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...lack of openness raises questions about how real SIA's profits are and how fairly it plays. "The government's share is as big as a 747," says Richard Aboulafia, an industry analyst at the Teal Group, an aviation-consulting firm based in Fairfax, Va. "And it's not transparent. Maybe they're not as efficient as they claim. There is a certain science-fiction quality to their numbers." Geoff Dixon, CEO of Australia's Qantas, says, "Singapore Airlines is a government-owned and -backed carrier that does not have to play by the same rules as other airlines." Cheong...
Sony recently teamed with Virgin Comics, a Bangalore-based collaboration of self-help guru Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group Ltd. With Sony, Virgin Comics is developing a multiplayer online game based on "Ramayan 3329," a comic book written by Chopra and Kapur and inspired by a famous Indian epic about a battle against demons...
...been informed that he would not be permitted to voice his opinions. “I’m allowed to teach undergraduates, but apparently I’m not allowed to speak at Faculty meetings,” he said. Contacted for comment after the meeting, Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas said that voices in support of Matory may have been stifled, as well. “I think the motion to table was a reasonable one in many ways, particularly if [Matory’s] motion was going to fail, as it clearly...
...fiscal year was $611,226, higher only than the salary of Dartmouth’s James E. Wright. University spokesman John Longbrake declined to comment on current University President Drew G. Faust’s salary but noted that Harvard will next release compensation details in May. Richard C. Levin, the president of Yale, was the highest paid Ivy league chief in 2005-2006, earning $869,026. But salaries for Ivy League presidents are not the highest in the country. Baylor College of Medicine President Peter G. Traber earned $1,355,212, making him the top earning university president...
...climb from ninth to fifth place on its website. Ince said the list caters to the interests of a wide audience, including students, companies, and the universities themselves. “There’s certainly more interest [this year] than there ever was,” Ince said. Richard W. Bischoff, director of admissions at the California Institute of Technology, said that rankings can shape students’ initial consideration of a school. But he also echoed McGrath’s comments, saying that while it is pleasing to be recognized, students’ final decisions do not depend...