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...Basel it isn't unusual to see a modern glass-and-steel monstrosity amid a row of elegant 19th century neoclassical buildings. The Rhine plies a serpentine course through the city, and Novartis' headquarters are at the river's edge, at a point where France, Germany and Switzerland meet. Across the Rhine from Novartis and a little to the east, marked by a tall white smokestack, is rival Roche. The pharmaceutical execs in Basel know one another, and they talk...
...success he has had, he is still at Harvard and, more importantly, he is still in the Ivy League.But what sets Amaker apart was what happened behind the scenes last weekend.The trip to California was about more than just basketball. It was an opportunity to meet with alums, make connections in a growing hotbed for basketball talent, and take one small step toward success. “All the things that it brings, we think these games can add a lot to our program,” Amaker says. “[They] provide a lot of value...
Senior Brian Holmquest and freshman Claire Richardson led the Harvard cross country teams to top-eight finishes at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet on Saturday, rounding out the 2007 cross country season for the Crimson. The men’s team finished seventh in a 34-team field, while the women were eighth out of the same field.Holmquest, Harvard’s top finisher at the Ivy League Heptagonals Championships two weeks before, finished 23rd overall out of 235 competitors, clocking in at 30:29.95. “I got out pretty well, pretty controlled,” Holmquest said...
...Harvard men’s swimming and diving team picked up where it left off last season by dominating two conference opponents in the opening meet of the 2007-08 season, crushing Dartmouth, 226-72, in its home pool and edging Cornell, 161-139, this weekend. “Last year, we had lost to Cornell, so we were looking for redemption,” senior captain Geoff Rathgeber said. “We knew that they were going to be tough, but we were confident in our ability to beat them.” Although...
...early signs are that Dubai's NASDAQ deal will not meet the kind of congressional opposition--part security concerns, part xenophobia--that last year forced a Dubai entity, DP World, to sell its control of U.S. port operations. If the deal goes through, the government-controlled Borse Dubai would get 5% of the voting rights and two seats on NASDAQ's 16-member board. Dubai will also get the 28% share that NASDAQ holds in the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In the past year, Dubai companies have also gambled on a $5billion investment for a 9.5% share...