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...their usefulness--or whose social and economic utility is overshadowed by the environmental harm they do--is an idea that is catching on. Over the past six years, some 175 dams have been dismantled across the country, and more than 600 over the past century. That's just a drop in the millpond, however, given that there are perhaps 2.5 million dams in the U.S. and that most of those removed to date have been relatively small and insignificant...
...partners on the Somerfield bid - they include private equity firm Apax, Barclays Capital and Iranian realtor Robert Tchenguiz - may be getting cold feet. Despite expressions of support from Baugur shareholders including Kevin Stanford, co-founder of Karen Millen, Baugur last week bowed to pressure from its partners to drop out of the consortium. Other Icelanders are waiting in the wings. Boosted by a stock-market boom and a thriving economy, several Icelandic companies are also on the acquisition trail overseas, including financial institution Kaupthing and food company Bakkavör. It's not just the springs that...
...process, I have seen Harvard management subvert the truth repeatedly for the purpose of winning. Money is another weapon for them, withholding it from deserving employees, using it to mount an overwhelming defense, and then punishing plaintiffs by handing them a bill for an amount that would be a drop in the bucket for them, but very burdensome for an underpaid employee,” she said...
...expect that these changes will facilitate travel and visa issuance even further, and [we] applaud the changes,” said Sharon Ladd, director of Harvard’s International Office, adding that there had been a 70 percent drop in the number of visa delays last fall, compared to the previous year...
...drop in the number of applications from Chinese and Indian students is particularly striking,” Summers wrote in the letter. “Applications from Chinese students alone declined as much as 40 percent in some of our graduate programs...