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People who oppose any attempted sell-off by Brandeis are hoping that Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley can put some obstacles in the school's path. Her office has already announced that it will examine the intent of the donors of any work that Brandeis attempts to sell, to determine whether they placed restrictions on what uses the school could make of it. Jonathan Lee, chairman of the Rose's board of overseers, has also begun discussions with Coakley's office to see if there are other ways it might intervene. Meanwhile Brandeis has to embark on the complicated process...
...Citigroup. The government insurance was supposed to put the bank back on solid footing. At the time, a number of analysts said Citigroup needed as much as $300 billion in new capital to survive. The government thought insuring the loans, rather than the more costly and politically difficult path of just handing Citigroup money directly, would be enough to stabilize the bank. (Read "Why Your Bank Is Broke...
...Taliban (with extensive backing from the Pakistani military) raced across Afghanistan to seize power in Kabul by trouncing mujahedin rivals in a few early battles and then simply allowing word of their military prowess and momentum to discourage further resistance. Most of the warlords along the Taliban's path to Kabul simply threw in their lot with what seemed to be an unstoppable force. (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...Great Business Teams, consultant Howard M. Guttman discusses five steps to greatness. The first phase involves two critical tasks: getting an organization horizontal and aligning teams properly. In this excerpt, Paul Michaels, CEO of Mars Inc., the world's largest candy company, which is rarely written about, discusses the path to proper alignment...
...absolutely essential," he says, "and the President never lets us lose sight of this for an hour, that even as you do those things, you have to also be addressing the longer-range concerns. We inherited trillion-dollar deficits, and his budgets are going to show a path back toward fiscal health...