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Helping Teens Get Good Grades in Money Management: A How-To Guide from the FDIC (Popularity:  )
http://www.fdic.gov
For teens, saving money may not be as much fun as spending it, but putting dollars aside for their future and learning how to be smart consumers are still important things to do. Teens have access to more money than ever before thanks to allowances, gifts and, for many, income from jobs. Teens also are becoming more responsible for making decisions about everything from small, everyday purchases to saving for ...
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BP Spill Editorial by Colby College President: Disaster Illustrates Inequities of Dying at Sea vs. Land or Air (Popularity: )
The following is an op-ed by Thomas C. Galligan Jr., president of Colby-Sawyer College:The law ought to be fair, consistent, and up to date. It ought to make people whole for their losses and compensate them for the real damage they suffer. Now, in wrongful death cases on the high seas, it does none of those things but the U.S. Senate currently has a chance to fix this defect and ...
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University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Partners with Peking University to Deliver 2010 China Business Plan Competition in Beijing (Popularity: )
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu
The University of Maryland's leading Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the launch of the 2010 China Business Plan Competition, in partnership with the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing. Students from both universities have the unique opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship and collaborate to come up with business ideas working virtually across continents, then compete together in China ...
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'Jena Six' Incident is the Latest Manifestation of a Society Condemned to Racial Conflict (Popularity: )
http://www.teachingselfmastery.com
The racially fueled incident that brought to life the so-called "Jena Six" began with the seemingly innocuous act of African-American students sitting under a "white tree" on the grounds of Louisiana's Jena High School -- a tree that was considered by white students to be an area "belonging" exclusively to whites. According to Ottawa self-mastery expert Patricia Wall, who specializes in exploring the root causes of behavior, racial conflict and ...
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Immigration Amnesty Would Give Hundreds of Billions in Social Security Money to Illegal Workers (Popularity: )
http://www.seniorsleague.org/
The "Earnings Suspense File" (ESF), used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to track names and Social Security numbers that do not match government records, has tripled over the past decade. The chief cause of growth in the file is unauthorized work by non-citizens, according to SSA Inspector General Patrick P. O'Carroll.Under an immigration amnesty plan, millions of today's illegal workers would be eligible for hundreds of billions in Social ...
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Delegation of the European Union to the United States: Publication of the Results of the EU-wide Stress-testing Exercise (Popularity: )
http://www.eurunion.org/
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission welcome the publication of the results of the EU-wide stress-testing exercise, which was prepared and conducted by the CEBS and national supervisory authorities, in close cooperation with the ECB.We support, in particular, the transparency of this exercise, given the specific market circumstances under which banks currently operate. We therefore welcome the publication of banks' ...
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International Foundation for Electoral Systems Releases Survey on Ukrainian Political Attitudes (Popularity: )
http://www.ifes.org
As Ukraine prepares for the January 2010 presidential elections, the newest survey released today by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) finds that a precipitous decline in satisfaction with socio-political conditions and political elites in the country since the Orange Revolution are driving factors in the presidential race. The survey finds that Viktor Yanukovych of the Party of Regions is likely to receive the most votes in the first ...
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AJC Applauds Convictions and Harsh Sentences for Halimi Killers (Popularity: )
http://www.ajc.org
AJC today applauded a French court for the conviction and sentencing of the gang responsible for the anti-Semitic kidnapping, torture, and murder of a young Jewish man, Ilan Halimi, in 2006. Ringleader Youssouf Fofana received the maximum life sentence with no possibility of parole for 22 years."Justice has been served," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "These thugs kidnapped a Jew because they believed the anti-Semitic myth that all Jews ...
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Illinois First Student Workers Join Teamsters Union (Popularity: )
http://www.teamster.org
School bus drivers and monitors at First Student in Batavia, Illinois, have voted to join the Teamsters Union. The workers joined Teamsters Local 777 seeking improvements in their working conditions, including fair pay, better and more affordable health insurance and fairness on the job. There are 218 workers in the bargaining unit."Over the five years that I've worked here, so much has changed and so much has been taken away ...
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NEWSWEEK POLL: Americans Agree With Iraq Study Group's Recommendations (Popularity: )
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
According to the latest Newsweek Poll, a plurality of Americans, 39 percent, agree with the recommendations set forth by the Iraq Study Group, headed by James Baker and Lee Hamilton. Only 20 percent of Americans polled disagree, and 26 percent said they are not aware of the Group. Sixty-eight percent of Americans polled believe that the United States is losing ground in Iraq, the highest rating ever in the Newsweek ...
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