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Carnegie Mellon University wrongly tells 800 applicants they got in

February 18, 2015 creative acceptance, another-round, carnegie-mellon, disappointment, mistake, pittsburgh, programs-before, school, the-school, university

(Reuters) – Carnegie Mellon University mistakenly informed about 800 applicants that they had won a place in one of the school’s prestigious computer science programs before retracting the acceptance letters, the school said. The acceptance letters were sent by email on Monday, according to the Pittsburgh-based school.

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TransferWise launches U.S. money transfer service, eyes more markets

February 18, 2015 creative another-round, carnegie-mellon, dominance, established, gram-transfer, jemima-kelly, mistake, money, programs-before, provide-money, richard-branson, school, the-established, transfer, university

By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) – British online money transfer business TransferWise launched its U.S. operation on Tuesday, the first step of an international expansion that will use $58 million in new backing to compete with the likes of Western Union and MoneyGram. TransferWise is among the biggest of a clutch of internet start-ups that have begun to challenge the dominance of the established companies and banks that provide money transfer services for ordinary consumers.