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Harvard entered into interest rate swap agreements??which are used to hedge against rising interest rates—in 2004, when it seemed that interest rates had reached favorable lows and that locking in those rates would help the University finance its mammoth, long-term expansion into Allston. But the agreements backfired this past year when the global financial crisis pushed interest rates to unprecedented lows, thereby decimating the value of the swaps...
...According to Harvard’s annual financial statement issued in October, the University continues to use a variety of financial instruments with undisclosed risk—including options, forwards, credit default swaps, and exchange agreements??to gain exposure to various asset classes without having to actually invest in those assets...
...wrote. Regardless of partisan opinions, some scholars said they believe that portions of Moss’ findings are infallible. Business School economist Rafael M. Di Tella said that the government’s readiness to insure large institutions deemed vital to the U.S. economy—even without prior agreements??means additional regulation would only reduce moral hazard. “Once we [have an implicit guarantee], his approach has to be correct—has to be,” Di Tella said. “In a very uncertain time I think that?...
...fact, the article hardly mentions Israel. But it does record that Hamas was cut off by the U.S., European Union, Russia, and the UN when it failed “to renounce violence, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and accept the terms of all previous agreements??—not because it won an election, and not just by “Israel...
...said. “It’s only through this collaboration that universities fulfill their role to society.” The Office of Technology and Development (OTD)—the University’s arm responsible for dealing with industry-sponsored research agreements??collaborated with Glimcher to secure the pharmaceutical giant’s funding. “We worked with her to get this funding,” Kohlberg said. “The agreement with Merck is an agreement between the University, and OTD represents the University.” If the research...