Word: divestments
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...come to Harvard with some determination to change the world, one way or another. Last year that determination was a visible force, seen in the green patches that blossomed on bags as students across the undergraduate and graduate campuses joined together to push for Harvard Management Company to divest from Sudan. That movement succeeded. Although the Harvard Corporation may never explicity state that student opinion influenced the decision, Harvard did divest from PetroChina, then the most egregious known cooperator with the Sudanese government...
McGurn notes that universities are more likely to engage in divestment activities—like the Harvard Corporation’s decision last year to divest from PetroChina...
...backstage at one of his concerts), homes in New York City and London, a Best Actress Oscar and such close friends as Madonna and Jude Law. But Paltrow, who will turn 33 this month, has now had her fill. Fame is an asset of which she wishes to divest herself. "Everything I wanted to achieve, I achieved," she says, all legs and elbows and neck and tiny little daisy head propped in a poolside chair. "I'm not one of those people who keeps raising the bar. Am I supposed to say I'm going to become the biggest movie...
...TIME: If the Bush Administration asks you to divest some of Unocal's U.S. assets before allowing this deal to proceed, would you agree? Fu: We will address any concerns that [Washington] has. If it's necessary to divest some assets, we would do that, but we are not at that stage yet. We will do everything to explain who we are and why we want to acquire Unocal. We're a transparent company, and this is a good deal for Unocal's shareholders and its employees. That's where I think the focus should...
With Sudan still a killing ground, a growing number of states and universities are protesting the Sudanese government's apparent complicity by divesting from companies that do business there. Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey said he will sign a bill passed last week doing just that, making his state the first to carry out such a tactic. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last month approved a similar bill, which will take effect in January and also forbids the state to place public money in banks that deal with foreign companies operating in Sudan. (It is illegal for U.S. firms...