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...addition to providing a specific target for divestment, these important steps shed light on the important relationship between rogue states and all publicly-traded companies that fund them. But it is a likewise only a first step. Indeed, PetroChina is not the only company operating in Sudan in which Harvard’s endowment has invested...
Meanwhile, a coalition of black members of Congress, Jewish leaders, the Salvation Army and other Christian groups is pressing pension funds in several states, including New York and California, to shed their holdings in stocks with links to the Sudanese regime...
When Kerry got to the House on the Rock resort outside Madison, he found his advance staff had transformed an old machine shed into a near perfect replica of the first debate site, figuring in everything from the lectern specs to the camera angles, even the color of the carpet and the walls...
...hour, plus benefits, compared with 40˘ an hour for a worker in mainland China, where 76% of U.S. athletic footwear originates. The tax breaks Congress just passed for U.S. companies to keep manufacturing jobs at home amount to chump change given that gap. Overall, the U.S. footwear industry has shed nearly 200,000 jobs since the early 1970s, leaving fewer than 21,000. More to the point: What teenager clamoring for Air Jordans really cares where the shoe is stitched...
...Throughout his testimony, Jenkins sought forgiveness from American servicemen who did not run from duty, as he had. In his written testimony, Jenkins called the North Korean government "evil" and Kim Jong Il "evil to the bone." As he read for Jenkins, Culp himself shed a tear as he read the line, "I want the world to know that I still love the United States." In his closing arguments, prosecuting attorney Captain Seth Cohen argued for stern justice, asserting that being a good husband and father was irrelevant to this case. "The bond between a noncommissioned officer and his soldiers...