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Editorial — U.S. Was Right to Oppose Google-Yahoo Ad Deal

washingtonpost.com
yesterday 842 related
        

IN THE WORLD of business and antitrust law, big is not necessarily bad or illegal. But alarm bells went off when Google and Yahoo, the top two players in the search advertising market, decided to join forces. The Justice...

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UN Agencies Join Forces To Bring Weather Insurance To Rural Poor People

medicalnewstoday.com
yesterday 4 related
        

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a joint initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to help provide poor rural...

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Economic View: The world's authorities must recognise the eastward shift in financial power

independent.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

If you want one measure of the shift in global power, consider this: all the economic growth that will take place next year is forecast to come from the emerging economies, not from the present developed world. This point hangs...

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29 Very Interesting Stock Market Facts and Statistics!

bharatbhasha.com
15-Nov-2008 1 related
        

market statistics for you! $36.6 trillion - the estimated size of the world stock market at the beginning of October 2008. 22.6% - the biggest fall of the Dow Jones in 1 day! (1987) 15.34% - the biggest gain of the Dow Jones in...

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Gates Sets Sights on Higher College-Completion Rates

edweek.org
14-Nov-2008 3 related
        

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this week announced a new institutional goal with potentially wide-ranging repercussions for higher education: to more than double the proportion of low-income young adults who earn a college...

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In Other News: Renewed Assault on Malaria Will Save Millions

epochtimes.com
14-Nov-2008 20 related
        

By Chris Mallinos Nov 13, 2008 After years of death and despair, opportunity has finally begun knocking at the door of malaria eradication. Malaria still kills some 3000 people every day in sub-Saharan Africa alone, mostly...

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Professionalization of NPOs Necessary for Survival

iese.edu
13-Nov-2008
        

The growing number of not-for-profit organizations, at a time when budgets are being slashed, has led to keen competition for dwindling resources, as well as concerns about the economic, financial and organizational efficacy of...

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News and Notes: Communication once again most popular undergrad major

bcheights.com
13-Nov-2008
        

According to a study released by the Office of Student Services, communication has reclaimed its place as the major with the largest enrollment of undergraduate students at Boston College, followed by finance. While these two...

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Gates Foundation turns attention to higher education

nwsource.com
12-Nov-2008 9 related
        

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tuesday unveiled ambitious new plans to expand its education initiatives, including working to double the number of low-income students who complete some kind of college or post-high school...

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Gates Foundation to Spend Big on Community Colleges

insidehighered.com
12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced plans Tuesday to focus its time — and hundreds of millions of new dollars — on college completion, particularly at community colleges. The plans represent a dramatic expansion of...

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