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Another Education Start-up From India Gets Seed Round From Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

Education start-ups in India seem to be hottest targets right now, going by the kind of funding the…

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Are You An Edupreneur? Here’s How Peer Review Can Earn You Seed Money

Have you ever come across an accelerator programme in India where start-ups are voted by their peer…

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These 2 Peer-selected Start-ups Shared $150K Investment To Boost Low-cost Education

Global education leader Pearson’s inaugural edupreneur programme, jointly launched by Pearson Affor…

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An $8 billion education company is launching a $50 million startup investment fund as an alternative to going all-in on tech acquisitions

Traditionally, early stage investment funds make small bets, early on in a company's life, in hopes…

Megan Hernbroth   


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One of the biggest textbook publishers is tired of not making any money when you buy a used textbook — and wants to explore using NFTs to get a cut

Pearson's CEO Andy Bird told reporters moving to the blockchain and NFTs would allow the textbook p…

Britney Nguyen   


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Uber Has Hired A Law Firm To Review The Company's Privacy Program

Ensuring that we have strong policies and practices in this fast-paced world of technology must be …

Maya Kosoff   


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Everyone going after Valeant is going after the same thing

"...and we fund outside foundations that have multiple donors. Eligibility is determined by the ind…

Linette Lopez   


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Want to give it back to the society? Here’s the right place for you.

Most of the people working at Avanti are IIT graduates and are earning about one-fourth of what the…

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Goldman Sachs forced Valeant's CEO to sell 1.3 million of his shares yesterday

As disclosed in the company's proxy statement filed on April 22, 2014, the company's board permitte…

Linette Lopez,Julia La Roche   


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It looks like education giant Pearson may keep ditching its huge media assets

Pearson could still sell more of its media assets. The company also owns a large minority stake in …

Jonathan Marino   


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Marriages And Businesses Fail For The Same 3 Reasons, Says A Silicon Valley Couples Therapist

"Most couples stop thinking critically about their relationships after the honeymoon stage. After t…

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Springboard raises USD 11 mn from Reach Capital, others

New Delhi, Dec 17 () Springboard, leading online learning platform for workforce upskilling, on Tue…

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Turns out nobody ever really wanted Bill Ackman at Valeant

"It was also clear from the outset that Valeant - not Pershing - would be acquiring Allergan, and t…

Linette Lopez   


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Meet the little-known Harvard spinoff that's standing up to Big Pharma and setting its own price tags for new drugs

ICER often finds that a drug's price is too high, and the group's findings have influenced prices i…

Emma Court   


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A drunk driver worried his brother could get hurt because he had been drinking accidentally ran him down and killed him, reports say

Nathan Pearson accidentally hit and killed his brother while out looking for him after a night of d…

Alia Shoaib   


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We've never seen Wall Street turn on a stock this violently before

The way analysts talked to CEO Mike Pearson Tuesday morning was the same way a parent talks to a te…

Linette Lopez   


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Bill Ackman's plan to save his biggest investment has already been shot down

One thing Pearson said he wouldn't do was pay off debt by selling one of its units, the vision-care…

Linette Lopez   


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A marriage therapist asks couples to do a 2-week exercise before their first session, and it's much harder than it seems

For example, having to stop yourself every time you're about to berate your partner for being annoy…

Shana Lebowitz   


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Valeant really wanted its CEO to stop putting his shares up as collateral for loans

Valeant has adopted a policy generally disallowing future pledges and is permitting Mr. Pearson to …

Linette Lopez