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Harvard itself was cleared of the fraud allegations but still faced damages for breaching its contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In the agreement signed Wednesday, the University did not admit any liability but agreed to pay the full $26.5 million by Saturday. A Harvard spokesman said it was the largest settlement the University has ever paid...
...Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said in a statement that the settlement was fair punishment for the defendants’ breach of contract...
...SHER BAHADUR DEUBA, 59, former Prime Minister of Nepal; to two years in prison for embezzlement; in Kathmandu. After Nepal's King Gyanendra seized power this February, he established a controversial corruption commission that charged Deuba with involvement in a $5.3 million fraudulent deal to award a road construction contract. Deuba has denounced the verdict as "political assassination" and has vowed to fight his conviction. He is the highest-ranking Nepalese leader ever to be found guilty of corruption...
...competitive, international corporation. Since then, he's been criticized for expanding at a time of dwindling demand and stiff competition. Last week, DaimlerChrysler's supervisory board unexpectedly announced that the 60-year-old executive will step down at the end of 2005, more than two years before his contract ends. His successor, Dieter Zetsche, 52, who's credited with turning around the ailing Chrysler business in the U.S., will be hoping he can work a similar feat with Daimler. A new, streamlined strategy would help. "Instead of continuing to meddle with too many products in too many markets, they need...
Goodenow had three years remaining on his current contract...