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Harvard’s endowment is invested in Chevron as well. The University held 172,246 shares of the firm on June 30, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That stake would be worth $15.8 million today.

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students: No State Funds in Myanmar | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

Bad-mouthing yoga seems like begging for a hit of unfavorable karma. But with more than 14 million people practicing yoga or tai chi nationwide, up 136% since 2000, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and chiropractors across the country are dealing with the increasing fallout from yoga gone awry. Over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Yoga Hurts | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...commissioner for consumer protection in the European Union (E.U.) criticized the U.S. organization responsible for product safety and urged the two bodies to work together to enforce higher standards, in a speech Tuesday at the Center for European Studies (CES). “In the area of the governance of product safety, the US might stand to benefit from a closer study of what has been done in Europe over the years,” commissioner Meglena Kuneva said in her talk, titled “Consumer Protection as a Challenge and Opportunity for the Transatlantic Agenda...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: E.U. Rep Seeks Tougher Safety Laws | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

If true, Young's statements describe political money laundering that would be a clear violation of federal law. In 1996, when Young said he had made the contributions, it was illegal to give a candidate more than $1,000 for a primary or general campaign. None of the individuals Young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selective Justice in Alabama? | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

The only serious obstacle could be the same thing that helped Blanco edge out her upstart opponent in 2003 - the impression that Jindal is an overachieving bureaucrat who has little empathy for the poor in a largely poor state. A Rhodes scholar whose parents arrived in the U.S. from India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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