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...What this means is that divestment merely transfers the profits gained from one investor to another. As long as someone is willing to invest in a given company, no divestment will have any effect. Therefore, divestment campaigns only hurt the investors they go after, such as Harvard’s endowment or Cambridge’s pension fund, and cannot cause real change. This conclusion is backed up by empirical studies. An August study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College surveyed the academic literature and found that such “social investing?...
...Harvard’s favor. “We outshot them, 2-1, at the end of the game,” Cahow said. “It doesn’t happen very often that a team does that and loses, 4-1.” Harvard hurt itself by surrendering a power-play goal and giving up the three breakaways that led to Wildcat scores. Moreover, the Crimson offensive attack was off the mark for most of the night. “We weren’t crashing for rebounds and placing shots as well as we could...
...opposed the possibility that Ford, Jaguar's owner, might sell the British luxury car brand to an Indian firm. Two of the three firms that Ford has shortlisted as potential purchasers are Indian: Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors. The dealers said that the sale to an Indian company would hurt Jaguar's image. "I don't believe the U.S. public is ready for ownership out of India of a luxury car make," Ken Gorin, chairman of the Jaguar Business Operations Council, told the Wall Street Journal. "And I believe it would severely throw a tremendous cast of doubt over...
...Washington has directed (the first was the critically praised “Antwone Fisher”), “The Great Debaters” is already receiving noted Oscar and Golden Globe buzz from both Hollywood insiders and critics across the nation. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Oprah, who Washington describes as “great” and “there when you need her,” helped produce the movie and has given it her signature stamp of approval. Even Harvey Weinstein, initially reluctant to finance the project, has recognized the film?...
...thing but I guess mine isn’t / What ma envisioned.” (From “Let’s Talk (We the Best)”) Personal Pop Culture Equivalent (PPCE): Greg Oden getting injured. Like Weezy getting rejected by his girl, that shit hurt. 4. “Put a mothafucka on ice like Maple Leaves / That’s a hockey team and I ain’t on no hockey team / But I’m a champion, where’s the fucking Rocky theme? / Damn, rest in peace Apollo Creed...