The New Politics Of Pot: CAN IT GO LEGIT?
enemies as if he were Tupac Shakur. The czar has a problem with billionaire philanthropists George Soros, Peter Lewis and John Sperling, who have bankrolled the pro-pot movement, and he wants everyone...
View ArticleWill Colorado Legalize Pot?
opinion at its back. The Colorado measure is polling ahead, but not comfortably so: A poll commissioned by the University of Denver and released over the weekend found 50 percent of Coloradans in favor...
View ArticleCorporate U: Higher ed the Bain way, part 1
stadiums, bus wraps, subway stations, magazine covers, TV screens and public urinal ads. Hell, our local NFL team, the Arizona Cardinals, plays at the University of Phoenix Stadium—no peewee sign in...
View ArticleA pot-loving billionaire joins the Giving Pledge
its sale legalized. His compatriots in that drive have sometimes included investor George Soros and University of Phoenix founder John Sperling (neither a member of the Giving Pledge). But this year...
View ArticleA pot-loving billionaire joins the Giving Pledge
-- In September, the number of signers of the Giving Pledge (founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates) grew by 11, to a new total of 92. That's impressive—92 billionaires each promising...
View ArticleUniversity of Phoenix’ plot to corner the cheap education market
needs by providing affordable, career-oriented, four-year degrees. Beginning in 2005, the University of Phoenix lobbied Arizona state lawmakers against the degree programs, arguing that they would cost...
View ArticleAfter-Hours Buzz: ADBE, PAY & More
Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Thursday: Adobe Systems - The software company posted earnings of 61 cents a share, excluding one-time items, on revenue of $1.15 billion,...
View ArticleA Renewed Value Proposition For U.S. Education Companies
in the 1970s, Apollo Group, Inc. founder, John Sperling, pioneered an unprecedented growth of the for-profit education industry in the United States, from a sleepy group of privately owned trade...
View ArticleAre You Better Than a Billionaire?
Did you make money in the stock market last year? Do you think you beat some billionaires? Well, if you earned double digit returns in 2012, you would have beaten a few. And, if you kept pace with...
View ArticleFormer Forbes 400 Member John Sperling, University of Phoenix Founder, Dies...
Armed with a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, Sperling founded for-profit University of Phoenix, part of publicly traded Apollo Education Group.
View ArticleAn Inside Look At The Biggest Drug Reformer In The Country: George Soros
George Soros's foundation has donated about $200 million to global drug reform since 1994.
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