• He and the board members assembled a lay staff with a broad skill set, he said, including businessmen, educators and public relations experts who could share ideas about everything from fund-raising strategies to curriculum standards.

    WSJ: Archdiocese Alters Course on Schools

  • "Republicans came in smartly and spent a whole lot of money calling me a liar, " Baesler said, taking a break from making fund-raising calls in his downtown Lexington office.

    CNN: Bitter U.S. House battle in Kentucky horse country

  • Republicans say Clinton is pushing campaign-finance reform in an attempt to change the subject from the ongoing fund-raising controversy, which in recent weeks has focused on him, with Attorney General Janet Reno considering the need for an independent counsel.

    CNN: Clinton Touts New Economic Numbers

  • The winning entry included highlights from his ten-town fund raising tour for Children's Hospice South West and coverage of a campaign to help a woman from Falmouth who suffered from agoraphobia.

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  • Barack Obama, Edwards has eschewed fund-raising from lobbyists or Political Action Committees (PACs) during the 2008 campaign.

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  • To fill the gap, experts in innovative fund-raising from Britain are much in demand on the continent.

    BBC: Moolah maestro, please

  • Universities are spending more on fund-raising from past students and philanthropists, and employing more staff to work on it, the research suggests.

    BBC: Record philanthropic fund-raising for UK universities

  • The man who was originally the leading Democratic contender for governor, the mayor of Honolulu, dropped out of the election after an investigation of his fund-raising from supporters in the construction industry.

    ECONOMIST: The elections in Hawaii

  • The map shows a congested swath of fund-raising activity from the Mid-Atlantic to New England.

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  • In tracking this information, the FEC has compiled fund-raising data from the 19 people who have officially declared their candidacies.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Vice President Al Gore has come under intense criticism in recent days for making direct fund-raising calls from his White House office.

    CNN: Republicans Pressure Reno For Independent Counsel

  • This has made investors shy away from the industry, delaying fund-raising plans.

    WSJ: Maran to Buy Additional 5% Stake in SpiceJet

  • Ms Holder said that because the event was free most of the revenue needed to meet its considerable up-front costs depended on getting in money from sponsorships, donations and fund-raising activities before the air show weekend.

    BBC: Folkestone Airshow cancelled due to insufficient funds

  • If Clinton did make fund-raising calls from the White House it might be illegal, or not, depending on whether the calls were made from the Oval Office or the residence and depending on which legal authority you consult.

    CNN: Senate Panel Grants Witness Immunity

  • McCain has been forced to spend time away from Florida, raising money though, while Romney can partially fund his campaign from his own pocket.

    NPR: GOP Hopefuls Push Tax Cuts at Florida Debate

  • Their alleged misdeeds, revealed by Senator Thompson's hearings, include making fund-raising phone calls from the White House.

    ECONOMIST: All aboard for campaign finance reform!

  • Volunteers took it in turns to act as postmistress in the temporary post office, each donating their salary from the post office to the fund-raising effort.

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  • Some of the NRA's fund-raising comes directly from gun sales.

    ECONOMIST: Despite legislative victories, the NRA is under pressure

  • Investors are pressing buy-out firms to deploy that money, so they can start generating returns, and in the meantime are refraining from pledging more capital, making fund-raising for private-equity firms a struggle.

    ECONOMIST: Back in business but not back to normal

  • So far that has included a call by state legislators to ban Moore-style fund-raising, claims from the state employees' association that the story raised "troubling questions" and editorials in North Carolina's two largest newspapers calling for Moore to stop taking money from fund managers.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Through alumni organisations, graduates are also encouraged to stay in contact with the school itself, assisting with anything from the vetting of prospective new students to fund raising for new facilities.

    CNN: Network a valued study by-product

  • "While the Chamber applauds extension of AMT relief, it strongly opposes raising taxes to fund relief from a tax that was never intended as a revenue raiser, " the business group's top lobbyist, Bruce Josten, said in a letter sent to member of the House of Representatives Wednesday, in reference to the bill that would temporarily curb the tax.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • She has drawn heavy backing from EMILY's List, a national fund-raising network that supports Democratic women who back abortion rights.

    CNN: Dingell survives Michigan primary

  • Plans include raising a larger, second fund from current and new investors and opening satellite offices in places like China and Latin America over the next 12 to 24 months.

    FORBES: BlackBerry Fund Says Developers ��Extremely Excited�� About PlayBook

  • In fact, there are 624bn of them - which, on my calculation, is the sterling value of gilt sales, or fund-raising by the government, needed from 2012 to 2016.

    BBC: Would euro solution be costly for Treasury?

  • After the moneymen, the next constituency to woo were the heavyweights who really control the Republican Party these days--the Governors, with their early-warning systems and their fund-raising networks and their serene distance from the party in Congress.

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  • So does the wall-to-wall fund-raising that calls for physical prowess ranging from gladhanding and backslapping to buttonholing and you-know-what-kissing.

    FORBES: Why The U.S. Presidential Campaign Should Be More Like the Olympics

  • But it has met with a blast of criticism, not least from other investors who had hoped to take part in fund-raising.

    ECONOMIST: Face value

  • Cyprus took significant steps toward cementing a new plan Friday night, when its lawmakers approved nine bills, including three crucial ones that will restructure ailing banks, restrict financial transactions in emergencies and set up a "solidarity fund" that will act as the vehicle for raising funds from investments and contributions.

    NPR: Cyprus Locked In Tough Talks As Deadline Looms

  • But patronage gave way to fund-raising, and the Cabinet position with political clout shifted from postmaster general to commerce secretary.

    CNN: Clinton Follows A Tradition With Daley's Appointment

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