U of T to sell off its tobacco holdings The University of Toronto is divesting its holdings in tobacco companies, noting there's no longer any "serious academic or social debate" on the negative health impacts of smoking. U of T, like other universities, large corporations and many individuals, invests widely in stocks and mutual funds that hold products ranging from beer to real estate to banks. But the fact Canada's largest university has decided to divest its tobacco holdings and...

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which is the largest shareholder of BCE , the telephone company's parent, has reached out in recent weeks to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board about pursuing a takeover, these people said in the Times. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which is the largest shareholder of BCE , the telephone company's parent, has reached out in recent weeks to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec and the Canada Pension...

I can never imagine Egypt's greatest journalist - indeed, the Middle East's most famous scribe - without the haze of blue smoke from his Havana moving past his lean, powerful, mischievous face. The adviser of Gamal Abdul Nasser, once editor of Al-Ahram - in the days when it was a great Arab newspaper, rather than the government mouthpiece it has become - Mohamed Hasseinein Heikel is the author of some of the most stylishly written historical works on Middle East history, as well as the...

No wonder they were willing to shell out the $3,390 per night price tag: The plantation-style villa, which is completely refurbished every year, has an indoor-outdoor living room furnished with colorful local art, a complete kitchen (for setting up your cook and butler, of course), two baths with a steam room, and an infinity pool perched on a clifftop overlooking the Indian Ocean. No wonder they were willing to shell out the $3,390 per night price tag: The plantation-style villa, which is...

My question for the forum: do you watch this show? Do you find it as thrilling, exciting and thought provoking as I do? Jack Bauer for president '08? I really need to know if I am alone with this as my sleep pattern has been significantly altered since becoming a "24 freak"?! Also, I figured this show may be popular with the HBO crowd so advice from you regulars is much appreciated! My question for the forum: do you watch this show? Do you find it as thrilling, exciting and thought...