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Welcome to NEDRA's Industry News blog, where we feature news articles and other items of interest to the research community, curated by the NEDRA News Editor-In-Chief. We hope these selections will be of interest to you - and encourage you to share your thoughts and comments here!

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  • Tue, September 25, 2012 1:06 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Fittingly, the 30th anniversary edition of Forbes’ annual ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans focused strongly on philanthropy – or more accurately, on the power that great fortunes have to support the public good outside of commercial ventures and government policy.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomwatson/2012/09/23/with-charity-for-all-big-philanthropy-and-the-challenge-of-democracy/
  • Tue, September 25, 2012 1:05 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Built on the global World Wealth Report, the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2012 from Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management looks at the behavior of HNWIs in 10 core markets: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

    http://www.capgemini.com/insights-and-resources/by-publication/asiapacific-wealth-report-2012--english-version/?ftcnt=10120
  • Sun, September 23, 2012 5:18 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    “Are we naturally prone to selfishness, behaving altruistically only through slow acts of self-control? Or do we intuitively reveal our better angels, giving way to self-interest as we take time to think?”

    nonprofitquarterly.org/management/21036-quick-give-money-slow-vs-fast-decisions-affect-level-of-charity.html
  • Sun, September 23, 2012 5:18 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    A new study released by the National Conference on Citizenship titled “Civic Health and Unemployment II: The Case Builds” suggests that the presence of an organized nonprofit sector is linked to a lower level of local unemployment.

    http://nonprofitquarterly.org/management/21003-study-presence-of-nonprofits-linked-to-lower-unemployment.html
  • Sun, September 23, 2012 5:17 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    The unanimous decision reversed a ruling by a lower court in March that had sent scores of tax-exempt groups scrambling for ways to protect their donors' names and continue to run ads ahead of the November 6 presidential and congressional elections.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/18/us-usa-politics-disclosure-idUSBRE88H0TB20120918
  • Fri, September 21, 2012 6:50 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Ten major American and European pharmaceutical firms announced Wednesday that they are joining forces on a nonprofit effort to speed the development of new drugs, Reuters reports.

    http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/drug-giants-launch-nonprofit-to-speed-new-treatments/54076
  • Fri, September 21, 2012 6:49 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    The global economic crisis has proven to be a call to action for the world’s wealthiest.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianaserafin/2012/09/19/worlds-wealthiest-transform-philanthropy/
  • Fri, September 21, 2012 6:48 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Every year a select group of entrepreneurs and business people upset the status quo. Whether their source of wealth is a hot startup like Nasty Gal or Instagram, or savvy leadership at a hedge fund, we deem them each likely to join the future ranks of The Forbes 400. And in a special twist this year, we are also highlighting some of philanthropy’s up-and-coming faces: the heirs and self-made rich who are using their money for good in distinctive and innovative ways.

    http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/forbes-400/ones-to-watch/0917_ones-to-watch.html
  • Fri, September 21, 2012 2:03 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    ...we took our top 30 full-time B-schools that have a “name” on them, found the year and amount of each naming gift, and then turned to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics to find each gift’s value in terms of today’s dollar.

    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-14/whats-in-a-name-for-b-schools-millions

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