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Collins and Mucheru focused their speeches on Harvard, which has faced ongoing criticism for an estimated $1.8 million stake in PetroChina, a Chinese oil company with ties to the region...
...causes any discernible harm would be petty; it has never led more than 101 students to opt out in a single year, and it will likely continue to have little effect on the University’s ability to subsidize elective abortions. However, there is an important principle at stake here. Since HRL has put the University’s policy in the spotlight once again, we feel it necessary to reiterate our objections: the policy of allowing students to opt out of from this one cost is inherently unfair...
...Supreme Court voided that result and called a new vote for Dec. 26. Since then Yushchenko has continued to gain strength - he says he'll take 60% of the vote - while Yanukovych mutters about a "soft coup d'?tat," and Kuchma keeps searching for a way out. The political stakes are extremely high - a nation's fate is at stake - but Zimpfer's announcement on Saturday proved that for Yushchenko, the personal stakes may be even higher. The amount of toxin in his bloodstream is so great that tests could not measure it. Had the dose been any larger...
...firms. But London's High Court last week handed Speed Investments - a consortium of Bayerische Landesbank, JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers - control over Formula One Holdings (FOH), one of the companies that runs the multibillion-dollar F1 business. Why the ruling? The banks have held a 75% stake in SLEC Holdings, a firm that controls FOH, since 2002, when the Kirch media empire, the previous stakeholder, collapsed. And the banks may now seek a greater say at two other Ecclestone firms. Could he be overtaken? "Bernie will solve this problem with money," predicts Peter Windsor of Britain 's F1 Racing...
...computers," says Yang, who will leave his post to become chairman. Lenovo has already begun promoting its own brand name?a task made easier by its sponsorship of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As for IBM, the deal with Lenovo looks like a boon. The company, which retains a 19% stake in Lenovo, has long migrated toward consulting services and software, so it's happy to jettison its hardware shop. The PC unit experienced a loss of $258 million last year and has debts of $500 million?problems that now fall to Lenovo...