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Family of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan settles with Dallas hospital

The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas last month, has settled with the hospital that initially sent him home when he should have been hospitalized.

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SMU, UTD, Texas Christian ranked among nation's best MBA programs

Bloomberg Businessweek released its list of the top schools in the nation, led by Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Wal-Mart introduces different Black Friday strategy, spreads out the promotions (Video)

The idea is to cater to shoppers who want to get their holiday shopping done on their own schedules. Plus: Bloomberg names its top business school, leading business headlines, and notable upcoming earnings reports.

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Four North Texas hospitals face stiff penalties for patient readmissions

Four hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will pay penalties of more than 1 percent of their Medicare reimbursements in 2015 for excessive readmissions of patients, according to an analysis of federal records.

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Allen West to focus on policy over politics, fund-raising at NCPA

Minimizing bureaucracy and focusing on policy over politics will be the goals of former Florida congressman Allen West when he takes the helm as the CEO of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis.

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Q&A: Eric Bricker, chief medical officer of Compass patient advocacy service

Compass Professional Health Services, a patient advocacy concierge service, plans to add 75 employees this year to support its growth nationally, according to Dr. Eric Bricker, chief medical officer.

Grow Texas: Lone Star State has all-star higher education

Texas universities make national lists.

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Texas governor candidates Abbott, Davis talk education, immigration

Here’s where Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis stand on the issues of public education, immigration and higher education.

Dallas nurse Nina Pham Ebola-free, headed back to Texas

Dallas nurse and Ebola patient Nina Pham is free of the deadly virus and was discharged from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland.

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Texas Presbyterian needs tough love, not hand-holding, crisis management pro says

Texas Health Presbyterian has more than an image crisis after mistakes in the care of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States. Here's what one crisis management expert says the hospital should do.

How years in academia prepared Tiggly's Azi Jamalian for the startup world

​Azi Jamalian has what some would call a dual career in academia and the startup world. Here's why she's better off because of it.

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The insider’s view: Deloitte University’s leadership academy at Westlake

Three years into its existence, the 800-room Deloitte U is drawing about 50,000 of the professional services firm's employees for leadership development programs each year. Here's why.

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6 things Labor Secretary Tom Perez said that will make you cringe or cheer

Labor Secretary Tom Perez outlined his vision for a more collaborative American workplace -- one where workers get higher wages and have more of a say in how their businesses operate -- at a speech Monday at the National Press Club.

Possible Ebola patient transferred from Baylor to Presbyterian hospital, then released

Baylor University Medical Center became the second Dallas Hospital to receive a potential Ebola patient.

Ebola's impact: Texas Health Presbyterian ambulance diversions filling other hospitals’ ERs

Other hospitals in Dallas are seeing a surge in emergency room traffic caused at least partially by Texas Health Presbyterian’s diversion of ambulances because of Ebola concerns. Here's how area hospitals are handling the Ebola threat.