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Meet Robyn Nietert of the Women's Microfinance Initiative: Building Businesses, and Lives, One Loan At a Time
Business  (tags: business, debt, Entrepreneurs, ethics, economy, finance, humans, investments, labor, money, society, world )

Daphna
- 3 hours ago - planetgreen.discovery.com
The Women's Microfinance Initiative (WMI) started as a casual discussion between two women in Bethesda, Maryland. Robyn Nietert and Betsy Gordon wanted to help people in an impoverished community, and microfinance seemed a more sustainable and empowering
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Is Congress Creating Another Housing Bubble?
Business  (tags: economy, business, housing, dishonesty, corruption, politics, society, usa, money, news, government, finance, consumers )

Cal
- 12 hours ago - motherjones.com
Economists agree that the home-buyer tax credit is risky and stupid. So why does Washington love the policy?
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CORPORATE CRIME===GM's Money Trees
Business  (tags: corruption, business, environment, corporate, money, news, politics, society )

Cal
- 5 days ago - motherjones.com
In Brazil, people with some of the world's smallest carbon footprints are being displaced--so their forests can become offsets for SUVs.
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Where's the Beef? In Land of Cowboys, Pig Thrives
Business  (tags: americans, consumers, corporate, economy, ethics, farming, marketing, money, society, humans )

Cowboss
- 8 days ago - google.com
The president of the National Pork Producers Council -- the person who represents the people who represent the nation's pigs -- appeared recently before Congress to talk about sales in the swine flu era. He wasn't happy. "Things look bleak going forward,
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Haryana : Fast Growing State of India - Naresh Kadyan
Business  (tags: ethics, Entrepreneurs, economy, government, politics, society, consumers, business )

Kadyan
- 8 days ago - en.wikipedia.org
Haryana emerged as a separate State in the federal galaxy of the Indian Republic on November 1,1966. With just 1.37% of the total geographical area and less than 2% of India's population. You are welcome to visit and invest in developing state, Cheers!!!!
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Child Labor | The High Cost of Cotton
Business  (tags: world, society, labor, humans, money, investors, ethics, farming, economy, consumers, business )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - gliving.com
Just in case you thought it was okay to buy non-organic cotton, here's a wakeup call: the workers sowing, picking, weeding, hoeing, cross-pollinating and carrying the heavy bundles of cotton are often... children. And I'm not talking about kids working th
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Thank Heavens for the Downturn? Some People Think So
Business  (tags: business, consumers, money, news, society, world, finance )

Cal
- 10 days ago - reuters.com
It seems the financial crisis isn't all doom and gloom: one in four people are glad the world's economy slumped like it did, because it helped them realize their priorities in life, according to a global survey.
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May Contain Traces Of Mad Cow
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, money, politics, society, usa, farming, ethics )

Cowboss
- 11 days ago - newmatilda.com
The Government wants to allow meat from countries with Mad Cow disease into Australia. And our loose labelling rules mean you won't know the difference, writes Hilary Bambrick
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Can Copenhagen Deliver a New Industrial Revolution?
Business  (tags: business, green, eco-friendly, climate change, business, society, economy, environment )

Cal
- 13 days ago - climatebiz.com
As December's Copenhagen climate summit approaches, new evidence is emerging of the massive scale of the action needed to avert the risk of runaway global warming. At the same time, contradictory signals emerging from the pre-summit discussions don't insp
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"Land Rush" Across Africa By International Investors
Business  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', interesting, investments, crime, ethics, corporate, abuse, business, economy, government, investments, society, politics, farming, farms )

Tinkie
- 15 days ago - ipsnews.net
Like preditors the International Investors are buying African lands for farming, while throwing the local farmers out, leaving them landless and homeless.
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17th Delhi International Leather Fair (DILF) : Say No to Leather - Naresh Kadyan
Business  (tags: government, business, ethics, money, society, marketing, law, animal rights and welfare )

Kadyan
- 17 days ago - delhileatherfair.com
India Trade Promotion Organsation presents the 17th Delhi International Leather Fair, in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from October 23-25, 2009. The 17th Delhi International Leather Fair. OIPA in India and PFA Haryana welcome you all to Boycott participants..
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The Brower Youth Awards 2009: The Cure for Cynicism (Video)
Business  (tags: society, humans, goodnews, SustainableDevelopment, marketing, investing, environment, business, consumers, economy, money )

Daphna
- 17 days ago - treehugger.com
I was looking at an (anonymous) TreeHugger's skype profile the other day, which read "I'd be more optimistic if more people worried." It's easy to feel like that. With climate change, war, famine and resource depletion, it's sometimes scary how oblivious
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Should You Sacrifice Love for Work?
Business  (tags: family, ethics, usa, study, health, society )

Cal
- 17 days ago - cnn.com
Too many people get stuck trying to choose between love and career, expert says
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Dude, Where's My Bailout?
Business  (tags: consumers, foreclosures, debt, economy, humans, news, society, business )

Cal
- 18 days ago - motherjones.com
With foreclosures at a record high and the national unemployment rate at 9.8 percent, I went to talk with some of the people still waiting for their recovery, their bailout, at a massive homeowner relief event in the San Francisco Bay Are
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Alaska Loses Jobs for Fifth Straight Month
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, debt, economy, environment, ethics, finance, government, humans, labor, marketing, money, news, oil, politics, society, technology, usa )

Wolfweeps
- 21 days ago - newsminer.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska job market continues to struggle, as the state suffered its fifth straight month of job losses in September and the unemployment rate rose to 8.4 percent.The seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose from 8.1 percent in August
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