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Pearson Launches New Investment Fund, With Focus on Tech and Workforce Skills
“Whether it is a student seeking help with math homework, or an adult seeking a master’s degree, we know learners need education that is convenient, flexible and life changing,” Jonathan Chocqueel-Mangan, the chief strategy officer at Pearson, said in a statement. “We also know education will look different in the future, so finding new business models, incorporating emerging technologies into our products and seeking new partners for collaboration is becoming more important than ever.”
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- Education, Investing, Technology
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Viewpoint: Nipsey Hussle’s Lessons For Investors
It’s incredibly tempting to claim Hussle as an impact investor, given the way he spoke so clearly about the critical importance of recycling money into communities for systemic change.
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- Investing
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Workers want those hard-to-find socially responsible investments in their 401(k) plans: Survey
A new survey finds that 61% of workers would increase their retirement savings if they could put their money in socially conscious investments. The same survey also found that just 13% of workers have access to those kinds of impact investments.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Opportunity Zones knocking, but few investors answering the call so far
The breaks are meant to steer money to parts of the country that have long been starved for capital, creating jobs and economic growth.
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S&P is rolling out socially-minded index
S&P Dow Jones Indices will launch an environmental, social and governance version of its S&P 500 Index. The move’s an effort to meet increased investor demand for sustainable-investment vehicles based on U.S. equities.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Winning the War on Poverty
According to recently released data, between 2015 and 2017, Canada reduced its official poverty rate by at least 20 percent. Roughly 825,000 Canadians were lifted out of poverty in those years, giving the country today its lowest poverty rate in history.
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- Finance
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Press release: Forbes To Launch Inaugural Opportunity Zones Summit: Investing For Impact
"The Opportunity Zones initiative is the most ambitious federal attempt to expand economic opportunity in low-income areas in a generation, one that could drive billions of dollars into new private investments in struggling communities over the coming decade,” said John Lettieri, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Economic Innovation Group.
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This startup lets users watch ads to get free mobile service
Instead of paying your cell phone bill in cash, Moolah Mobile lets you pay for your service as you use it, by putting ads on your home screen.
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- Technology
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- North America
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