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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife give $120 million to California schools

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife give 0 million to California schools
Zuckerberg acknowledges that he and local leaders could have done a better job engaging the community and soliciting ideas about how to spend the money. Chan, 29, and Zuckerberg, 30, have made philanthropy a central theme of their life together.
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Veteran's quest for cemetery becomes reality
Saturday, the idea that took root in Harrigan's mind that afternoon as he walked through a veterans cemetery in New York blossomed into reality as politicians and state officials, veterans and citizens gathered along Route 94 to see the first spadefuls …
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Schools that cost money but produce unprepared graduates

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Schools that cost money but produce unprepared graduates
Can you imagine any business that continues to fail and keep its management staff? At some point, we need to be honest and force the public teachers' union to accept reforms, such as giving parents more say in choosing a school. Otherwise, we are …
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This Bluetooth Buckle Adds Smart Functionality To Mechanical Watches
Be you blogger, journalist, tech writer, or commenter (both racist and otherwise), it's time to stop with the gratuitous overuse of "hacking." Existence …. But apparently one of their engineers still felt they could create something that left an even …
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What our moms think about video games
Now I think your job has changed a little bit in that it is more blog-like and you write about the immediate "happenings" in the video gaming industry through social-media. … Sometimes I play cards. I know how to play cards, that's a different kind …
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Setting the stage for funding Wake County schools

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Setting the stage for funding Wake County schools
On Tuesday, Superintendent Jim Merrill will present his 2014-15 operating budget proposal to the school board. Earlier in the year, Chief Business Officer David Neter said administrators were reviewing $ 50 million in new spending requests to see which …
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Wauwatosa may spend million to help State Street developments
… Reporter- Milwaukee Business Journal: Email | Twitter | Google+. Wauwatosa officials are considering spending $ 13.1 million to encourage the redevelopment of industrial buildings along West State Street, including Wangard Partners Inc.'s plan for a …
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Why Aren't Business Schools More Business-Like?

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Why Aren't Business Schools More Business-Like?
“In every profession,” writes Schumpeter in The Economist, “there are people who fail to practice what they preach: dentists with mouths full of rotten teeth, doctors who smoke 40 a day, accountants who forget to file their tax returns. … Although …
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Making Arabic compulsory in Pakistan's schools? Why?

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Making Arabic compulsory in Pakistan's schools? Why?
You do not get to know that the word 'Bushra' means happiness that starts reflecting on one's skin and that all Arabic words from the root letters 'Jeem Noon Noon' allude towards things that are not visible – things like Jannat (heaven), Jinn …
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Sandell Provides Update on Its Engagement With FirstGroup
Sandell believes that, if the Sandell Plan were to be implemented, both FirstGroup US and New FirstGroup would be focused businesses with independent accountable boards, right-sized balance sheets and motivated management teams that are … We write …
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