tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769014608405032519.post4565481488451754076..comments2023-10-13T15:24:39.543-07:00Comments on Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers: Can we find 433,971 people to hate on Israel? California's Divestment InitiativeDustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06824185664523568683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769014608405032519.post-49232735748727044562010-05-10T12:33:06.477-07:002010-05-10T12:33:06.477-07:00http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100067.aspx
Pr...http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100067.aspx<br /><br /><br />Proposal Appears to Be Inconsistent With Systems' Fiduciary Obligations. We are not aware of any way that the systems could implement the large-scale divestiture in Israeli-related business activities that is contemplated by this measure without altering the risk profiles of their portfolios, affecting the diversification of their investments, and either violating or putting at serious risk their fiduciary obligations to members. Our assessment, therefore, is that CalPERS and CalSTRS likely would not comply fully with this statutory measure's divestiture requirements in light of their constitutional fiduciary duties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769014608405032519.post-49950670668016054192010-02-22T10:47:29.447-08:002010-02-22T10:47:29.447-08:00Hows that boycott going, btw?
TEL AVIV, Feb 16 - ...Hows that boycott going, btw?<br /><br />TEL AVIV, Feb 16 - Israel's economy grew at an annualised 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, its fastest pace in nearly two years and helped by a surge in exports as the country continued to recover from a brief downturn.<br /><br />Exports -- which account for nearly half of Israel's economic activity -- surged 33 percent in the fourth quarter while consumer spending rose 4.4 percent, according to the government's prior estimate of fourth-quarter data.<br /><br />Read more:<br />http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100216/tbs-israel-gdp-955c2a1.html?utm_source=CIC%20Test%20list&utm_campaign=f4ead647f7-DYK_100217&utm_medium=email<br /><br />Do you think the Boycotts Divestment and Sanctions movement, by calling attention to the wide variety of Israeli consumer goods available in America, helped fuel this growth?<br /><br />It wasn't until I heard about the variety of Israel goods at Trader Joes that I started shopping there, for example.<br /><br />In any case, the thought makes me smile. <br /><br />From the forest itself, come the handle for the axe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com