77 American teachers visited Turkey in June and July on the TCF Teacher Study Tours. The tour itinirary took the teachers to Istanbul, Gelibolu (Gallipoli) and Troy, Canakkale, Bursa, Kusadasi, Pamukkale, Konya and Catalhoyuk, Cappadocia and Ankara. As part of their program, the teachers met with Turkish non-governmental organizations working on education, environment and women's rights. For the first time, Turkish teachers accompanied the study tours to further enhance educational exchanges between the two countries.
New York, USA – Turkish Philanthropy Funds, a foundation that assists donors to development smart social investments towards Turkey, is competing with charities nationwide for grants ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 from the Chase Community Giving program. Facebook users and Chase customers, alike, can help by simply voting for Turkish Philanthropy Funds through the Chase Community Giving program on Facebook. 
NEW YORK CITY-The real estate group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP has been selected by the Republic of Turkey to represent it on all aspects of development and construction of a new and expanded Turkish Center at 46th Street and 1st Avenue across from the United Nations. The firm – which has a long-standing relationship with the Turkish community after senior partner Lawrence M. Kaye spearheaded the Turkish Practice Group at Herrick in the mid 1980s – will advise the republic about its real estate and planning matters throughout the redevelopment process here. “Our firm has a long history of working with Turkey, and this is another important chapter in that relationship,” Kaye notes, in a statement. 
ISTANBUL -- (TheStreet) -- Turkey's continuing emergence as a world power is fueling expansion by Turkish Airlines, including more U.S. service. In April 2013, the carrier will begin four-day-a-week service from its Istanbul hub to Houston. It also has plans to serve five additional U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Miami and Orlando. Currently, Turkish Airlines flies to Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington and New York Kennedy, which has three daily flights.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia archaeology museum will indefinitely loan ancient jewelry known as "Troy gold" to Turkey in exchange for a future exhibit related to King Midas. The deal is part of what Penn Museum officials call a landmark agreement to work more collaboratively with Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The arrangement announced Tuesday includes continuing Turkish support for Midas-related Penn excavations at Gordion, in central Turkey. 
(Reuters)—Dubai Group has sold its Turkish insurance arm to a company owned by Maurice R. Greenberg, former CEO of American International Group Inc., and a unit of Dubai lender Mashreq Bank as the state investment firm looks to cut its debt pile. Oman Insurance Co., the Mashreq unit, said on Tuesday it had bought a 51% stake in Dubai Group Sigorta, an insurance company based in Istanbul that does nonlife insurance business. The remaining 49% was acquired by Starr Insurance & Reinsurance Ltd., part of Mr. Greenberg's Starr International Co., OIC said. No financial details of the transaction were provided. 
We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in Nigeria that has also launched in Morocco. The brand, which was rebranded from Kasuwa due to local copyright infringement, will sell electronics, books, and a variety of consumer goods in Africa. Kasuwa's launch in Nigeria in June follows Rocket's closure of earlier e-commerce site Kalahari in October 2011. 
NEW YORK (KABC) -- "The Dr. Oz Show" is gearing up for a very special guest: first lady Michelle Obama. The first lady will tape an appearance that will air on Sept. 14. She will discuss a new part of her "Let's Move!" campaign and the Presidential Youth Fitness Program. The show's host, Dr. Mehmet Oz, says he is honored the first lady chose to be a guest. The new season of "The Dr. Oz Show" starts next month on ABC7. 
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is pleased to announce that the company's Dream Chaser(R) Space System has successfully completed its first milestone as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. SNC presented NASA with a complete Program Implementation Plan Review, detailing the design, development, system testing, evaluation, risk reduction activities and flight testing of all systems planned for the 21-month base and optional agreement period.
Aydin Senkut was born in Istanbul to parents who were entrepreneurs (mom in executive recruiting and dad in textiles). His journey from there to Google (GOOG) and beyond provides a novel perspective on the Silicon Valley Start-up Common (SVSC). The idea of the Common in economics originated in a field in an English village where everyone brought their animals to graze. If the community did not over-consume the grass and kept it fertilized and fresh, then it was a useful resource for generations. If a few farmers let their animals eat too much, the whole thing died and the community fell apart. That unpleasant outcome was dubbed the Tragedy of the Commons.
Nearly 6,000 miles away from their home, some of Turkey’s brightest teachers sat inside a UND classroom Tuesday to talk about the best ways to teach struggling students. The group of 19 young teachers is here under a federal grant allowing them to hone their English as a Foreign Language teaching skills by learning from local educators. 
Jersey City, NJ — Comodo is pleased to announce the release of DNDstation, a brand new utility for the gaming community that optimizes PC resources when a game is in progress and prevents games from being interrupted by pop-up messages. Available for download at www.dndstation.com, DNDstation is a unique utility that maximizes the PC gaming experience by:
JumpStart Inc. of Cleveland has invested $250,000 in a health coaching company founded in part by the “You Docs” — Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz. Enforcer eCoaching Inc. of Lyndhurst is in the process of commercializing software designed to send personalized emails to people who are looking to quit smoking, lose weight or otherwise lead a healthier life. The emails include automated responses as well as tips from health coaches.
