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PoverUp, which launched in April 2011, was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “11 Coolest College Startups,” and founder Charlie Javice, who is 19, was one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business 2011.” Javice, a student at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton High School editor Diana Drake about building an online network that lets socially minded students learn, connect and invest in microfinance. …

Generation Microfinance: Charlie Javice Believes in the Power of Students to Alleviate Poverty

Ever wonder where the change in your pocket comes from? The U.S. Mint, Federal Reserve and your local bank are all involved in the process. And the U.S. government actually makes money from making money – who knew that a quarter only costs 12.78¢ to make? Chris Donato, a teen from upstate New York, has all these facts and more at his fingertips – along with a lot of coins – as a 2011 Young Numismatist of the Year.…

Where Money Comes From: How Collecting Coins Helps Trim the National Debt

JB King is a director at Ernst & Young, one of the world’s largest professional services firms and one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Big Four handle most of the financial audits for publicly traded companies. But don’t expect to see King accessorizing with a pencil and green plastic visor anytime soon. In this essay, King describes a very different view of life as an employee at a Big Four accounting firm.…

Inside Accounting: ‘There’s Room among the Pencil Pushers for Creative Types Like Me’

At the end of May 2011, one particular business headline referred to both private equity and pepperoni. California Pizza Kitchen, a restaurant chain, agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $470 million – yes, that’s a lot of dough. The students in Christina Feng’s business and entrepreneurship class at Martin Luther King Jr. High School of Arts and Technology in New York City were following this and other deals as they studied the big-money, fast-paced world of mergers and acquisitions – M&A for short. …

Big-Scale Buying and Selling: Dealing in Mergers & Acquisitions

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