Providing examples, Bloomberg Philanthropies' event site points to partnerships with civic tech groups to map neighborhood problems and to projects that use crowdsourcing for resident feedback. The award follows increased activity around Bloomberg Philanthrophies' What Works Cities program,
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The State-funded company will continue operating its VNPT Vinaphone Corporation as an independent accounting unit while shaking up some affiliates to improve their efficiency, such as merging the Post Materials Joint Stock Company into Cokyvina Joint Stock Company, merging the KASATI Joint
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Miller, a certified public accountant, said the Oklahoma State Department of Education does not require school districts to include fixed assets with financial statements. But because the audit applies criteria established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, or GASB, which requires fixed
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Officials from the U.S. and South Korea said further talks were needed to revise their free-trade pact, a negotiation straining ties between the allies as they grapple with Kim Jong Un's growing nuclear-weapons threat. The U.S. presented proposals to improve auto exports and lift trade barriers during a
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Zambia has recorded 2,148 cases of cholera countrywide since October 2017, with Lusaka, the capital accounting for 2,091 of the cases. … the Ministry of Health, cumulative cholera cases have now reached 2,148 countrywide, with the country's capital accounting for 2,091 of the cases and 51 deaths.
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