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...extension of a bricks-and-mortar institution or at an online-only school. Although the latter category is populated mostly by for-profit companies, WGU stands out as a nonprofit funded mainly by tuition and the $20 million in seed money supplied by those 19 governors. To help bolster its reputation, the school obtained accreditation from both regional standard bearers and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the professional body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for certifying teacher-preparation programs. (WGU remains the only online institution that has NCATE's seal of approval.) Such moves...
Indeed, the more experienced members of the Crimson know that, while individual efforts can bolster a title run, team success hinges on consistent performance...
...Friday, U.S. unemployment hit a 14-year high and yet plenty of stocks rallied, with the Dow Industrials ending up nearly 250 points. On Monday, news of China's $586 billion stimulus package, a colossus of a program tha t should bolster the global economy, was washed away amid more company-specific concerns like the fate of G.M. It almost feels as though investors are once again paying attention to the underlying value of individual stocks, and aren't simply being swayed by broader economic news: bailouts, oil prices, hedge-fund liquidation, data pointing to recession...
...felt the need to personally reaffirm our commitment to the success of Marina Bay Sands." Apart from announcing that executives from Las Vegas Sands had met with officials from the Singapore government over the last week, however, the statement did not specify what steps are being taken to bolster the finances of his company or its Marina Bay project...
...billion next year. Sweden's Swedbank, which not long ago earned a fifth of its profits from the Baltic region, has seen its stock price halve in the past year over fears of exposure to bad loans, and on Oct. 27 it announced a $1.5 billion rights issue to bolster its finances. Two days later Austria's Erste Bank turned to the state for $3.5 billion, in part because of problems with its banking operations in Eastern Europe. In addition to Ukraine and Hungary, which holds high levels of debt in foreign currencies, Bulgaria, Romania and the Baltic states have...