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...biggest firms, from BMW to L'Oreal. A study by Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young estimates that 2.5 million Europeans had financial assets of more than $1 million in 2001, compared with 2.2 million North Americans. There are more American billionaires than European ones, but in a comparison of the wealthiest people on both sides of the Atlantic, Cap Gemini found that 37% of those in Europe had inherited money, compared with 21% of the Americans...
Pettit’s single-game contributions, however, pale in comparison to the impact he has made, along with the rest of the Crimson’s junior class, to the Harvard program in general. Pettit and his classmates were the first recruits Mazzoleni brought to Cambridge, and each has had a hand in the Crimson’s return to national respectability...
...only bad news for the Crimson came from Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni’s alma mater, Michigan State. The Spartans swept Alaska-Fairbanks in two games, moved up to No. 14 in the PWR—just one comparison point behind the Crimson—and will play Northern Michigan in a CCHA play-in Thursday night...
...Three comparisons exist between Harvard and Michigan State in the PWR—the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), records against other teams with RPI above .500 and records against common opponents. Right now, the Crimson has the edge in RPI, MSU wins the comparison against teams with a .500-plus RPI and the two teams are tied in common opponents (Harvard 3-3, MSU 2-2). RPI is the tie-breaker, which is why Harvard wins the overall comparison...
...recall that the Crimson lost to Northern Michigan, 3-2, back in December. So if MSU wins on Thursday, it would win the common opponents comparison with a 3-2 record, move up to No. 13 and bump Harvard to No. 14, a precarious position to be in if underdogs win either the CCHA or WCHA...