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...stock is way down. Before the rumor about an IBM deal hit the news, Sun traded at $5, less than a third of its 52-week high. What was lost in the commotion about the buyout was that Sun's shares had moved from $3.84 to $5 in just six trading days. Most of that increase was due to the rally in the overall market. And, if the market keeps going up, the price of potential acquisitions is going to get more expensive, even if the underlying businesses of the targets has not changed...
Later this year, the Turkish scholars are expected to publish six volumes that reject thousands of Islam's most controversial practices, from stoning adulterers to honor killings. Some hadith, the scholars contend, are unsubstantiated; others were just invented to manipulate society. "There is one tradition which says ladies are religiously and rationally not complete and of lesser mind," says Ismail Hakki Unal of Ankara University's divinity school, a member of the commission. "We think this does not conform with the soul of the Koran. And when we look at the Prophet's behavior toward ladies, we don't think...
...Six months after calorie cards disappeared from the dining halls, they have made a comeback—in a less controversial form. Instead of cards being placed directly next to the food, nutrition printouts will be located in separate spaces within each dining hall. We appreciate the efforts of Harvard University Dining Services to provide nutritional information for those who wish to access it while balancing concerns about the association between calorie counting and eating disorders...
...only reference to Gen Ed Elizabeth R. Holly ’12 could remember happened during freshman week. Her academic adviser did not know much about the new program either, though she assured Holly that more information would come. Six months later, according to Holly, that information has yet to arrive...
...getting more women involved in politics and leadership on campus. But thus far, their experiences as leaders seem to be more representative of present attitudes toward woman leaders than emblematic of a shift in perspective brought about by their election.ANDREA R. FLORESFlores is the first female UC president in six years—putting her at the helm of the organization that has been slowest among the three political clubs to make strides towards gender equity. When Flores joined the UC her freshman year, she was one of only two freshman women on the Council. She said she has faced...