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The 12th annual "rich list" placed David Tepper, founder of the New Jersey-based Appaloosa Management, atop its ranking.

money.cnn.com/2013/04/15/investing/top-hedge-fund-managers/index.html?section=money_topstoriesr

Below are results of the 2012-13 Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey by Discipline, Rank and Tenure Status in Four-Year Colleges and Universities conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).

www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=24

Below are results of the 2012-13 Administrators in Higher Education Salary Survey conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).

www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=22

Below are results of the 2012-13 Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey for Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty and Researchers at Four-Year Institutions conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).

www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=25

Results of the 2012-13 Professionals in Higher Education Salary Survey (formerly the Mid-Level Administrative & Professional Salary Survey) conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).

www.higheredjobs.com/salary/salaryDisplay.cfm?SurveyID=23

One of the most surprising, and perhaps confounding, facts of charity in America is that the people who can least afford to give are the ones who donate the greatest percentage of their income.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/why-the-rich-dont-give/309254/

Americans have gotten poorer over the past decade. The median net worth of American households came in at $68,828 in 2011, down from $81,821 in 2000 (in inflation-adjusted dollars) and far below the peak of $108,585 in 2005, according to recently released Census Bureau stats.

http://economy.money.cnn.com/2013/03/22/american-householdwealth/?section=money_topstories

I have a vision of how suitors decide how much to offer for a start-up they want to buy. Several executives go into a conference room. Each scribbles a number on a piece of paper and places it in a hat. Then the chief executive pulls out a number, and there it is.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/how-deal-makers-put-a-value-on-start-ups-disruptions/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130408

We all recognize that without support from the private sector, many of the public programs in the arts, health and education — which we take for granted — would not exist. That same spirit should extend to Big Data.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/a_new_type_of_philanthropy_don.html

Philanthropy is the flavor of the month in India: Wipro chairman Azim Premji recently became the first person in the country to sign up for the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world's richest people to dedicate the majority of their wealth to charity.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4727