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Iskenderian: Product diversification came out of a recognition that lending alone is not the solution if our end goal is long-term poverty alleviation, which is why we in the industry no longer talk about microcredit, but microfinance. Many entrepreneurs in the developing world are only one seemingly minor catastrophe - like a hospital stay - away from financial disaster, so housing loans and insurance and savings products help create and preserve assets, leading to broader benefits for the economy as a whole. I can't tell you how many times I've heard women clients in our network...
...athletes, road trips are about the game, but when you’re a reporter roving across New England and upstate New York at all hours of the day and night, it’s no longer just about the game—its about the sense for adventure. Over a lifetime of following Harvard hockey and a season-and-a-half writing about it, one experience was still missing before I could feel like I truly understood what it was like to cover Harvard hockey. I had never ventured out into the wilderness of upstate New York to witness...
...University will also convert existing short-term tax-exempt debt into bonds with longer maturities, allowing the University to postpone short-term payments to debt holders and retain a larger financial cushion to the volatility in the credit markets...
...Beanpot took place semi-regularly four times in the 1970s and the Crimson won half of those, taking the titles in 1973 and 1976. In fact, the 1976 was the last time that tournament was held, making Harvard the reigning basketball Beanpot champion.Harvard will have to wait a bit longer for a chance to defend the title. While it plays each Boston school, Boston College will only face the Crimson this year, knocking this unofficial event out of perfect harmony. Not that this will make Harvard’s basketball derbies any less exciting.“Anytime...
...exams that fall on Inauguration Day. “It is our position that every inauguration should be a day during which students are allowed to exercise their civic duty,” he said. Once the College’s calendar changes next year, final exams will no longer fall in January. But for Shah, Parikh, and Zampardo—along with 2,000 others—that change might come a year too late...