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...handful of security guards who have survived the outsourcing impulse and House staff and shuttle drivers who hold other jobs to make ends meet. The employees I have known feel a pride in us students and this University, and that pride is not always shown in return. They invest in Harvard, and I agree with the hundreds of faculty, administrators and students who think it’s time for Harvard to invest more in them...
Since 1996, 21 states, led by California, have invested almost $1 billion in intercity-rail projects in conjunction with Amtrak. Illinois, for instance, is helping finance a $400 million high-speed link between Chicago and St. Louis. If Congress would provide matching funds, the states would have added incentive to invest. In high-density parts of the Midwest, Florida, Texas and the West Coast, intercity rail could gain 20% to 30% of the travel market--just as Amtrak commands 40% of mass-transit trips between New York City and Washington...
Lacey has joined a federal lawsuit that accuses Enron of breaching its fiduciary duty to employees by encouraging them to invest in Enron stock even after executives became aware of serious financial problems that would hurt the stock price. "There was a lot of promotion inside the company to invest in Enron and help us grow, so everybody got into it," Lacey told TIME's Cathy Booth Thomas. Enron says it doesn't comment on pending lawsuits...
...assets out of even that matching stock into a mix of diversified stock-and-bond mutual funds as soon as they are old enough to do so. Similarly, if your employer gives you options to buy company stock, don't buy and hold the stock; cash it in and invest the proceeds in a diverse blend of stocks and bonds or mutual funds...
...into history, but we also need to remember its lessons. After the end of World War II, the U.S. used the Marshall Plan to pour millions of dollars into Western Europe to rebuild the countries ravaged by the war. When the war in Afghanistan is over, we need to invest in that country's future so another Osama bin Laden won't use it as a staging ground for terrorism. We cannot take on Afghanistan with half measures; we need a comprehensive plan to rebuild the country and return hope to its people. A.M. GULAS Alexandria...