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...Schwarzenegger recently signed a measure terminating investment by the state's huge pension funds CalPERS and CalSTERS in companies doing business in Iran. At least 19 states, including New York, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri and Louisiana, have proposed or passed laws requiring state pension-plan sponsors to divest from firms with business links to terrorism-sponsoring nations...
...today,” Engell said. “Today, the reason given by most students is to be well-off financially.” Director of the Humanities Center Homi K. Bhabha disagreed with Kronman that research interferes with teaching. “I don’t divest myself of my critical ideals before I go to the classroom,” Bhabha said. “The research ideal doesn’t cramp me, it allows me to translate.” Another issue Kronman addressed is the increasing need to be politically correct, imposing limitations...
...last year, is branded pharmaceuticals, led by brands such as Diovan and Sandimmun. Vasella leaves the other units--including generic drugs, animal health, Gerber, the eye-care unit CIBA Vision and over-the-counter medicines--in the hands of trusted lieutenants. Novartis announced earlier this year that it will divest the unit that makes foods such as Ovaltine. Some analysts say Novartis could pick up its growth if it got rid of more of its noncore businesses. But Vasella argues there's no reason for Novartis to do so until the price is right...
...bank plays an important role in underwriting the supporters of Sudan’s genocidal government.” And with that note, the chanticleers of self-righteous indignation sound their call—nearly 900 hundred tiresome words long—to action. “Divest from Sudan!” or, more recently, “from Burma too!” the choruses one after another, in perpetual refrain, raise, striking so high a pitch that few politically-sensitive observers withhold their applause. But this tired routine cannot—and should not—remain...
...rally was designed to increase international pressure on the Chinese government and encourage it to divest from companies that may play a role in funding the genocide. The 2008 Olympics, which will be held in Beijing in August, has increased scrutiny of the Chinese government’s human rights record...