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Kaplan adapts Finsia teaching model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Kaplan also plans to offer a wider range of subject options, drawing on courses taught overseas. Kaplan is part of the Washington Post Company and operates in nine countries. It operates 76 vocationally-oriented higher education institutions offering ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... that the credit crunch and housing recession have clearly spilled over into the broader US economy. In a speech in Washington, Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chief said, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical ...

Blood and Gore fund sustainable

... global and public equities with a concentrated portfolio of 30 to 50 companies. The group has offices in London and Washington with plans to open an office in Melbourne next year. Michelle Baltazar

Finsia sells education to focus on member services

... concentrate on providing enhanced membership services. Kaplan Inc, a global education services provider owned by The Washington Post, is to buy Finsia Education, subject to a membership vote, for $36 million. The deal comes less than a year after Kaplan ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... vacancies data for the February quarter. On the corporate front, Brickworks Ltd releases half year results as does Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd. The Australian stock market closed in negative territory yesterday, with the big banks and miners ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... to 15 years and without a reservation policy local consumers may be forced to pay international market prices. The Washington based World Bank has suggested that the use of workers from the Pacific islands for unskilled seasonal jobs would benefit Australia ...

IFM open for business in London

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
... formerly head of project finance at RWE Thames Water and a former employee of the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC, will take on the infrastructure role working together with temporary head of the London office, investment manager for ...

Tribeca joins The Washington Post

... education services provider Tribeca have given the nod to the group's acquisition by US-based Kaplan, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, for around $56 million. The proposed acquisition was flagged early December last year with the $55 million ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... up by 1.5 per cent. The weak report has revived expectations of a Fed pause next month. Another weak report. The ABC/Washington Post consumer comfort index fell to a six-month low of minus 18 in the week ending May 21. Personal finance fell by 4 points ...

Daily Economic Update

... the country breakdown of the surplus was not available. Chinese president Hu Jintao and President Bush will meet in Washington on 20 April where currency valuation, Chinese imports, intellectual piracy and protectionism are certain to be some of the ...