'Achievement Gap' Closing Slightly for Young Students in U.S.

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Around 350,000 newly unemployed people signed up for financial assistance last week in the United States, which is one reason that the jobless rate remains stuck at a relatively high 8.2 percent. Some employers say they would hire more people if they

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Two decades ago, India opened up its tightly regulated economy, unleashing a wave of reforms that transformed the country and put it in the league of the world's fastest growing economies. But many consider the job only partially complete and say the