Finance

Hotfrog, LLC,an early stage, new media company based in Sheffield, Massachusetts, is the first company to close on financing through Mission Markets, the world's first impact investing "stock market." The transaction was finalized on February 1, 2011 as part...

Social(k), celebrated its fifth year of providing mission driven organizations low cost access to hundreds of SRI mutual funds for company retirement plans. An increasing number of larger plans (over $1 mil...

A new study by Sustainalytics highlights links between sustainability performance and shareholder value. The report, Sustainability and Materiality in the Natural Resources Sector looked at environmental and social practices in the forestry, mining and oil and gas s...

No better year than this one to hold the significant title of the International Year of Forests. The United Nations announced 2011's campaign focus on December 14th, 2010 and the official launch of the International Year of Forests will take place on February 2, 201...

(Marketwire) - Greenscape Capital Group Inc. ("Greenscape") (TSX VENTURE: GRN) is pleased to announce it has completed $7,000,000 in financing with Maxam Opportunities Fund LP and Maxam Opportunities Fund (International) LP (Collectively "Maxam Opportunities Fund LP") via a ...

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that 780 of its science and technology electronic books will be added to Research4Life. Els...

/PRNewswire/ - A new report from Credit Suisse and CSR Asia, entitled, "Strategic Philanthropy: Unlocking Entrepreneurial Potential," explores the potential that exists for strategic philanthropists in stimulating entrepreneurship and small business development in de...

Global mutual fund Portfolio 21 (PORTX) today announced its Top 10 Green Companies for 2011. Portfolio 21 invests only in companies with an explicit commitment to environmental business practices, such as designing ecologically superior products, using renewable energy, deve...

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The Board of Directors of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share of Class A stock. This dividend is payable on Jan. 14, 2011, to stockholders of record as of Dec. 31, 2010.

/PRNewswire/ - Voila and Unibank's pioneering efforts to spur the Haitian economy with its T-Cashmobile money service reached a new milestone today as the company staked its claim to win $2.5 million in prize money by reaching the goal of 10,000 transactions set forth by the...