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Trustees look at stock divestment - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Trustees look at stock divestmentBy Tim Johnson, Free Press Staff Writer • April 16, 2009 The University of Vermont is inching toward a targeted divestment policy that would withdraw money from companies that make or distribute two varieties of weapons used in the Iraq War — cluster

Stimulus promises Vermont $700 million - Vermont Cynic (subscription)
Stimulus promises Vermont $700 millionChittenden 3-4 District Representative Kesha Ram said she sees the stimulus not only as an aide to Burlington, but as an aide to the Vermont. “Investment in higher education is an investment in our future and the vitality of our state,” Ram said.

Vt. woman receives nomination for USDA post - Fox44 News
Vt. woman receives nomination for USDA post - Fox44 News WSAV-TVVt. woman receives nomination for USDA postMolly Lambert received a nomination to be the agency's state director for rural development in Vermont and New Hampshire. The recommendation comes from Democratic US Sen. Patrick Leahy. The job calls for the director to oversee investment that promotes Swanton woman tapped for USDA post

Taxes draw tea-party politics - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Taxes draw tea-party politics“Vermont is such a small community. Once you know somebody who is affected by these cuts, Vermonters are willing to help,” Curtis said. He criticized the mantra of “no new taxes,” noting that with a modest investment from taxpayers — a few dollars a

HCA’s $1.5 Billion Junk-Bond Sale Biggest This Year
without stock market risks, said Scott Grzankowski, an analyst at KDP Investment Advisors. “If you look at the overall market, there’s been a ton of flow into high yield,’ Grzankowski said today in a telephone interview from Montpelier, Vermont. HCA, Crown Offer Junk Bonds in Busiest Day Since June

Trustees look at stock divestment - BurlingtonFreePress.com

That would culminate more than a year of lobbying by an anti-war student group and a half-dozen meetings by a campus task force that refined initial anti-war demands to a ban on two specific kinds of weapons.

The significance would likely be more symbolic than practical, because fewer than 10 companies in the universitys endowment portfolio are likely to fall on the banned list, and they collectively account for less than 5 percent of the endowments value. At the end of February, UVMs endowment was valued roughly at $236 million, down from $286 million five months before.

The new policy could resonate locally because General Dynamics, which has a significant presence in Burlington, was named as one of the likely targeted companies because of alleged work related to cluster munitions.

However, a company spokesman said in response to an e-mail query Wednesday: General Dynamics is not involved in the manufacture or distribution of cluster munitions. General Dynamics employs about 475 people at its Burlington Technology Center.

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First entry. I'm excited to encourage a conversation about investment properties in Central Vermont.

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