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RPT-Philanthropic campaign by Gates and Buffett gets more pledges
Reuters(Repeats for wider subscribers) MIAMI, May 7 (Reuters) - Nine more wealthy families and individuals have pledged to give at least half of their fortunes to charity as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men, Warren Buffett...Tags: Spanx, Inc., Giving Pledge, Mutual Funds, National Football League, Charity
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Warren Buffett picks his successor
Warren Buffett, leader of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. since the 1960s, said the company's next chief executive officer will bolster the company's reputation as a source of stability in times of crisis. Buffett, 82, said Saturday that Berkshire's board is...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Celebrities welcome Warren Buffett to Twitter
The Oracle of Omaha has taken to Twitter. The notoriously tech-shy billionaire launched his @WarrenBuffett handle Thursday, where he quickly garnered more than 180,000 followers. He is the second-richest person with a verified Twitter account, after...
Tags: Media Industry, The Washington Post, Washington Post Co., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett
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Tech-shy 'Oracle' Warren Buffett joins Twitter
Staff and wire reportBillionaire investor Warren Buffett, who famously sat out the technology bubble of the late 1990s because he said he didn't understand the companies, set up his first Twitter account Thursday. He opted for the straigtforward @WarrenBuffett handle...Tags: Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, News Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., IBM
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Zuckerberg's advocacy ads under fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...Tags: Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Advertising, Mark Begich
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PREVIEW-Berkshire size, Buffett age cloud annual gathering
Reuters* Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting set for May 4 * Berkshire's size, Buffett's age and succession in focus By Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Ablan April 30 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett may be on safari for major acquisitions, which he likes to call...Tags: MidAmerican Energy Company, Companies and Corporations, Coca-Cola Co., Brazil, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
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FACTBOX-Paul Allen's investment hits and misses
ReutersSEATTLE, April 30(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has constructed a $15 billion portfolio of tech, sports, real estate and energy investments, while giving to a wide range of philanthropic causes. Not all his bets have been a success....Tags: RCN Telecom Services, LLC, Amazon.com Inc., Paul Allen, Southeastern Conference, Real Estate Buyers
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FEATURE-Paul Allen gaining respect with sports, real estate moves
ReutersBy Bill Rigby SEATTLE, April 30 (Reuters) - Paul Allen, the lesser known co-founder of Microsoft Corp, has struggled for decades to make his mark as a business mogul beyond the software company he started with Bill Gates. Since he quit Microsoft in...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Paul Allen, Portland Trail Blazers, Realty, National Football League
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Barry Diller talks up Aereo on first day of Milken conference
The three-day Milken Institute Global Conference kicked off Monday in Beverly Hills, with media moguls Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch among the hundreds of business leaders and politicians slated to speak. The annual event, run by financier and...
Tags: CBS Corp., ABC (tv network), Media Industry, Apple Inc., Companies and Corporations
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New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018
Reuters* Governments, philanthropists pledge most of needed funds * So far in 2013, only 19 polio cases seen worldwide * Dramatic progress "puts us within sight of the endgame" By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) -...Tags: UNICEF, Rotary International, Smallpox , Preventative Medicine, Pakistan
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Christa McAuliffe eighth-graders publish algebra iBook
Genius at work: That's the sign Jeff Silverman, Christa McAuliffe principal said should be on the door of math teacher Jaime Worrall's eighth-grade honors algebra class. Worrall, who has been teaching at the middle school for five years, was a...Tags: Barack Obama, Apple iPad, Book, Boynton Beach, Microsoft Corporation
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Letters: Teaching and tests
Re "Gates' warning on test scores," Editorial, April 11 Bill Gates has figured out what those of us in education have known all along: Standardized tests are pretty good at identifying students' academic strengths and weaknesses, one of them being test-...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Los Angeles Unified School District, Examinations, School Examinations
May 7, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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