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The economy is improving, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, but not enough to warrant higher interest rates for at least two-and-a-half more years.

The central bank indicated that it expects to keep the federal funds rate near historic lows until late 2014 -- an extension from the Fed's original pledge to keep rates low through mid 2013.

Commitments totaling $118 million for efforts to improve public education nationwide were announced as part of a White House meeting with some of the nation's top business and nonprofit leaders....

The pledge from the Weatherhead Foundation will support scholarships to students passionate about community service....

Ten more of the country's wealthiest individuals and families have pledged to give the majority of their wealth to charity, raising the number of pledge signatories to sixty-nine....

Announced in June, the campaign launched by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the nation's wealthiest individuals and families to return the majority of their wealth to charity now includes fifty-seven families or individuals....

The pledge was made to help poorer nations to cope with the effects of climate change. But one fundraising idea -- taxing air travel and shipping -- may be challenging to implement.

It's pledge week for the GOP when it comes to so-called "wasteful" spending.

Indian billionaires have a history of donating much less than their Western counterparts — not because they care less, but because the channels for giving are fewer and riddled with corruption....

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China announced it will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 with a pledge to reduce what's called "carbon intensity." Jeremy Hobson explains what the term means and how the rate of emissions is involved.