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Harvard’s holdings in PetroChina, a Beijing-based oil company that has come under fire for its ties to the Sudanese government, may be greater than the 67,200-share stake that the University reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month...
...Indeed, when foreign managers have been named to run Asian companies in the past, it's typically been due to a foreign takeover. That was the case in Japan when Renault bought a stake in Nissan Motor and brought in Carlos Ghosn to turn around the troubled automaker. Ghosn's now fabled success is no guarantee that all outsiders are miracle workers, of course, nor does it mean that Asian management is too stodgy and inward-looking to compete globally. Toyota Motor, perhaps Asia's best-run company, has achieved phenomenal international success with homegrown talent...
...similar infraction against St. Lawrence one night earlier had allowed forward Charlie Johnson to stake the Crimson to a 1-0 lead, but the Saints could neither score nor muster much of a presence in the Harvard zone and managed just three shots on goal, one or two fewer than the penalty killers enjoyed...
...proposed exemptions: defense spending, R&D costs and contributions to the E.U. budget. The proposals drew fire. "Adding a long list of exemptions would blur the picture," says an Estonian diplomat. "Inflation, investment and credit ratings are all at stake." Juncker even warned the pact could be left as is, which would rile France and Germany. Next week, he'll bring ministers together again to try to find a compromise. But few expect a solution until E.U. leaders meet in Brussels later this month - if then. BA Gets A New Pilot Talk about getting an upgrade. Willie Walsh, former boss...
Again, Trevelyan was the difference, scoring twice in the first period to stake the Saints to a comfortable 3-0 lead they never relinquished en route to a 5-3 win. And, not surprisingly, it was the St. Lawrence junior who notched the series-sealing goal in the second game of last weekend’s sweep of Princeton...