Finance

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

- 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...

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 ...

Your inbox overflows with appeals for contributions, invitations to galas, and volunteer projects. In addition, if you are a business executive or professional with strategic expertise and some financial success, there are nonprofit boards that would love to have you join. ...

ATLANTA, GA. - March 16, 2009 - The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it has committed US $30MM over the next six years to provide access to safe drinking water to communities throughout Africa through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN). Implemented by The Coca-Cola...

BILOXI, Miss., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Hope Community Credit Union (HOPE), a community development credit union, and its sponsor, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD), are celebrating the grand opening of a new Gulf Coast branch located at 188 Porter Avenue in Biloxi.