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Mallya isn't the only one expanding. William Grant & Sons, owner of Glenfiddich single malt, plans to build a new distillery, as does Bruichladdich on the island of Islay. In February, Diageo announced plans for a $200 million distillery and other facilities in Scotland, and the firm may double its investment if demand in emerging markets pans...
...glee of a Republican Party saddled with corruption scandals, a federal grand jury handed up a 16-count indictment of Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson, 60, known for promoting Third World trade. The investigation shifted into high drama in May 2006, when the FBI conducted an unprecedented raid of Jefferson's congressional office and disclosed that it had earlier found $90,000 in cash in the freezer of his Washington home. The charges, which Jefferson denies, include money laundering, racketeering and soliciting more than $400,000 in bribes from a Kentucky-based technology company that sought business deals in Africa...
...they weren’t. Relations between Mass. Hall and University Hall remained tense throughout the tenures of Summers and historian William C. Kirby, whom Summers had handpicked to forward his agenda in FAS. The strained relationship tore when Summers’ intention to fire Kirby became public, eventually leading to the departure of both leaders...
...Though Bok was initially reticent to implement such a drastic change in his interim position, admissions dean William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, with the help of Vice President for Policy A. Clayton Spencer, convinced him of its benefits...
...William E. McKibben ’82 was president of The Harvard Crimson in 1981. He is the author of ten books, most recently “Deep Economy,” and a scholar in residence at Middlebury College...