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...shocked to learn that many of Wall Street’s besieged “masters of the universe” had still pocketed vast sums of money in bonuses and salaries—despite the sharp economic downturn that some believe was caused largely by their decisions. Following suit, a group of 10 members of the College’s Class of 1969 have called for drastically lower pay for top executives at the Harvard Management Corporation, who manage the university’s endowment. They have also requested that the managers give back their income earned during...
...testimony of violence during her divorce trial, Yemen's lawmakers raised the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18. Two other girls in Sanaa - one age 9, the other 12 - have since sued for divorce, while an 8-year-old in Saudi Arabia has won a divorce suit, apparently inspired by Nujood's tale. Nujood says she hopes to ignite a far broader movement of girls to quit their child marriages, adding, "They should not be scared of their fathers or their husbands...
...these rankings by removing itself from them, an action that would certainly have an effect on the way in which potential applicants view these rankings nationwide. Moreover, Harvard’s position as one of the nation’s preeminent universities would inspire other schools to follow suit, in the same way that Harvard’s financial aid initiative last year inspired Yale and Stanford, among others, to implement similar policies. The world of higher education is so diverse that ranking schools according to a standardized system fails to provide an accurate representation of many schools. These rankings...
...Iceland Banks Fail; Government Follows After months of protests triggered by the collapse of Iceland's economy amid the global financial crisis, its government finally joined suit on Jan. 26. It has been replaced by a new left-leaning coalition that is expected to tap Johanna Sigurdardottir to take the helm. The 66-year-old Social Affairs Minister would become the world's first openly gay woman to serve as head of state...
...banks facing insolvency, it is difficult not to wonder, Is Summers - is anyone, really - up to this herculean set of tasks at this impossible moment? And if the responsibility must fall largely on the shoulders of one man, does it have to be a guy in an ill-fitting suit who has a reputation for occasionally putting his foot in his mouth? The one who speaks in a disembodied patter while his nail-bitten fingers fiddle with his constant liquid sidekick, a can of Diet Coke? And then, just when you begin to ask yourself these questions, Summers starts speaking...