From Ha’aretz: Gov. Rick Perry announced on Tuesday the establishment of theTexas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, an agency meant to foster economic exchange and academic collaboration between the two. Perry also said he has asked the directors of the Employees Retirement System and Teachers Retirement System to divest their funds from companies doing business with Iran. The governor said...
Texas Governor Asks State Pensions to End Investments in Iran
Good for Texas. From Texas Governor Asks State Pensions to End Investments in Iran: Texas Governor Rick Perry asked the state’s largest public pension funds to stop investing in companies doing business in Iran because of its support of state-sponsored terrorism and aggressive stance against Israel. Perry requested that the $24.9 billion Employee Retirement System and $108 billion Teachers...
Florida Divests from Iran, Sudan
Good for Florida. From Florida Divests from Iran, Sudan: Florida’s public employee retirement fund will divest nearly $1.3 billion invested with 21 companies doing business in Iran or Sudan, after the State Board of Administration authorized the divestiture Wednesday. The law bars investing pension money in any company doing business in Sudan or in Iran’s energy sector because both...
NY Pension Fund Linked to Rogue Nations
From NY Pension Fund Linked to Rogue Nations: The New York State pension fund has $12 billion invested in companies that do business with nations identified by the State Department as sponsors of terrorism. A report released Sunday by state senator Jeff Klein found that 16% of the $140 billion fund is invested in companies that do business with Syria, Iran, Sudan, and North Korea. Klein is...
Divestment Would Form Critical Mass Against Sudan Genocide
From Divestment Would Form Critical Mass Against Sudan Genocide: This month the Texas Legislature will consider a measure withdrawing the investments of two state pension plans in firms that do business with Sudan. Meanwhile, a divestment movement is snowballing. Eight states, six cities, and 42 universities, including Harvard and Stanford, are withdrawing investment from firms doing business...
What You Can Do about Iran: Divest from the terror state.
By Kenneth R. Timmerman via Front Page Magazine: ————— This week brought unusual news from Russia, which until now has been a major supplier of Iran’s nuclear programs. The Russians said they were pulling engineers and technicians out of Busheir, the Persian Gulf site where since 1995 they have been building a nuclear power plant for Iran. They cited as pretext...