This new record marks the second major recognition for the Exede satellite Internet service and ViaSat-1 satellite in as many weeks.

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In recognition of Earth Day, which marks its 30th anniversary Saturday, environmental leaders from around the country are gathered in Washington, D.

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The mainstream recognition of CDFIs as grassroots drivers of entrepreneurialism and small business growth marks an important shift in both economic policy and poverty alleviation.

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"I think that today marks a real dawning of an era...of mutual recognition and mutual respect for data protection and privacy framework on both sides of the Atlantic, " said Nuala O'Connor Kelly, chief privacy officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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But a greater recognition that finance is at its heart a social science, with all the uncertainty that marks human interactions, would, no doubt, make would-be financiers more humble, less dangerous, and, by extension, more useful.

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