Word: sudan
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...Senior Gift Plus actually worked. For the first time in 400 years, the Harvard Corporation bowed to student calls for something, and an important something at that: divestment from a company which does business in the genocidal state of Sudan...
...Mahan said he did not expect the group to disband until the Corporation fully disclosed all of its foreign holdings in Sudan-related companies...
Yesterday’s announcement did not appear to deflate PetroChina’s share price, which closed down 50 cents at $64.26. But Eric Reeves, a Smith College professor and expert on Sudan, said he thinks the decision will have a “significant effect” on PetroChina’s share price in the long...
...This alone is not going to change Darfur. But this sends a very important political signal to the government of China, to the government of Sudan, and to other institutions that are shareholders in Sudan and Sudanese oil investments,” Power said...
That distinction appeared intended to set the University apart from any larger debate over PetroChina or the genocide in Sudan, including growing movements at other campuses to divest as well. But the wording—“the University simply does not consider it proper”—left little room to discern why PetroChina was unique among several other holdings to which some advocates have objected...