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...contrast, is getting sympathetic press coverage for her forthright confessions - not to mention great publicity for her singing career. A double standard? Let's hope so. There are perfectly good reasons to want a party leader not to be a party guy, whereas the public has no important stake in whether an actress's performances are marred - or, for that matter, enhanced - by what she puts in her body. Still, there's something conspicuous about the lack of sympathy that Kennedy's confession elicited. Granted, a press corps that's been lied to (Kennedy repeatedly denied in interviews any problem...
...ideological divide. Today, the acting prime minister is very much a centrist within the Kadima ranks. Olmert is not a particularly popular figure in Israel, but he is very ambitious - in 1999, he ran against Sharon in a primary for the Likud nomination for prime minister. Now, he'll stake his own claim for leadership by painting himself as the custodian of Sharon's legacy, signaling that he represents stability and continuity on the path initiated by Sharon...
Chiron's incompletely recovered operations contributed to a fifth consecutive year of initial vaccine shortages this flu season. But its largest shareholder, Swiss drug firm Novartis, did not dump its stake in the company. Quite the opposite. Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella decided to buy for $5.1 billion the 58% of Chiron that Novartis does not own, and the Federal Trade Commission approved the deal last month. But the California hedge fund ValuAct, which owns 5% of Chiron, has announced that it intends to vote against the deal, calling Novartis' $45 per share offer "tantamount to stealing the company." Vasella, however...
While much of corporate Europe shut down last week, top officials at the Luxembourg steel company Arcelor were working harder than ever. In the space of just seven days starting Dec. 22, the firm bought a 50% stake in two Costa Rican firms and snapped up 20.5% of a Turkish steel company. By far its biggest move came on Dec. 23, when ceo Guy Dollé announced a $4.2 billion hostile takeover bid for Canada's leading steel producer Dofasco, topping an agreed offer by Germany's ThyssenKrupp. Arcelor is trying to reduce its heavy dependence on the European market...
...late to do so from the outside looking in. If you are part of a campus political group—or are looking start one—and are in need of meeting space and other logistical support, we encourage you to demand your rightful stake in the IOP. This Institute is here for you, not for Kennedy School students, not for adult Cantabridigans, not for a narrow circle of IOP insiders—and it is the responsibility of the IOP’s elected student leaders to make sure your voice is heard...