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...trip as it played out, because the Pope is not just a religious pilgrim. He is one of the world's great moral authorities, whose support or very presence (or even the brush of his lips on a proffered pot of soil as he visits a new land) can lend validity to states, policies and causes. Moreover, he heads an entity with its own foreign policy goals: from a desire to protect the religious sites and fast-vanishing Christians of the Holy Land, to long-held support of a Palestinian homeland, to the recent rapprochement with Israel--goals that...
...University and the health care company have no official ties, although Robert H. Ebert, then-dean of Harvard Medical School, persuaded the University to lend its name to Harvard Pilgrim when it was created...
...years were spent persuading advertisers to take a flyer. Typically, IndiaWorld managed to grow handily in terms of hits while its profit last year was an imperceptible $58,000. But IndiaWorld earned buzz, and Jain suddenly found himself courted by angel investors, foreign venture capitalists and banks eager to lend. In the end, he decided to get out of the game entirely by selling to Satyam Infoway, one of the largest Internet service providers in India, which doesn't allow foreign competition in the field. "We already have a substantial audience in India," says chief executive R. Ramaraj, "and with...
Good foundations for foreign investments are hard to come by in Russia these days, at least according to recent headlines that lend new meaning to the term hostile takeover. From Vyborg to Vladivostok, court fights over shareholders' rights have even led to bloody clashes between riot troops and local workers. "If you want to empty a boardroom on Wall Street," quips an American investment banker in Moscow, "just say the word Russia." For too many foreigners, investing in Russia has proved to be tortuous and hugely expensive. Just ask the folks at BP Amoco. Last fall the company nearly...
...PINK, AGAIN Al Gore took a lot of heat last November when he conspicuously restocked his closet with earth-toned casual wear. But perhaps he could lend some sartorial advice to old friend Hillary Clinton, whose campaign wardrobe is getting a little...repetitive