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Icahn and his allies, who control nearly 135 million shares—or roughly 3 percent??of Time Warner stock, have announced plans to run eight candidates of their own for the Time Warner board of directors. Icahn has been pressuring the board since August 2005 to take measures to increase the company’s stock price, which has plummeted 70 percent from a high of about $60 since Time Warner merged with America Online in January...
Additional fundraising is slated to pay for about 15 percent??or $15 to $19 million—of the anticipated deficit in fiscal year 2010, according to last week’s presentation, which examined that year as a cross-section of the administration’s long-term financial plan...
...percentage of Harvard alumni who donate to the College has declined steadily since 2001 and hit a 16-year low last fiscal year, according to data provided by the University.That figure, known as the “participation rate,” now stands at 40 percent??the lowest rate since 1989. The rate fluctuated throughout the 1990s, peaking most recently in 2001 when it reached 48 percent.Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Donella M. Rapier said Harvard has compared its numbers to eight peer institutions, and participation rates have recently declined at four. Three schools have...
...point in fives games last season…Crimson netminder John Daigneau had a career-high 36 saves, stopping almost three times as many shots as Schneider (13)…Harvard went 3-for-5 on the power play, improving its man-advantage conversion rate to 33 percent??Johnson has five points in six career games against the Eagles…Harvard hadn’t won at BC since Jan. 9, 1979, when the Crimson won 5-4 in overtime. —Staff writer Karan Lodha can be reached at klodha@fas.harvard.edu...
...number of forcible rapes in Cambridge increased from 3 to 7 during this period. This may not even include all cases. According to Nancy M. Ryan, executive director of the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women, rape—with an average reporting rate of less than 20 percent??is the most under-reported crime in the nation. In spite of this recent increase, the number of reported rapes in Cambridge has dropped over the past 10 years from 35 in 1995. Ryan said that the relatively low incidence of rape in Cambridge may come, in part...