) and the Policemen and Firemen’s Pension Fund—from backing seven companies that do business with the Sudanese government. The measure also stipulates that financial consultants assess the funds for other investments with ties to Sudan. Chairs on each pension fund were quick to point...
...order to make a few extra bucks is practically the definition of evil. Google acknowledges that it's in a tough situation but says it ultimately has to obey local laws. "There's a subtext to 'Don't be evil,' and that is 'Don't be illegal,'" says Vint Cerf, an Internet founding father who now serves as "chief Internet evangelist" at Google. "Overall, having Google there is better than not having Google there." But at what cost? Can Brin and Page live with the idea that Chinese Netizens can't access anything other than the official line...
...vintage commercials it airs every hour. A few days after Lemmon died, Game Show Network aired a marathon of his little-seen 1950s appearances on What's My Line? Amid the garish capitalist thunderdomes of today's prime-time game shows, seeing an urbane Lemmon and publisher Bennett Cerf trade quips in tuxes was a mini-lesson in changed American mores. "There was a real New York sophistication and wit in game shows then," says GSN president Rich Cronin. Likewise, watching the network's reruns of the post-sexual revolution yet pre-feminist Newlywed Game--the Stepfordized housewives talking about...
...Vinton Cerf (and not Al Gore) co-invented the Internet protocol called TCP/IP. He is a senior vice president at MCI WorldCom
...Cerf said that working for Sesame Street is a cure for writer's block, since show creators and researchers give composers advice and fairly specific requests for songs...