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...dollars in fresh capital, an effort that was bolstered on Monday when the State of New York said it would let the firm use as much as $20 billion in capital from its subsidiary companies to cover its day-to-day operating needs. But if the company doesn't gain access to much more - it could need to raise as much as $75 billion - quickly, it might be next in line for bankruptcy...
...that of any other region over the past five years, averaging annual growth of almost 65%. Revenue generated by each of Africa's almost 300 million cell-phone users is three times higher than in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan. And users have been quick to exploit devices for commercial gain. Ghana-based TradeNet matches buyers and sellers of crops by circulating details via SMS of what each is offering to trade; many poor farmers in Tanzania rely on cell phones to gather real-time market prices for their goods. What's more, evidence of surging demand for broadband in other...
...Today, immigrants from Africa and Asia, some who have no legal right to be in an E.U. member state, are typically aching to cooperate with authorities in order to gain legal residency or citizenship. After centuries living on the margins of established European society, often choosing separate schooling and housing, it can still be difficult to pin down what Roma want from the state. Seeing the issue through the eyes of Claudio the social worker was a reminder of how much this unique ethnic group confounds fixed ideas. Bologna is one of Italy's most productive and politically progressive cities...
...schools have posted lower returns amidst a market downturn. Earlier this week, Grassley spokeswoman Jill Gerber said endowment performance in tough market conditions would be a key factor in determining whether the senator would push legislation to mandate a five-percent rate. Harvard’s healthy 8.6 percent gain, while significantly lower than in recent years, left the endowment larger than last year in real terms, even after the record payout. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu
...metals, and food. While Harvard invests only 8 percent of its endowment in this category, the value of these holdings jumped 35.8 percent in Harvard’s last fiscal year. While the returns fell far short of last year’s exceptional 23 percent growth, the gains still compare favorably given that they come during a bear market that has seen the S&P 500 index, a standard baseline for stock-market performance, drop more than 13 percent over the same period. The 8.6 percent gain puts Harvard comfortably in the top 5 percent of peer investment groups...