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Prominent Harvard Law School professors called on the University yesterday to file suit against the government to prevent on-campus military recruiting...
...years prove this point. When, on Jan. 28, 2001, Princeton announced that it was going to change its financial aid policy and replace all its student loans with grant money—lowering the average annual student debt by $5,000—many of the top colleges followed suit to compete with Princeton. By Feb. 21, Harvard had announced a proposed change in its own policy—to give each student an additional $2,000 in need-based grants...
...shaking hands, wearing a baseball cap and sending out her message that her opponent is a wealthy ceo out of touch with the grass roots. Chocola, a political neophyte, doesn't try to hide his pinstripes. He motors between campaign stops in a red humvee and usually wears a suit and power tie. His message is that he's an opponent of career politicians and a friend of self-made business leaders. "The trouble with Washington," he says, wielding a trusty G.O.P. formulation, "is too many people there don't know what it takes to meet a payroll...
...government of Dominica filed suit against Citibank in July, accusing it of extracting "secret profits" of about $1.8 million from the transaction, on a bond issue that lacked proper security and provided, in effect, only $14.2 million in financing, the lawsuit alleges. Citibank is expected to submit its formal response in the case next month. Dominica's airport, hampered by bureaucratic struggles, has not been built...
...with the unraveling of Enron and WorldCom and recent allegations of legal and ethical lapses at Citigroup, Seereeram's cries are finally being heard. As a result of his investigations, Trinidad's tiny island neighbor Dominica has filed suit against the Citibank unit, alleging that it secretly and aggressively overcharged the government of Dominica on a bond issue to finance the island's first international airport. "We believe the allegations are without merit," says Lula Rodriguez, a Citibank spokeswoman. Seereeram hopes Dominica's lawsuit will bring renewed scrutiny to a case closer to home: a 1993 deal to refinance...