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Fidelity Investments Leaning Toward Climate Change Reports

Matthew McDonald

The Boston-based investment giant "may support shareholder proposals calling for reports on sustainability, renewable energy and environmental impact issues" for companies it owns stock in, according to new Fidelity guidelines.

Yale Grad Students Conduct Hunger Strike In Between Meals
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Yale Grad Students Conduct Hunger Strike In Between Meals

Evan Lips

Graduate student teachers fighting for better perks and benefits at Yale University have performed a feat thought to be impossible by waging a hunger strike in which snacking is apparently allowed.

According to a Yale Daily News report, eight members of the graduate student union Local 33 launched a hunger strike on the front lawn of President Peter Salovey's home Tuesday night in an effort to jump-start collective bargaining negotiations. The rally is dubbed "Fast Against Slow."

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