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Last quarter, the University nearly doubled its investment in an index fund tracking Chinese markets, while selling off more than half its holdings in an index fund of Taiwanese companies. But Harvard also sold nearly all its shares of a Japanese index fund, reducing its holdings from $10.6 million to just...
Richter, for example, was phenomenal for over two and a half periods Saturday night, before allowing three goals in a six-minute stretch at the end of the game. The previous night against Rensselaer, he got the loss after allowing two goals, but that was only after he was subbed in for Carroll, who allowed three in just 14 minutes of playing time...
...company's revival isn't completely assured. For instance, Cardinal will have to act fast if, as Barrett says, it wants to catch up with rivals on delivering specialty drugs. Netting $134 billion globally in 2008, these therapies for treating chronic diseases--about half of which are oncology drugs--represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the health care market. AmerisourceBergen's revenue in the sector topped $16 billion last fiscal year. "If Cardinal is going to play, they have to move now," says Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Helene Wolk, who is bearish on Cardinal. "And they...
...down the gas pedal. Last month Toyota issued a recall of 2.3 million vehicles (most of which were in the earlier group) because of a fault with the pedal mechanism itself. Toyota has told drivers to remove the mats; its fix for the sticky pedal requires a free half-hour shop repair. The DOT has urged owners of recalled models to use caution and get to a dealer. Still unknown: whether an electronic problem is also a culprit in sudden acceleration. Toyota says...
BILL GATES, criticizing Italy's low levels of foreign aid in 2009--which had fallen by half from the year before--and blaming Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is rumored to have undergone hair transplants...