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After falling off during the recession, donations to institutions of higher learning in 2010 recovered to the level they reached in 2006, but after adjusting for inflation, giving was still 8% lower than in that year, according to the Voluntary Support of Education survey.

How can you tell if a CEO is lying? Stanford researchers have sifted through thousands of corporate conference-call transcripts to come up with some telltale signs that chief executives may be exaggerating their companies' prospects.

You don't have to wait until after graduation to be your own boss or run a successful business -- there are plenty of college entrepreneurs to prove it. A good idea is a good idea at any age, and quite a few scientific studies have shown that youth correlates with creativity. As such, Money College...

Yale University's endowment is the second largest in the United States and it took a major hit in the last year. The interesting thing is that for years, Yale's chief investment officer, David Swensen, was widely respected as an investment guru. Unfortunately, the trendy touchstones of his...

Someone needs to remind R. Allen Stanford that he isn't rich any more. Getting ready to stand trial for a variety of hefty charges, he wanted a strong attorney, particularly Robert Luskin, the Washington-based legal guru who represented Karl Rove. Instead, he's been appointed a federal public...

R. Allen Stanford could spend a year in jail after U.S. District Judge David Hittner revoked his bail because he believes Stanford is a flight risk. While his trial is scheduled for August 25, his attorney believes it will take a year to prepare for trial. That means, if his attorney is not...

Sir Robert Allen Stanford, not exactly a name that one would associate with a Ponzi scheme. However, the financier and philanthropist has been charged with fraud for operating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme - which has stretched across continents and social classes. Stanford has spent the past week in...

British newspapers and the BBC are reporting that Allen Stanford may have avoided scrutiny of his bank in Antigua because he was a drug informant for American anti-drug agents. Stanford's assets have been frozen as part of an investigation into an alleged $8 billion fraud related to the sale of...

While Bernie Madoff focused on the exclusivity of his investment opportunity, R. Allen Standford built his financial empire with hard-sell sales tactics and incredible employee incentives. His "business" grew from just a half-dozen offices in 2004 to more than 20 in 2008. Financial advisers earned...

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance this week on losses sustained by investors involved in Ponzi schemes like the ones allegedly run by Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford. In prior years, investors would have been reporting earnings and gains on their investments in these schemes. Now it's...