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Public-private partnerships: the new model for infrastructure
There's a P3 in your future. Maryland is poised to join 34 states and key federal agencies in transforming the way government works. The new mantra, "P3," is shorthand for public-private partnerships. Maryland's P3 legislation, championed by Lt. Gov....
Tags: Executive Branch, Port of Baltimore, Finance, Barack Obama, Company Privatization
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Ehrlich should clarify his Chávez comments
I teach at Towson University in the College of Liberal Arts, where it is part of our core mission to help students develop their critical thinking abilities — a skills platform essential for career advancement. One key skill is finding the best...
Tags: Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Government, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: Laureate Education Inc., Economic Organization, Retraining, International Finance Corporation, International Organizations
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Hopkins team creates device to screen for anemia
Every year, health organizations spend millions in the developing world attacking the iron-deficiency disorder known as anemia. They pay special attention to pregnant women, a population highly vulnerable to the disease.
Every year, though, 115,000 of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Students, Biotechnology, Anemia
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Marriage over telephone valid, Maryland court rules
Noel Tshiani wasn't at his wedding — he listened by phone in another country to the ceremony in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to court records — but he's just as married as if he'd stood at his bride's side. And soon, he'll be...Tags: Divorce, Amazon.com Inc., Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Romney was right about culture and prosperity
One of the few things Americans on both sides of the partisan divide can agree on is that this election is shaping up to be vexingly petty. The hunt for gaffes -- some real, many imagined -- has taken over. Mitt Romney's recent overseas tour, we are told,...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Israel, Culture, Civil Rights, Cultural Development
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Elkridge: Episcopal church members ready to 'Walk Across the Diocese'
Elkridge resident Rita Chelton, would like to invite you on a virtual walk across Maryland! Members of Grace Episcopal Church in Elkridge have strapped on pedometers and started counting their steps as of Sunday, June 3rd as part of the Episcopal...Tags: Christianity, MIVA Incorporated, Ellicott City, Business, Music
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Change the World Bank needs
Few people on the street may be familiar with the World Bank. Yet, it plays a critical role in the U.S. effort to engage the world through its contribution to economic development in poor and post-conflict societies. As current World Bank President...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Finance, Teachers, International Organizations
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Maryland law professor was adviser to Nobel laureate
When University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson was asked to become involved with the Liberian presidential campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he initially declined. But she ultimately won him over, and his efforts helped her become Africa's...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Heads of State, Political Campaigns, Howard University, Civil Rights
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U.S. risks wasting billions more in Afghanistan aid, report says
Baltimore Sun reporterReviewing the multibillion-dollar U.S. aid program in Afghanistan two years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pronounced it a "heartbreaking" failure and promised to make a successful aid program the centerpiece of a revamped strategy to...Tags: Hillary Clinton, NATO, Colleges and Universities, Foreign Aid, Rebellions
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Asian shares reverse losses, capped before Fed meeting
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - European shares edged higher and major currencies and commodities were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve's next policy step. Recent mixed data on the health of the U.S. economic...Tags: Honda Motor Co., Cyprus, Realty, Yahoo! Inc., Chemical Industry
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FEATURE-Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersBy Paul Carsten and Pairat Temphairojana UDON THANI, Thailand, June 17(Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in...Tags: Vietnam, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Thailand, Bangkok (Thailand), Yingluck Shinawatra
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