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...state department no longer claims Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan "endorsed or espoused terrorist activity." So why won't it restore the U.S. visa Ramadan, a Swiss national, was stripped of in 2004 on those grounds? Since giving up the Notre Dame teaching position that visa was intended[an error occurred while processing this directive] for, Ramadan has repeatedly appealed to the U.S. authorities for temporary entry permits to deliver lectures there. A rejection letter from U.S. officials Ramadan made public last week cites a new offense: donating j600 to two Palestinian aid organizations purportedly linked to a group...
Meanwhile, Swiss Re, which has a large U.S. presence after buying GE's reinsurance business, is breaking down the wall between investing and underwriting. By comparing its underwriting and investment portfolios, the company hopes to maximize profits from both sectors and minimize its overall risk...
...wind energy. The company estimates it will have €500 million invested in renewable-energy infrastructure projects over the next five years - notably in wind-turbine hardware. "We have identified renewable energy as an absolute growth market," says Thomas Pütter, chief executive of Allianz Capital Partners. Swiss Re, one of the first companies to pledge to make its own business carbon neutral (by cutting energy use and offsetting carbon emissions by purchasing credits or even planting trees) says that it is comparing its underwriting and investment portfolios, hoping to maximize profits from both sectors and minimize the company...
...Leaf Light Resembling Uri Geller's toothbrush more than anything arboreal, Swiss-born Yves Béhar's Leaf Light pairs Silicon Valley technology with candlelike simplicity. An iPod-style scrolling dimmer controls the LED's range, from cozy glow to clear white, and heat is dissipated by tiny holes, or "chimneys." www.hermanmiller.com
...Corbusier once famously said of the red-brick Faculty Club, “Tear it down.” While that may be an exaggeration, the truculent Swiss architect had a point: Harvard needs to stop letting its aesthetic sense be occluded by a puerile infatuation with the motifs of the past. Krieger says that Harvard, “which prides itself on its inclusiveness in so many intellectual and social arenas should not become the opposite when it comes to the matter of the arts including architecture.” The Allston project is Harvard’s march...