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...year-old retiree, who lives in Shanghai, dabbles a bit in local stocks, exchanging investment tips with what she calls her "mah jong friends," a group that gets together each week to play and chat. Just before the Chinese New Year holiday last month, one of her friends spoke ominously of rumors that China's government was planning a crackdown on stock speculation, including a possible tax on capital gains. Over the past 18 months, Chen's small portfolio had almost doubled in value as the Shanghai market shot straight up. So she decided to pull the plug, suddenly afraid...
...Harvard professor testified in front of a Senate committee yesterday to support proposed legislation further regulating the tobacco industry, which he said has been increasing the levels of nicotine in their products over the past nine years. Professor of the Practice of Public Health Gregory N. Connolly spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in favor of granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. In his testimony, Connolly—who was recruited by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) to speak...
...take report of a stolen DIV-to-ADC computer adapter valued at $150, a computer power supply and a computer cable. Feb. 22 12:00 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to Dunster House Dining Hall to take a report of a theft. The officer arrived and spoke to the reporting party who stated that their unattended backpack that contained a white Apple MacBook laptop valued at $1,500 was stolen. The reporting party stated that on Feb. 19 they had located their backpack but the laptop was not inside...
...anonymous victim who spoke speculated near the meeting’s end that he might have taken action if he had been more educated about the problem...
...want to win it all,” co-captain Christiana Lackner said, laughing as she spoke. “We have a share of the title, but we don’t want to share...