November 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Cash-strapped colleges seem to take every opportunity to rustle up funding from donors for naming rights – College of the Desert recently named two buildings after two different donors, and City College of San Francisco even attempted in 2009 to get donors to sponsor individual classes. ...
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October 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
How much online advertising is too much? That’s one of the questions before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it finalizes regulations to let companies to raise money from investors through crowdfunding. The advertising regulations are one of a slew of issues the SEC...
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August 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
Several California community college districts have sold bonds that allow them to put off payments for up to 40 years, causing the total repayment to cost taxpayers from five to nine times the principal. Poway Unified School District made headlines this month for issuing a bond for $108...
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August 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
Last year, the state made a deal with Californians who had overdue traffic tickets. They would only owe half the fines and fees if they paid off their debts between January and June of this year. In exchange, the state would share the money collected with local governments and trial courts....
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July 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
In an apparent about-face, the Peninsula Health Care District has approved $4.6 million in funding for a San Mateo County program that provides health care for uninsured, low-income adults. The move follows a Bay Citizen investigation in March, which found that the taxpayer-...
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