Foundation Approves $290 Million in Grants to Support Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching; Also Announces $45 Million for Measures of Effective Teaching Research Project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will invest $335 million to support effective teaching as a means to ensure all students receive the education they need to succeed [...]

New Children’s Media Company, A Squared, Joins with AOL to Create and Distribute Premium Brands for Kids Introduced Online
A Squared Entertainment LLC, a new children’s media company formed by industry and marketing veterans Andy Heyward (Co-President) and Amy Moynihan (Co-President), has teamed up with AOL to unveil a new slate of purpose-driven entertainment brands [...]

eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) sellers and buyers gave a record $36 million to U.S. nonprofit organizations in 2008 through eBay Giving Works, which makes it easy to donate to nearly 15,000 organizations across the country while on eBay. Donations were up almost 20 percent in 2008, with nearly 1.5 million people supporting their favorite causes.
“The eBay [...]

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell $5 billion of perpetual preferred stock to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. in a private offering. The preferred stock has a dividend of 10 percent and is callable at any time at a 10 percent premium. In conjunction with this [...]