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...having once been deemed the “jock house,” Kirkland House is working hard to stake out its own arts territory, offering residents a wide array of musical facilities, performance opportunities and studio space...
Power Games When Electricité de France, the world's largest power provider, snapped up a stake in Italy's energy firm Edison in 2001, it got a nasty shock: Rome capped EDF's voting rights in Edison at a measly 2%. Their claim: the French market wasn't open to competition. (EDF owns 18% of Italenergia, a holding company with a 62% stake in Edison.) But last...
...that matter) and thus not be involved prominently in the slaughter of human beings. Finally, it is the Corporation that has said through its actions that it is not only willing to carry on investing in PetroChina, but it also thinks so little of the human life at stake in Darfur and of the protests of the Harvard community, that it would double its investments before divesting. This is offensive on its face and deserves the most powerful moral outrage we can summon...
...keeps changing. The company was first divided between Zuckerberg and Saverin only. As TheFacebook added new people, Zuckerberg cut them in. The shares have also shifted to reflect increasing roles. For example, as Moskovitz took on more and more responsibilities, Zuckerberg decided to cut him a larger stake...
...don’t intend to replay the argument against PetroChina or Harvard’s stake in it. The students who helped launch the divestment campaign have made a compelling case that the Sudanese government is perpetrating genocide and that Harvard, through its stake in PetroChina, is complicit in Sudan’s actions. You can find more information on the issue at www.harvarddivest.com. Most of the facts that divestment advocates cite are not disputed, but it’s worth addressing a few of the claims made by Harvard’s apologists...