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- LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com for $1.5B http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/09/linkedin-to-buy-online-education-site-lynda-com-for-1-5-billion/ 147 comments
- Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux; spreading Linux FUD...again http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10346669-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 9 comments technology
- Education: Crypto Can't Free People if They Don’t Know How to Buy it https://beincrypto.com/education-crypto-free-people-dont-know-buy/ 42 comments cryptocurrency
- Wealthy and Highly Educated Investors Are Buying Two Altcoins (XRP and ETH) Over Bitcoin, According to Bank for International Settlements https://dailyhodl.com/2021/07/03/wealthy-and-highly-educated-investors-are-buying-two-altcoins-over-bitcoin-according-to-bank-for-international-settlements/ 35 comments cryptocurrency
- Amsterdam to buy debts of young adults in order to help them get jobs and pursue higher education https://www.newsweek.com/amsterdam-buy-debts-young-adults-order-help-them-get-jobs-pursue-higher-education-1482872 21 comments worldnews
- Sadio Mané: “Why would I want 10 Ferraris, 20 watches or 2 planes? I survived hard times, played football bare-footed,did not have an education. Today I can help my people- build schools,stadiums and buy clothes & food. I prefer my people receive some of what life has given me” https://www.sensivel-mente.com/para-que-eu-quero-10-ferraris-20-relogios-ou-2-avioes-o-que-devo-fazer-pelo-meu-mundo-sadio-mane/ 44 comments soccer
- US education head Betsy DeVos said to mull letting schools buy guns https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/us-education-head-betsy-devos-said-to-mull-letting-schools-buy-guns-20180823-p4zzal.html 3 comments nottheonion
- US education head Betsy DeVos said to mull letting schools buy guns https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/us-education-head-betsy-devos-said-to-mull-letting-schools-buy-guns-20180823-p4zzal.html 20 comments politics
- Millennials don't earn as much, pay more for higher education, & put off home buying longer vs. Americans of same ages in 1977 https://gazette.com/millennials-really-do-have-it-tougher-compared-to/article_3776122e-952e-11e8-be6e-0bca78326da0.html 28 comments economy
- Money Cannot Buy Excellence in Education But Jio's 'Eminence' Tag is Worth Crores https://thewire.in/education/relince-jio-institute-of-eminence-monetised 13 comments india
- What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education — sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/10/rich-people-prefer-grey-poupon-white-people-own-pets-data-behind-cultural-divide/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cfcc11e43e53 13 comments politics
- Was there someone back in the 18th century that pretended to buy Africans as "slaves" but actually helped them escape, have a nice home or an education? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/8okfy4/was_there_someone_back_in_the_18th_century_that/ 12 comments history
- Don’t hold all of your tokens on exchanges. Buy Education tokens on exchanges and then transfer them to your ERC20 wallet. https://medium.com/edu-coins/how-to-buy-education-tokens-ledu-2a138c53e8ae 7 comments ethereum
- Renting vs. buying a home. Taking care of parents. Educator. So many things, so little information https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6m47hf/renting_vs_buying_a_home_taking_care_of_parents/ 9 comments personalfinance
- While advertisers flee ‘The O’Reilly Factor,’ John Oliver wants to buy airtime — to educate Trump on sexual harassment https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/10/while-advertisers-flee-the-oreilly-factor-john-oliver-wants-to-buy-airtime-to-educate-trump-on-sexual-harassment/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-oliver%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.eb332ae4f4f6 26 comments politics
- LinkedIn To Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com For $1.5 Billion http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/09/linkedin-to-buy-online-education-site-lynda-com-for-1-5-billion/ 65 comments business
- The Underpriviledged 'Ghosts' Haunting French Universities - Young people sign up for higher education solely for scholarship money, while officials turn a blind eye to those permanently absent from class. Is this a twisted way to buy social peace? http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-underpriviledged-039-ghosts-039-haunting-french-universities/university-benefits-grants-school-system-education/c3s12150/ 4 comments worldevents
- Even if you are not stuck with a 9.25% interest rate, and even if you manage to graduate, a college education is the riskiest investment a person can make right now. Worse than buying a house. http://rabble.ca/news/2012/06/student-protests-and-mirror-its-held-all-us 28 comments economy
- U.S. to help Israel buy four more Iron Dome anti-missile systems.....As it also guts funding for Social Security, Medicare, Education, and NASA http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-to-help-israel-buy-four-more-iron-dome-anti-missile-systems-1.364065 49 comments politics
- Fox News not happy with limited moron market of geezers, buys education company to indoctrinate schoolchildren http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-news-corp-technology-company.html 3 comments politics
- Hey remember those new revisionist textbooks that they wrote in Texas? Yeah well the state of Texas can't afford to buy them because the Republican Gov. refuses to take federal aid for education. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8592693 3 comments politics
- PBS is airing a public-service-type series to educate people on money. Covers everything from saving to buying insurance. Something like this should be shown in every high school in America. (It's also hosted by Turk from Scrubs.) http://www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money/ 8 comments reddit.com
- Peter Schiff's challenge: If you can educate me and convince me, I'll start buying Bitcoin https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bfeature=youtu.be&%3Bt=3893&v=rMZdRa5sccc 13 comments btc
