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...Bocconi University, expects the new governor to encourage bank consolidation across borders. "Draghi will be open to the entry of foreign banks in Italy, but will also look for Italian banks to acquire interests abroad. Italy needs both." Thanks to a new law, Draghi will serve a once-renewable, six-year term; if he's going to overcome decades of banking insularity, he may need...
...six-year existence, the Gates Foundation has accomplished a fraction of what it aims to do. But already it has helped save at least 700,000 lives in poor countries through its investments in vaccinations. In the U.S., its library project has brought computers and Internet access to 11,000 libraries. And it has sponsored the biggest privately funded scholarship program in history, sending 9,048 high-achieving minority students to college. It is the largest foundation in the world, with an endowment of $29 billion. Each year it spends almost the same amount as the World Health Organization...
...LONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY IN OFFICE? Just one term. Our constitution currently calls for a six-year term, and I think that's enough to make the changes and put Liberia on an irreversible course toward peace, reconciliation, democracy and development. And by that time, I think I will have earned a rest...
...union representing 340 Harvard janitors ratified a new six-year contract with the University on Friday that will gradually raise the starting wage for custodial workers to $18.50 per hour. After the two parties reached a tentative agreement late last Tuesday, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 put the proposed deal to a vote among the janitors throughout the day Thursday. The janitors overwhelmingly approved the contract, with fewer than 10 workers voting against it, according to SEIU Local 615 spokeswoman Courtney Snegroff. “People are very satisfied,” she said. Harvard spokesman...
What he is now is a six-year NBA veteran, a 2002 All-Star with a career scoring average of 15 points a game. What he was then was a player with the potential to radically transform the landscape of Ivy hoops...