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...plans to start paying back its government loans this month. Repaying the direct government loans well ahead of the 2015 date contemplated by the Treasury Department when it helped GM reorganize during the bankruptcy is the first step toward an initial public offering of stock in the new GM. While GM received more than $50 billion in federal aid, only about $6.2 billion will be repaid in cash; the U.S. Treasury agreed to take stock in lieu of cash for much of the remainder, which gave the government a 60.8% stake in the new GM. Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary...
Amongst friends, Smith is also known for literally bringing something else to the table—his own innovative cuisine. Smith jokes that with the threat of unemployment after graduation next spring, culinary school could start looking more and more appealing. “I love to be the host with the most,” he says...
...college environment doesn’t always teach us to work collaboratively,” he says. “Extracurricular activities have been so meaningful to me during my time here. There’s definitely an element of competition at Harvard that dissolves when you start working on human rights issues...
Disadvantaged by his size and a late start to football, Murphy attributes Ho’s success to a combination of natural ability and hard work. “He’s one of the hardest working members on the team,” says teammate and blockmate John A. Paris ’10. “He has a true passion for football and he loves...
...million, generating 3,514 new jobs. In addition, the group has created an affordable mortgage facility, which will help more than 10,000 families purchase homes. Aspen's U.S.-Palestinian Partnership is also helping create a venture-capital fund run by Israeli and Palestinian investors to finance technology start-ups. (Watch TIME's video "TV Comedy Eases Palestinian Tensions...