On the same basis, the funded status is 60% for CalSTRS and 72% for UCRP.

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Aggregate funded status at the 100 largest pensions of U.S. publicly-traded companies fell from 79% at year end 2011 to 77% at year-end 2012, according to a Towers Watson report, TW Pension 100, released today.

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Created last year, it is well funded by businessmen eager to maintain the status quo.

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The school was awarded free school status, which means it is funded directly from central government, in July last year.

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Traditional system integrators and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) are insulated from commercial IT innovations and vested in the status quo.

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In other state-funded schools, people employed as teachers have to have passed the relevant qualification - known as Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

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Poor, and likely poorly funded, marketing can really kill the chances of an otherwise great movie from making it to top tier status.

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