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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- WeEarth.com, a web portal uniting artists, activists, and individuals who care (http://www.weearth.com), has opened its online store. Today, WeEarth launched its Marketplace (

The free market ideology is dead. Those that have espoused that the market is efficient enough to be left alone without any conscience, regulation or transparency (they say all the important information is available) cringe at the thought of the government 'bailing out' busi...

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MPOWER Ventures, a socially committed venture fund that invests in financial services companies targeting underserved markets, today announced a five-year commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to deliver accessible, affordable a...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - September 24, 2008 - The Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International today announced a Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance-a broad-based initiative to unite microfinance providers in commitment to the campaign standards for the a...

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The global microfinance resource center CGAP today is making a new four year commitment to identify, fund, research and champion technology enabled banking services for 25 million people in 20 countries. CGAP CEO Elizabeth Little...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts y AUSTIN, Texas, 22 de septiembre /PRNewswire/ -- Más de 50 líderes a nivel mundial, representando sectores empresariales, gubernamentales, académicos y de servicios sin fin de lucro, se reunirán el 22 y el 23 de septiembre en la John F. Kennedy Scho...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 50 global leaders from business, government, academia and the non-profit worlds are gathering Sept. 22 and 23 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University for the first Global Empowe...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 18, 2008 - Can commercial microfinance institutions organize themselves to protect the interests of their poor clients? The Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International is launching its activities today with a focus on answering that p...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 17, 2008 - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to launch a 12-month research and consultation project to help private enterprises worldwide create new opportunities fo...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 16, 2008 - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a joint project with the Global Reporting Initiative to help companies in emerging markets improve relationships with stakeholders and attract investors by better measuring,...