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...merger of Sanpaolo IMI and Banca Intesa to give Italy its first major European banking player. But by the second week of September the sunny summer spirit was fading. Telecom's announcement that it was splitting its fixed-line and mobile phone sectors - which could result in the sale of the latter - left investors cold. Two days later, a visibly incensed Prodi declared to a swarm of television cameras that Tronchetti Provera had kept him out of the loop about any planned sell-offs. The would-be statesman of Lebanon sounded like he could barely run his own country...
...Bass case is one of the less-flagrant examples of spots-for-sale in Golden’s book. After all, Bass anted up after his daughter graduated from Harvard. By contrast, real estate tycoon Charles Kushner pledged $2.5 million to Harvard just as his son Jared prepared to apply. Even though an official at Jared’s own high school acknowledged that the scion’s GPA and SATs didn’t merit Harvard admission, he nonetheless won a spot in the Class of ’03. In sum, the examples of admissions-for-donations...
Beer and spiked hot chocolate will be on sale for $1 in three stations, available for those with proof of legal...
...from Ohiri Field since 2002, hard alcohol flowed freely in HoCos’ and student groups’ trailers in 2004. This year, vehicles entering the tailgate the night before and morning of the event will be searched for contraband alcohol. Beer and spiked hot chocolate will be on sale for $1 in three stations, available for those with proof of legal age. Gross wrote in an e-mail that the Boston Licensing Board has requested an additional meeting with the city’s police before issuing a permit for the tailgate. “I think we will...
...pictures in front of tanks, while elderly men in pajamas jabbered on cellphones. Last spring, hundreds of thousands of Thai citizens had organized daily peaceful protests on Bangkok streets, calling for the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose popularity in urban areas had nosedived after the controversial sale of his family telecom business. Now, after months of political instability, the military brass appeared to have gotten much closer to unseating the Thai leader than months of democratic assembly had. "Of course, I wish that the political situation had been solved in a democratic way," says Makarathep Thepkanjana...