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...women’s community at Harvard needs greater support,” the conclusion reads. “The Harvard-Radcliffe merger removed Radcliffe as the wheel’s center, without replacing it with a corresponding centralizing force…the Trust can help groups break out of the reinventing cycle...
...Historically, what the stories represent is the evolving merger of journalism and entertainment; the retreat of corporate media owners not only from the larger, serious responsibilities of journalism but even from a notion of what those responsibilities might...
Here was the great skeptical herald of the Internet age, the irreverent chronicle of digital business, which this year won a prestigious journalism award for its coverage of the AOL Time Warner merger. Last month, when the Standard played host at one of its conferences to the digital powers that be, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and rival Sun boss Scott McNealy squared off over Microsoft's controversial new Windows XP operating system...
Just a few months ago, Chairman Stephen Wolf was telling everyone from Congress to government regulators to Wall Street analysts that if its merger with United Airlines did not go through, US Airways could not survive on its own and would eventually wither and die. The merger, of course, never even got out of the hangar, and so this week the top brains at US Airways have finally let the rest of the world in on their "Plan B" - by which US Airlines would not only survive on its own, but thrive...
...analysts, airline CEOs might covet some of US Airways routes, as United did. But they don't have any interest in joining forces as independents and allowing the company's current leadership keep running things. In fact, some industry observers are surprised that Wolf, who heavily promoted the merger with United and has presided over a huge drop in the stock price over the last year, hasn't simply quit...