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...Already in The Pipeline When the United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya on Sept. 12, some expected a quick inflow of investment to the longtime pariah state. There was money to be made, right? Would Muammar Gaddafi have spent billions to pay off terror victims if he didn't expect a return? But most of the interested players are already there. European oil companies - including France's Total, Spain's Repsol, Germany's Wintershall and Italy's Eni - maintained a dormant presence in Libya after U.N. sanctions were imposed in 1992 for Tripoli's suspected role in the 1988 Lockerbie...
Each year the University Development Office and the gift offices of each of the schools spend immense time and energy soliciting donations from alumni and potential donors, aiding the massive inflow of funds needed to keep Harvard running. But the dance between wealthy and often powerful donors and the University can become more complicated than simply cashing the checks...
With the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and an inflow of American and West German commercial products, demand for Wechsler’s insights diminished. Wechsler sustained himself during this gap by translating and providing voices for 200 episodes of the television western series Rawhide...
...generally welcome. Flag Ventures flagventure.com) which runs funds of venture-capital funds, will probably raise new money as well. Flag's minimum investments run $1 million to $3 million. But other funds of funds let you in for as little as $250,000. On the buyout side, the inflow of money has been fairly steady, with highly regarded institutional managers Apollo Advisers and Blackstone Group having raised money. Wealthy individuals can get access to buyout portfolios directly or through funds of funds as well, with similar minimums...
...Earlier this year, in the Antarctic Peninsula, the Larsen B ice shelf showed what can happen when conditions warm. First, rising summer temperatures created meltwater ponds on the surface of the ice shelf, allowing water to pour into cracks. Then pressure exerted by the inflow of water deepened the cracks as relentlessly as a wedge splitting a log. Eventually the ice shelf fell to pieces, like an enormous tree reduced to a jumble of firewood...