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...annual financial report. These bonds have the potential to become costly for the University because of their volatility in the current turmoil. Interest rates on variable-rate bonds have soared as investors demand higher rates of return on these securities in the face of widespread market instability. A University spokesman declined to comment on how this spike in interest rates has affected Harvard’s balance sheet. Bonds allow the University to collect money from investors in exchange for the promise to repay the principal amount plus interest later. The coupon rate of variable-rate bonds is tied...
...CERN spokesman James Gillies called the fault a "teething problem" and said that previous accelerators that used superconductivity - i.e., low temperatures that allow metals to conduct electricity without resistance - also faced early problems before "running pretty smoothly after they were sorted out." Even so, "it's certainly a disappointment," he added...
...undergraduate from Boston University was robbed on Garden Street as she traveled from Currier House to the Harvard Square MBTA station. Investigations of these three incidents are being conducted by the Cambridge Police Department, since they occurred outside HUPD jurisdiction. The CPD could not be reached for comment. HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano said that the recent crimes do not represent a rise in overall crime. Catalano said that crime is down eight percent from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15 compared to the same time period last year, but added that HUPD is “always cautious about overemphasizing...
...paramilitary troops may have fired warning shots to prevent U.S. military helicopters from returning to Angoor Adda. The Pakistan army swiftly denied the incident. "The helicopters did not enter Pakistani territory and the Pakistan army did not do the firing," says Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, the military's chief spokesman. "The firing was done by local Waziri tribesmen...
...Many Zimbabweans see such accusations as a ploy by Mugabe's government to thwart the deal that will curtail their power. MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa dismissed as "nonsense" accusations that the party is responsible for violence. Even more ominous, though, was the tone adopted by Mugabe on state television on Wednesday, when he lamented that "If we had not blundered in this election, we would not be facing all this humiliation." The bitterness of their president's words will have burned in the ears of army generals and ZANU-PF hardliners who have vowed never to accept MDC rule...