Taxpayers Lose $2.3 Billion with CIT Bankruptcy

ProPublica 2 weeks ago Region: United States

CIT filed for bankruptcy protection [1] on Sunday, and part of its plan to heal itself is wiping out the taxpayers’ $2.33 billion stake [2] in the company.  CIT, which specializes in lending to small and midsiz... more

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Graduate Program Wages Too Little To Live On, Say Hong Kong Students

Jane ZHANG 8 months ago Region: Hong Kong

The government of Hong Kong recently launched the Hong Kong University Graduate Internship Program, meant to encourage businesses to hire recent grads in the city.  In the program, every graduate receives a minimum wa... more

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Three Little Words: I Screwed Up

Maryglyon 9 months ago Region: United States

“I screwed up.” Sounds like a simple, ordinary, and harmless little thing to admit, unless of course you’re the President of the United States. We haven’t heard the likes of this in at least eig... more

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Wall Street Losses Could Mean Big Gains for Students

Jennifer O'Neill 10 months ago Region: New York

Wall Street Exodus Amid market volatility, many professionals who have been uprooted from their jobs find themselves pursing unexpected career paths such as teaching, hoping to find stability and fulfillment. A sudden... more

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Nepali Children- Working with Radio

Mukunda Nepal 12 months ago Region: Nepal

 Nepali Children working on the production of a Nepali radio program named 'Kheldai Sikdai', produced by Equal Access Nepal. Equal Access Nepal is producing Early Childhood Development themed radio program for last fo... more

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Indian Research Council Will Engage Students for Generic Drug Research

Santosh Kumar Agarwal a year ago Region: India

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in India has just launched an ambitious program to discover new drugs against problem diseases such as tuberculosis, kala-ajar, malaria and dengue. Under the name &l... more

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Diet for Fat Loss Program

Nick Mutt a year ago Region: India

A fat loss program is fruitful only when it consist a sensible planned diet and regular workout. The diet for fat loss should contain adequate nutrients our body needs. It should be such that it maintains the balance betwe... more

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Mexican Trucks Will Continue To Roll Across the U.S.

Betty McMahon a year ago Region: Mexico

The carnage on the roads that was expected by many when last year's Bush administration pilot program allowed Mexican long-haul truckers to haul cargo into the U.S. has failed to materialize. That program allowed 100 Mexic... more

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Video: World Water Day

Global Voices a year ago Region: Niger

by Juliana Rincón Parra We have the Amman Imman: Water is Life program which strives to bring permanent sources of water to one of the most impoverished regions in the world. Their work is focused on the Azawak Val... more

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Cash for clunkers

Christine Lynch 3 months ago Region: United States

The ever popular cash for clunkers program that started quit sometime ago was showing concern earlier this week about the program ending because of running out of money. Cash for clunkers is a program started by the gover... more

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