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Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement Fund to invest terror-free; Policy prohibits investments from going to foreign companies tied to Iran and Sudan
February 27, 2009

The Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement Investment Board (TSIB) adopted a resolution this week that would prohibit Tobacco Settlement Investment fund monies from being invested in foreign companies tied to Iran and Sudan.

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How Europe's companies are feeding Iran's bomb
February 05, 2009
Benjamin Weinthal

While the U.S. has ratcheted up its efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, the Islamic Republic is reaping a windfall from European companies. These firms' deals aid a regime that is bent on developing nuclear weapons and which financially supports the terror organizations Hamas and Hezbollah. ...

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A breakthrough for terror-free investing
March 26, 2008

One step at a time, Americans are cutting off funding for terrorism.Today, national security-minded investing became an idea whose time has come with the unveiling in New York of a new terror-free index series. Next Monday's launch of this path-breaking financial tool will be followed within weeks by...

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Divest Terror

Each and every one of us can play a pivotal role in winning the War on Terror.

How? By demanding that our public and private pensions plans, college endowments, individual retirement account managers, 401(k) plans, and other investment vehicles exploit the leverage represented by investments in publicly traded companies that operate in terrorist-sponsoring states.

The primary objective of this campaign is to force governments to choose between their sponsorship of terrorism and critical partnerships with publicly traded firms. To illustrate how such a campaign can achieve this objective, please review our synopsis of theSouth African model of the 1980's that succeeded in ending apartheid. The Divest Terror project provides the empirical analysis and architecture that can enable such a campaign.

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Craig R. Smith: A new way to fight terrorism ... and win!

 

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