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Harvard announced yesterday that it will sell its stake in PetroChina, bowing to pressure from students and faculty members who had denounced the Beijing-based oil company for its ties to the Sudanese government...
...this a bad idea, and why should young people—in fact people of every age—care? There are important issues at stake. What form will Social Security take? How much will benefits be? How much risk will you personally face? How will low-income Americans fare? That’s what the debate is really about, not whether Social Security is going to survive. It will. But how will it affect your generation’s future retirement? Now, during this national debate, is the time to become engaged, weigh in with your ideas and opinions...
...expats, who make up the majority of NASN's audience. "American sports are exporting to Europe much better than American politics," Schwartz notes. Perhaps, but what's Icelandic for "infield fly rule"? - By Bruce Crumley All In The Famille France's powerful Moulin family offered to buy a majority stake in the century-old retail chain Galeries Lafayette. The family, which was one of the firm's founders and owns 32%, would pay about €2.12 billion to buy out other shareholders...
...spent. He was so Christlike in his sense of fate. He was so Pauline in his quest. He was so dedicated to his mission, so certain that this was God's plan and himself a part of it. He believed always that nothing less than salvation was at stake...
...will have a generation capacity of 1,070 MW of electricity when completed in 2009, 95% of which will be sold to Thailand. "We don't have many comparative advantages over our neighbors," says Somboune Manolom, general manager of Lao State Holding Enterprise, which represents the country's 25% stake in the consortium. "Competition in the world is becoming stronger, and we have many disadvantages?mountainous country, low education and illiteracy. If we start with hydropower development, I think we can help the country along...