Finance
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04-13-09
Ratings Service for Financial Institution Achieves Critical Mass; Investors can use CARS(TM) for Unprecedented Transparency with a Broad Range of CDFIs
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - April 13, 2009 - Seven community development financial institutions(CDFIs) from across the United States were rated by the CDFI Assessment and Ratings Service (CARS(TM) in the first quarter of 2009, bringing the total number of CDFIs rated to 46. Investor...
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04-09-09
"Sustainable Banking and Green Business" Workshop
- April 9, 2009 - Piraeus Bank organised a benchmarking workshop in Athens, 18 March 2009, on "Sustainable Banking and Green Business". Around 50 managers and executives from within the Bank had the opportunity to discuss with a distinguished panel of speakers issues ...
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04-08-09
ASSET4 Carbon Data & Estimates Available Now
Zug, Switzerland. - April 8, 2009 - ASSET4 AG, the leading provider of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information, today announced that it has released its ASSET4 Carbon Data & Estimates product, which is a standalone product based on three t...
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04-06-09
MicroPlace Announces First Microfinance Investment Offering 6 Percent Return for Everyday Investors
San Jose, Calif. - April 6, 2009 - MicroPlace (www.microplace.com), a website that enables everyday people to invest in the world's working poor, announced today the launch of the first microfinance investment op...
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04-02-09
Daimler Financial Services Provides Forum for Leading Business Women to Discuss Economic Issues
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Women's ability to successfully "multi-task" will give them a greater role in helping to lead Michigan out of recession and back to economic stability, the Michigan Secretary of State, Terri Lynn Land, told a gathering of 250 ...
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04-02-09
A New Extra-Financial Solution for Fixed Income Investments
Zug, Switzerland. - April 2, 2009 - ASSET4 AG, the leading provider of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information, today announced that it has released its Sovereign Supra(TM) solution, which enables investors to integrate extra-financial informa...
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03-30-09
Microfinance Leaders Join International Steering Committee of the Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance
Washington, D.C., March 30, 2009 "“ In the face of major client protection failures in the mainstream financial sector, leaders of the microfinance industry came together this month seeking means to ensure that microfinance providers worldwide remain committed to serving the...
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03-26-09
Pass on the Gift of a Tax Refund and Change the World
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- April is Heifer's Pass on the Gift month, a global celebration that brings together Heifer supporters and communities around the world dedicated to ending hunger and poverty. This year, consider passing on the gif...
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03-26-09
Finance Stakeholders Call for"¨World Commission on Global Finance
- March 26, 2009 - A diverse group of finance reform advocates is calling upon G20 to create a World Commission on Global Finance. "The current reform process is wholly inadequate," says group spokesperson Dr. Sanjeev Khagram Harvard Business School Wyss Scholar and World Ec...
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03-25-09
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.: Corporate Update
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/25/09 -- Since ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. ("ERA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ESR) began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, the financial world has undergone an unprecedented transformation. Despite the adverse financial ...
