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...fund, so far, are speculative. In two parts, the Treasury’s plan describes first the “public-private financing component,” which could “leverage private capital on an initial scale of up to $500 billion, with the potential to expand up to $1 trillion.” Second, the plan proclaims that “private sector buyers [can] determine the price for current troubled and previously illiquid assets.” Why should private investment funds supply this capital? And why would private firms be any better at pricing these...
...sense, creating a new section of campus in Allston can be seen as an investment in the endowment. With the added space and higher-quality facilities promised there, Harvard will be able to expand its research capacities, and in so doing draw in money for the university. These facilities will also provide higher-quality education for Harvard’s students—students who will one day become alumni and potentially give back to their alma mater. The better Harvard can prepare these scientific minds for professional careers, the more successful Harvard alumni will be, allowing them to regenerate...
...order to maintain its tradition of educational excellence and rigor, it must keep these two interests essentially separate. From the perspective of academics, creating new facilities in Allston will have a profoundly positive effect on the quality of scientific pursuits at Harvard, and that is reason enough to expand as soon as possible...
...Afghanistan and Pakistan, is reported to favor enlisting Tehran's help in the war against Afghan drug lords and their supply routes. That would be a smart call, says Sajadpour. Once fruitful dialogue and cooperation have been established on the issue of drugs, he says, "then you can gradually expand the scope [of talks] to include nuclear issues, Hamas and Hizballah...
...wheelchair, has created a new website called Accessible Travel, an online info and booking site devoted to helping his fellow handicapped globe-trotters. Launching on Feb. 19, the site will include information on accessible hotels in San Francisco and eight European cities - including London, Paris and Prague - and will expand over the next few months to include New York City, Miami, Chicago, Boston, L.A., Scandinavia and New Zealand...