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Gary Parr, Lazard vice chairman, explains why he is concerned about the fate of charitable giving.
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TULSA, Okla., April 27- There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie's mind where the final repository of her famous musician father's legacy would be.
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LONDON, April 25- Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide.
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WASHINGTON, April 24- The Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to confirm former Wal-Mart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell as White House budget director, giving President Barack Obama another negotiator in his dealings with Congress to replace automatic budget cuts and shrink deficits.
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PGA Golfer James Driscoll grew up just outside of Boston and is raising money to benefit those impacted from the marathon bombings. The FMHR trade viewer tweets.
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Buddy Teaster, CEO of Souls4Souls, which distributes used footwear to the needy, and a member of the Young Presidents' Organization member, tells us why Earth Day still matters.
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Stephen Pagliuca, Bain Capital managing director, describes what he witnessed from his office window directly after the Boston Marathon bombing, and talks about the Shamrock Foundation's commitment to raise $200,000 to support the families affected by the tragedy.
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In the highly personal interview, the cable magnate talked about his wealth, his land holdings and the one toy he does enjoy: Barry Diller's yacht.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 11- Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the U.S. needs to fix a "strange" immigration policy that prevents promising but undocumented students from contributing to the country's future and doesn't provide enough visas for foreign workers with advanced skills.
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LONDON, April 11- Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz is suing his former London- based business advisers and a British ex-minister in a battle over Guinea's mineral wealth. Steinmetz and BSGR accuse their own former communications and business advisory firm, FTI Consulting, of breaching its contract with BSGR by colluding with Soros in the alleged campaign.
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LONDON, April 11- Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz is suing his former London- based business advisers and a British ex-minister in a battle over Guinea's mineral wealth. Steinmetz and BSGR accuse their own former communications and business advisory firm, FTI Consulting, of breaching its contract with BSGR by colluding with Soros in the alleged campaign.
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WASHINGTON, April 10- The budget that President Barack Obama unveiled on Wednesday has a long way to go before any part of it becomes law. Most notable is the Obama budget inclusion of cuts to the inflation adjustments that Social Security recipients receive on their benefits annually.
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Leonard Lauder has donated his art collection valued at more than a billion dollars, reports CNBC's Robert Frank.
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Dr. Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, explains what Impact Investing is, and says it's for investors who are looking to have a social impact while also getting some financial returns.
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Soros, a liberal philanthropist who rose to fame as an investor on a big bet against the British pound in 1992, said the sovereign debt crisis was "a tragedy of historic proportions" that only Germany can resolve by allowing for joint bond issuance in the common currency area.
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April 9- Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, is making its biggest push yet to try to improve conditions at factories that produce its clothing after a fire at a Bangladesh factory last year killed 112 people.
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WASHINGTON, April 8- President Barack Obama will put forward on Wednesday a list of detailed proposals to overhaul the U.S. tax code, hoping this time Congress will stir itself to action. The inflation adjustment plan is unlikely to get through Congress on its own.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.
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Workers 45 and older make up a disproportionate share of the long-term unemployed, and they have a hard time finding affordable health insurance.