In addition to the money managers and placement agents doing work for public pension funds, their outside lawyers are increasingly coming under scrutiny, too.

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Mark Dixon, the governor's adviser for education, says that several years ago fewer than half of Alabama's public high schools offered any college-level Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

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Schroer bought private placement shares in the single digits before it went public in May.

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This model combines financial services across three areas: employment placement and career improvement, financial education and coaching, and public benefits access.

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The private placement document filed with the SEC also indicates that Facebook could become a public company by April 2012.

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Mapletree Greater China's placement tranche of 511.3 million units was 38.1 times subscribed, while the public offer of 215 million units was about 8.9 times subscribed.

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More money has been raised by so-called private investments in public entities (or PIPEs) so far this year than anytime since their 2000 peak, according to Placement Tracker, a unit of Sagient Research Systems.

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