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According to Harvard’s most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, made last Friday, Harvard also holds 10,000 ADR shares of Sinopec, a Chinese energy giant whose latest business ventures present a similar problem for human rights and US interests. This $205,000 stake in the company is worrisome for two reasons...
Trial lawyers, gays and bears all had something extra at stake in this week's election returns, as voters in 34 states decided 163 ballot measures. Some--like proposed constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage--helped woo a party's base to the polls. Other ballot measures--like laws against baiting bears--forced voters to tackle local issues too grisly for legislators to handle on their own. --By Rebecca Winters...
...Popular Demand Shares in PKO BP, Poland's largest bank, climbed almost 20% in their first day trading after the government floated a 38.5% stake in the business. The privatization was Poland's largest in several years...
When the No. 15 Harvard football team (8-0, 5-0 Ivy) takes on the No. 17 Penn Quakers (7-1, 5-0) tomorrow, it will mark the fifth consecutive meeting between the two schools in which at least a share of the Ivy crown has been at stake for one of the teams, if not both...
Killing a citizen of a sovereign nation in order to bring him freedom is morally abhorrent. To be sure, such calculations usually occur in a context where soldiers’ lives are at stake, but if America is to be true to its stated goals of bringing security and stability to the Iraqi people, it is necessary that forces err on the side of civilian safety. At the very least, America must demonstrate a stronger public commitment in this area. In the run-up to these operations, American commanders complained that Falluja General Hospital, an early target of the operation...