- Byju’s buys Osmo for $120M to add blended learning to its $4B digital education business https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/16/byjus-buys-osmo-for-120m/ 20 comments india
- Allegri on De Laurentiis saying that a referee had been ‘bad & not neutral’ to Napoli: “It’s not nice or elegant to say some statements. The referees in Italy are some of the best. More education is needed, but you can’t just buy it. Directors here talk too much. Italy will never improve” https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/furious-allegri-hits-back-at-de-laurentiis-you-can-t-buy-educati-34071 20 comments soccer
- Midterm election: What Americans could have bought instead of a $4 billion election. That kind of money could also buy 25 F-18 fighter jets, pay for more than 12,000 students' K-12 education and have enough left over to produce a summer blockbuster. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/01/politics/4-billion-expensive-election/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 6 comments politics
- Buying Influence? More than 100 expense-paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2-year period sponsored by conservative foundations (Koch, Searle) and multinational corporations like ExxonMobil, Pfizer and BP. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/03/28/12368/corporations-pro-business-nonprofits-foot-bill-judicial-seminars?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email 26 comments politics
- Department of education buys guns, and has a police force to conduct SWAT-like raids on people... for student loan fraud. http://www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/aim_of_swat-like_raid_was_student-aid_fraud_education_dept._given_police_po/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 60 comments politics
- "We are calling it "cash" in our app. A millionth of a BCH. 0.01234567 BCH 12,345 cash People don't understand they can buy less than a whole unit. If you have to educate and explain, your system is flawed."~Alex Agut https://twitter.com/apascualagut/status/940907889908244480 7 comments btc
- Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? (2006) When a 73-year-old former truck driver with an eighth grade education buys a thrift shop painting for five dollars, she has no idea that it would pit her against the highest and mightiest denizens of the art world [1:13:58] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFD-I7M7K8 56 comments documentaries
- Rape-Accused Indian God-man buys an island off the coast of Ecuador and makes his own country with free food, education and healthcare. https://www.thequint.com/news/india/nityananda-kailaasa-island-nation-hindu-website-country-godman-rape-accused 3 comments worldnews
- Can anyone explain why the US senate was so divided over Betsy DeVos? It seemed as though the people were unanimous in wanting to keep her out of the Education Secretary position. How then, other than buying the votes, is it possible that we have someone so seemingly unqualified in this chair now? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/08/power-betsy-devos-education-secretary/97662132/ 9 comments politics
- I purchased some Raspberry Pis for my 9th grade Computer Science class at an Oakland Public school. The students loved using them so much that I am trying to buy three more and some accessories. Help support fun and engaging CS education in Oakland. Anything helps! Thank you in advance! https://www.donorschoose.org/project/back-by-popular-demand-additional-raspb/2427098/?challengeid=20887498&givingCartId=5497897&rf=page-siteshare-2017-01-project-teacher_4141261 11 comments raspberry_pi
- Florida Education Commissioner responds to request from scientists to have pro-creationism parts of a textbook removed before the state will buy it. He agreed. Chalk up one for science. http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-national/pro-creationism-tripe-to-be-cut-from-florida-science-textbooks?cid=examiner-email 451 comments science
- Can someone give an educated argument why you cannot buy The Pill over the counter? Think of the cost savings to the system by allowing woman to purchase contraceptives over the counter. http://www.health2009.com/alternative-medicine/25465.html 9 comments reddit.com
- I will create a new stablecoin project called VCcoin, it will be huuge. Please let's get people educated how to check what they are buying. Add additional advices in the comments. https://www.huobi.com/learn/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Token-distribution.png 20 comments cryptocurrency
- An increasing number of Hong Kong residents are looking to buy homes in Singapore and enrol their children in schools there, according to property agents and educators, amid the deepening political crisis over the city’s now-suspended extradition bill. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3020314/singapore-back-play-more-hongkongers-consider-migrating-due 45 comments worldnews
- "[T]oday's increasingly career-focused students mostly aren't buying the idea that a liberal arts education is good value, and many small liberal arts colleges are struggling. The survivors are shedding their liberal arts identity, if not the label." http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/liberal-arts-colleges-forced-to-evolve-with-market-4155447.php 7 comments politics
- 27/m 40k in savings, no debt, no college education, worth wild credentials in field of expertise...and no credit (have only ever paid with cash for large purchases) How does one buy a home? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4wgjrc/27m_40k_in_savings_no_debt_no_college_education/ 10 comments personalfinance
- Education for Profit in Detroit: Market forces have descended upon the Detroit public school system to buy out bodies they consider disposable, from communities they consider uneducated, and the principle contractor seeks to eradicate its main competitor, Detroit Public Schools. http://truth-out.org/news/item/12790-education-for-profit-in-detroit-the-buying-and-selling-of-failing-children 3 comments politics
