Finance studies and addresses the management and control of revenues and the conduct or transaction of money by individuals, businesses, and organizations, especially in the fields of banking and investment.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - R.L. Stine, the renowned author of Goosebumps and Fear Street books and his newest series Goosebumps HorrorLand, visited PS161 in Harlem today to read "scary stories" to students to celebrate Halloween and to mark the one millionth...
CHARLOTTE, NC, Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced today that Martin Eakes, a nationally recognized expert on community development finance serving low-income people and communities, received the third annual Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending. Named in memory...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Two Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) were honored yesterday for their commitment to community development and asset building in Native communities at the 2009 Native Awards Ceremony, part of the 6th Annual Native CDFI Convening...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Four leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) were awarded $25,000 each in unrestricted grant prizes at the third annual Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance. The awards program, held at the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference, is...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 /CSRwire/ - The US's oldest and largest national angel investing group, Investors' Circle, announced today the IC20, an index of the top 20 most impactful companies that have received funding through its network since 1992. Investors' Circle used qualitative...
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 23 /CSRwire/ - Failure by the world's financial leaders to support responsible forest finance will allow rampant deforestation to continue and contribute to the disastrous effects of climate change. WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) and the Finance Alliance...
MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Oct. 23 /CSRwire/ - NewPage Corporation today announced that it has reached a milestone of over one million tons of chain-of custody certified product sold since 2006. Responsible wood fiber management is a key element in the sustainability strategy of NewPage...
WASHINGTON, DC., Oct. 22 /CSRwire/ - First Book announces that North Star Academy Charter School students will receive 2,000 of 20,000 books donated through a nationwide partnership with Barclays, the major global financial services provider. In celebration of the donation, Barclays employees joined...
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 21 /CSRwire/ - With a commitment to save American shoppers more than ever this holiday season, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced it will offer weekly deep savings events and new everyday low prices on thousands of items across the store, starting...
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking became a key corporate sponsor this week of Cents Ability, a grass roots charitable organization dedicated to providing under-privileged high school students with the necessary tools to take responsibility for their...