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Today it’s a decrepit basement with library stacks propping up the ceiling, signs warning of asbestos, and wiring and piping dating back to the 1930s. But in the eyes of Economics Department Chair James H. Stock, the dreary Littauer Library soon could be much more: the site of spacious classrooms and graduate offices as well as a new home for nomadic economics concentrators and their far-flung professors.The dream will have to wait.An upcoming renovation of the Fogg Art Museum has put Stock’s hope for a re-born Littauer Center on hold, possibly...
...Harvard has apparently sold nearly a third of its shares in the Barclays fund, though it appears the University still holds $3.5 million in PetroChina stock and $2.3 million in Sinopec stock through the fund...
...Harvard’s holdings in Barclays’ iSHARES FTSE/Xinhua China 25 fund—which also invests in the two Chinese companies—increased over the last quarter by 10 percent, resulting in another $5.2 million in PetroChina stock and $2.3 million in Sinopec for the University...
...Bishop first came to Stratfor's attention in October of 2005, when he began sending anonymous, threatening letters (but with no explosive materials) to various financial services companies, one of which was a client. He demanded they manipulate specific stocks to reach a set price, often $6.66, a number with possible Biblical or apocalyptic meaning. In one June, 2006 letter, he ended with the phrase: "IT IS BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL, THAN TO SERVE IN HEAVEN." The Bishop's curious stock-market demands were "delusional" since the companies were not large enough to do the kind of manipulation...
With the recent transaction, Harvard joins the ranks of investment firms such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Barclays Global Investors in holding one of the largest chunks of Blockbuster stock...