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...Harvard expands its presence to the other side of the Charles River, it’s scaling back its investment on the other side of the globe. The Harvard Management Company (HMC), which steers the school’s $29.2 billion endowment, has sold a minority stake in its 468,000 acre Kaingaroa forest in New Zealand. The buyer is a fund established by the country’s national government to provide for its aging population. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will acquire a stake of approximately $200 million from HMC, which has owned the forest estate since December...
...swing the political status of the nation. These students, along with their counterparts in the Harvard Republican Club (HRC), work hard in hopes of securing their spot in history as part of the group that changed the nation’s political course. Although both groups have a stake in securing wins in the upcoming election, the Harvard Republican Club struggles to keep pace with its counterpart on the left side of the aisle, falling short when it comes to creating a commanding presence on campus. That being said, students representing both sides are fighting this year?...
...stake in this election,” says Hana C. Merkle ’08, a Massachusetts native who has targeted her efforts towards helping Deval Patrick run for governor. But making a change in the local community is only the beginning of the kinds of changes the Democrats hope to put into action with this election...
...There's a lot at stake. Those who seek but don't find typically abandon religion, often never to return, says Justin Taylor, whose theologica.blogspot.com blog mixes theology, culture and politics. "So many youth ministries quickly become irrelevant to teens," he says, "because pastors get kids excited with cool video clips and cutting-edge music, but then when a parent gets cancer and the teenager is lying in bed wondering what life is all about, he or she discovers there's nothing to sustain them...
...less expensive career-based clothing--in the early 1980s. Then, responding to the demand for trendier, more comfortable clothing, he started Theory in 1997 with former Anne Klein executive Andrew Rosen. The idea was to base a whole contemporary collection around stretch fabrics, particularly pants. Tahari sold his Theory stake for $53 million in 2003 (He is now suing Rosen for $182 million claiming "fraudulent self-dealing." Rosen calls the suit "a fantasy ... created in total disregard of the facts") and in 2004 made an unsuccessful bid to buy Barneys, the fashion department store. "It was a bitter battle," Rory...