Finance
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10-31-08
Microfinance Leader Launches New Hub in Africa
ACCRA, GHANA. - October 31, 2008 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today launched its new hub office and training center in Accra, Ghana, underscoring the U.S.-based nonprofit organization’s commitment to expanding financial services for...
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10-30-08
Investors' Circle Fall 2008 Conference Providing Investment Capital for Entrepreneurs "New Business Financing in a Down Economy"
- October 30, 2008 - Entrepreneurs are searching for alternative investment capital to begin and maintain their dream of business ownership now that traditional lending institutions and credit card limits have been reduced to all time, modern-day lows. Some entrepreneurs ar...
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10-27-08
Global Investors Urge 9000 CEOs to Join UN Global Compact
NEW YORK, NY. - October 27, 2008 - In a powerful endorsement of the UN Global Compact, a group of global investors today announced a collaborative effort urging the Chief Executive Officers of approximately 9000 companies to commit to the UN Global Compact and its ten...
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10-24-08
Historic U.S. Patents Go to Auction:Next-Generation Payments Platform Could Shift Economic Crisis
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10-23-08
Investors Call on SEC to Require Better Disclosure on Climate Change and Other Risks
WASHINGTON D.C. - October 23, 2008 - Fourteen of the nation's largest institutional investors called on the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday to require improved corporate climate risk disclosure and-for the first time-address a broader range of environmental, soc...
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10-23-08
Shareholder Proposal To Require Monsanto Directors' Allegiance to the U.S. Constitution
NAPA, CA. - October 23, 2008 - Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible investment advisory firm, has announced the introduction of a binding amendment to Monsanto's corporate bylaws that would require directors to "support and defend the Constitutio...
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10-22-08
Fund Votes: Strong Mutual Fund Support for Shareholder-Sponsored Resolutions on Executive Compensation in 2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Marketwire - October 22, 2008 - A new Research Brief from Fund Votes finds that 8 out of the 9 financial firms named in the US government bailout plan had been targeted by shareholder activists with a 'say-on-pay' resolution in 2008. A number of...
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10-22-08
EDC Establishes Global Community Investment Partnership with CARE Canada
OTTAWA. - October 22, 2008 "“ Export Development Canada today announced that it has committed to a 4-year community investment partnership with CARE Canada for small business enterprise development and micro-financing related projects in emerging markets.
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10-21-08
Wal-Mart to Announce Global Responsible Sourcing Initiative at China Summit
- October 21, 2008 -
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Wal-Mart will convene more than 1,000 senior executives of leading global suppliers, Chinese officials and NGOs in Beijing, China to outline a series of aggressive goals and expec...
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10-21-08
"Best in Class" Community Development Financial Institutions vie for $8.25 Million Wachovia Next Awards For Opportunity Finance
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - October 21, 2008 "“ One of the nation's largest and most prestigious awards programs for responsible lending in the financial services industry today announced that four leading U.S. community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are finalists for $...
