US - Texan pension funds could be forced to pull "hundreds of millions of dollars" from companies with links to Sudan after legislators filed a bill calling for divestment from the war torn region.
Senator Rodney Ellis (D - Houston) and Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (R - Houston) yesterday filed Senate Bill 247 & House Bill 667. The bipartisan legislation, dubbed the ‘Stop the Darfur Genocide Act,...
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