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...million on new players during the January transfer window, more than the amount spent in any of Europe's next four biggest leagues - are again in the mood to shop. The benevolence of billionaires helps. London club Chelsea, bankrolled by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, reportedly bid $74 million on June 9 for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero. Manchester City, owned by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi's royal family, is also keen to strengthen its squad. (See pictures of soccer's European championships...
...union got slightly more flexibility in the stock-sale terms negotiated for the Chrysler VEBA. Those terms say the VEBA can start selling stock within six months of any Chrysler IPO, or if Fiat becomes the majority owner, or by June 30, 2012. Though the VEBA could sell its stake to Fiat in a private deal anytime, Gettelfinger has suggested he would like to see an IPO as the best way to maximize the value of the shares...
...total of 531 staff members chose to participate in its Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program, or roughly a third of the 1,628 members that were eligible.Participation rates throughout the University's schools and units ranged from 7 to 41 percent, according to the figures presented in the June 2009 issue of Harvard Resource, the University's employee newspaper. The majority of staffers accepting the incentives came from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Central Administration, which respectively contributed 156 and 177 workers--acceptance rates of roughly 30 percent and 34 percent. Harvard Business School had the highest...
According to the Cambridge Police Department's online Daily Public Log, Fleming and another individual got into an argument on June 1 about a parking situation, after which Fleming "threatened the victim with a thermos and threw hot coffee all over the victim." He was arrested at 8:43 a.m. for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (hot coffee) and by means of a dangerous weapon (thermos...
...called edge cities that have popped up near urban centers, suburbs on steroids that often grew around a giant mall - like King of Prussia, Pa. (outside Philadelphia), and Schaumburg, Ill. (Chicago). "If Tysons can be retrofitted, then there's great hope for a lot of others," says June Williamson, an associate professor of architecture at the City College of New York and a co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia...