Word: indirection
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...world - wealth that's visible in every luxury hotel rising from the desert or spotless Mercedes prowling the streets. All those fossil fuels also mean that Abu Dhabi citizens have among the biggest carbon footprints in the world, and the emirate's exports are a big, if indirect, contribution to global climate change...
...business. According to intelligence reports, these companies are controlled by, or linked to, high-ranking officials in Tehran, including members of the Iran Revolutionary Guard's business arm, which has commercial interests ranging from oil and gas to manufacturing to real estate. The impact of this unilateral ban is indirect - Iranian companies haven't been allowed to do business in the U.S. for decades. But a similar gambit appeared to work against North Korea. In that case, the U.S. blacklisted Banco Delta Asia, a Macau bank where North Korean government and military officials had, according to some accounts, stashed millions...
...currently pending bill, congressional leaders set on Tuesday the provisional cap on indirect expenses—including administration, building upkeep, and utility costs—at 35 percent, marking an end to a nearly half-century-old tradition of negotiating these rates on an institution-by-institution basis, said Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations...
Most research universities have an indirect-cost compensation rate of about 50 percent, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which reported the latest congressional compromise on the bill this week...
...news article "Patrick Signs Divestment Bill" incorrectly implied that Harvard maintains direct holdings in oil company Petronas. In fact, the University's holdings in Petronas are indirect. In addition, the story misrepresented Petronas and oil firm Schlumberger's ties to Sudan. The companies are accused of financing the genocide by continuing to conduct business with the Sudanese government...