2015年3月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Apple's Tim Cook will give away all his money: Fortune

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 04:27 PM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook shows the new MacBook during an Apple event in San FranciscoFortune magazine cited the head of the world's largest technology corporation as saying he planned to donate his estimated $785 million fortune to charity - after paying for his 10-year-old nephew's college education. "You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change," Cook told the magazine. Fortune estimated Cook's net worth, based on his holdings of Apple stock, at about $120 million. The 54-year-old CEO's revelation in Fortune's lengthy profile of him is an example of the increasingly public philanthropy of the world's richest people.


College students make bracelets to help jailed journalists

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 02:26 PM PDT

This handout photo provided by the Press Uncuffed Campaign shows a bracelet that University of Maryland journalism students are selling emblazoned with the names of journalists imprisoned around the world, to raise money for the cause, and awareness of their plight. The line includes 11 different bracelets, each with the name of a jailed journalist on it. The students are raising money to produce at least 10,000 bracelets. (AP Photo/Press Uncuffed Campaign)COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — University of Maryland journalism students are raising money to launch a line of bracelets emblazoned with the names of journalists imprisoned around the world to raise money for the cause, and awareness of their plight.


The states with the most job openings for college graduates

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:06 AM PDT

GraduationMassachusetts, Delaware, and Washington state provide college graduates with the best odds of landing a job.


A Wealth Building Plan for You: Growing Family Edition

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 06:18 AM PDT

College tuition, retirement and caring for a parent head the list of things you need to set money aside for. Although nothing is technically "free," this is a great benefit to have included in your compensation package, as your retirement contribution is essentially doubling. An individual retirement account, or IRA, is a great way to save for retirement if you are either self-employed, or want to simply bolster your savings. Traditional IRA: With a traditional IRA, you contribute pretax dollars, then pay taxes when you withdraw the money later, like a traditional 401(k).
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