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...broader lesson, corporate governance experts say, is that companies are best prodded into behaving differently not by the government but by their owners. "The most powerful force in the marketplace that has a direct interest in keeping pay aligned with performance is shareholders," says Stephen Davis of Yale University's Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance. "Why not use them?" He points to a law passed in 2002 in the U.K. that gives shareholders an up or down vote on executive pay packages. Even though the vote is only advisory, and doesn't bind a board of directors...
...supposed to win are winning, some middle-of-the-road squads are playing dress-up with contender costumes, and Columbia sucks. If anything, the scramble for the Ancient Eight crown sort of resembles a slightly more important race than the other one taking place right now.We have Harvard and Yale, the two top dogs, or candidates, if you will, still pretty much neck and neck and drawing all the attention. Harvard holds the lead in the polls, receiving 19 votes in the NCAA FCS Coaches poll as opposed to Yale’s three, but it’s still...
...goalie in over 25 years to post back-to-back shutout victories. Over the course of the season, he notched 884 saves, including a career-high 42 saves in a 6-1 victory against then-No. 16 St. Lawrence on Nov. 3. Plus, in a 6-1 victory against Yale on Feb. 22, in which he blocked 27 shots, Richter became the first Crimson goalie to score a goal.“Kyle was a really great player for us,” senior co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “It’s tough not to have...
...negative returns—with Harvard leading the pack. Though Harvard’s 8.6 percent return on its investments through June 30 was down significantly from previous years, it led a slew of universities with large endowments that managed to stay ahead of downward spiraling market prices. Yale announced late last week that its endowment rose 4.5 percent during the 2008 fiscal year—ending the year with $22.9 billion—and Stanford announced a 6.2 percent growth in its investments, leaving its total endowment relatively unchanged at $17.2 billion, after expenditures. Officials at Harvard?...
...thirds of universities surveyed over the past two years have improved their grades. In the 2008 report, there were only three Overall College Sustainabilty Leaders (a grade of A-) in addition to Harvard. But this year, an additional 11 schools, including Stanford, Brown, and Columbia, joined the ranks. Yale remained slightly below with a B+ overall...