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...what in particular would be affected, Mendelsohn said Berman and Hoffman did not go into specifics. However, he pointed to several areas that have recently had to tighten their belts and said the officials gave no sign that relief was in sight...
...confidence is based on the burgeoning bipartisan support Congress has shown this fall for lifting altogether the ban on travel to Cuba. The Bush Administration has been able to stall that effort for now--and as of Jan. 1 will outlaw exchange tours like John's in order to tighten the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. The U.S. clampdown could initially cost Cuba 50,000 American visitors each year, the number now traveling there legally on visas like John's. But the 30,000 who go to Cuba illegally through third countries will probably continue to travel there, as will...
...regulate that? For one thing, as with last year's corporate accounting scandals, boards of directors will get closer scrutiny. Congress is considering a bill that would tighten board oversight of mutual-fund managers and increase the number of independent directors, including the chairman. Spitzer says that an alert board of directors can easily detect market timing using public information about the fund's trading volume, and would never allow fund executives to trade their own funds against the interest of shareholders, as the chairman of Strong Funds is accused of doing. (Richard Strong has said he will reimburse...
According to Gross, the committee will not seek to clamp down on student parties or tighten regulations, but will instead address what he perceives to be the social problem of alcohol abuse at Harvard...
...States, who share a practice space with Blanks., are also using this year to tighten their hold on the Boston circuit, playing shows and sending out their new demo, The Winter EP, to a number of labels...