Word: ownerships
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...What does ownership of a music form mean?” asked Jones Professor of African-American Music Ingrid T. Monson to start the discussion. “What does the success of non-black people mean to black people...
However, some expressed concern about the lack of black ownership in the music industry. They also bemoaned what they said were common themes in hip-hop music including materialism and the commodification of women...
Though it secured sole ownership of the Ivy League title with a victory over Cornell and Brown’s loss to Penn on Friday night, the Harvard women’s basketball team needed to beat Columbia on Saturday at Lavietes Pavilion in order to celebrate in style...
...even a grain exporter. After post-Mao China recognized more economic rights in 1977, food production increased at 12 percent per year, persisting in growth despite poor weather in 1980. After a devastating 1983 famine, African nations forsaking “social rights” policies for private ownership saw an immediate food production surge, including Zaire, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar and others...
...offer, however cheap it may be. What still is required is a national commitment to structural reform. Revising corporate-governance rules would be a good start. Right now, for example, bank managers need never fear for their jobs no matter how poorly they perform; that's because extensive cross-ownership between banks and affiliated companies minimizes publicly available shares, making corporate takeovers, especially by foreigners, exceedingly difficult. Shielded from competition, lame banks are free to limp along with little incentive to reform. Another example strikes right at the heart of the country's pocketbooks. Using the dubious justification that...