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...increasingly seen as a distinct asset class and a profitable business opportunity. The numbers are truly staggering. In 2006, over $2 billion in commercial capital poured into the microfinance industry. In 2007, this investment was over $3 billion. At the same time, MFIs themselves are increasingly transforming from non-profit organizations to regulated, for-profit institutions. They are doing so even as many microfinance institutions still rely on a guy keeping a big book with a ledger rather than a computer system. But there is a delicate balancing act that we have to maintain, because while commercialization holds tremendous promise...
...sleepwalking incidents, including air rage. In a high-profile case in London in 2002, REM guitarist Peter Buck was cleared of assault and drunkenness charges stemming from his destructive rampage aboard a British Airways flight, after successfully claiming that his Ambien pill - combined with several glasses of wine - caused "non-insane automatism," which rendered him unable to control his actions...
...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 you can win games against local universities, local programs, some of your natural non-conference rivalries around this geographical area with so many schools, it’s a fun thing, it’s a neat thing,” Amaker said. “We are hoping it gives a chance to raise our profile.”Harvard will need...
...expense of virtually every other Ivy League school, good coaches or not. Yale joins Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, and Cornell among the list of Ivy schools that has lost at least seven of the last eight to Harvard, and Lafayette could be added to the list as a non-league foe. Princeton has lost six of the last eight, while even Penn, long the powerhouse of the league, has dropped three of the last four to the Crimson...
...Minnesota (13-2-1, 10-1-1 WCHA) trampled the No. 9 Harvard women’s hockey team (4-4-2, 4-2-2 ECAC) in a double effort this weekend. The Crimson lost by 3-1 and 3-2 scores in its first non-conference play of the season at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. The Gophers maintained their winning streak against Harvard, as Minnesota last claimed a 4-3 victory over the Crimson in the 2005 NCAA championship game. MINNESOTA 3, HARVARD 2 Despite losing again, Harvard played consistently on Saturday night, challenging Minnesota?...