Western Union: Remittances Financing Global Economic Development

Alice Korngold — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:11:00 -0400

Here's a company whose business enables migrants to send money back home just about anywhere in the world--385,000 locations in 200 countries and territories (up from 120,000 locations in 100 countries just 5 years ago), while the company's philanthropic foundation helps migrants and their families to get an education, get jobs, and build small businesses.

Ecological Development

Anthony Sblendorio — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:12:55 -0500

Ecological Development LLC (“Ecological”) is an
environmental land development, master planning, and green retrofitting
company. Our mission is to create a higher standard for
communities and the built environment where development, nature, and
community are integrated to enhance each other.
Ecological uses a regenerative design approach that goes beyond
sustainability. We strive to add a net benefit to all environmental,
social, and economic systems encompassing every project.

Sensible Investing 2007

Fast Company staff — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:37:39 -0400

Mineral Wealth of the Congo

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

A simple stroll down the streets of Kinshasa reveals how precarious life has become in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This city of ugly half-finished buildings radiates both the optimism and the paranoia of a gold-rush town. Government banners strung across main avenues urge the citizens to stay cool: no more violence, no more hatred, no more manipulation and change your mentality.

China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

That the West is losing the sub-Sahara does not come as news in Africa itself. One leader after another has been explicit on this point, from Senegal's president ("Today, it is very clear that Europe is close to losing the battle of competition in Africa") to Botswana's president ("I find that the Chinese treat us as equals; the West treats us as former subjects") to Nigeria's president at a banquet for China's President Hu ("This is the century for China to lead the world. And when you are leading the world, we want to be very close behind you").

China's New Oil Supplier

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

When my plane smacks down in Equatorial Guinea -- where if the captain misses the runway, you could end up in Cameroon -- I become the first American journalist to visit this pint-sized republic (population: 550,000) in nearly three years. That was when Equatoguinean officials forced two American reporters to leave after they'd spent just a few days in Malabo, the capital, asking questions. One of them, Peter Maass, was booted for "spying" simply for walking down a street chatting with a European ambassador.

Mining Copper in Zambia

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

I ask Xiao Ye, an Africa statistical researcher for the World Bank, whether a clear chart or table exists laying out the full extent of China's economic involvement in Africa. "I don't know anyone who has done such a thing," he responds. "As far as I know, China no longer releases [its] foreign direct investment to Africa country by country." Or as Lucy Corkin, the China-Africa think-tank expert, explains, "You've got Africa, the big black hole of data, and China, the big black hole of data -- put the two of them together and it's a disaster."

Best Cities for Innovation

Ellen Gibson and Kate Rockwood — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:10:39 -0400

You can see it in their stats and in their cityscapes: These 12 Fast Cities around the globe are thriving. We'll be watching these nodes of creativity and innovation this year and beyond -- we're expecting big business and big things.

Beijing

Benefits of Buying "Local"?

Elizabeth Spiers — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:07:22 -0400

One of my favorite British sitcoms of the last decade, The League of Gentlemen, features the characters Edward and Tubbs, a couple that owns a local shop descriptively but unimaginatively called the Local Shop. "Are you local?" they inquire ominously when prospective customers enter to browse. "This is a local shop for local people." Inevitably, in nearly every episode, the customer is an out-of-towner, and the couple murders him in a grisly fashion -- for not being local.

Van Jones: "I'm Bad! I'm Slick!"

Linda Baker — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:14 -0400

The cheering would begin soon enough. Dressed in a slim-cut gray suit and green tie, Van Jones ascended to the stage grinning and blowing kisses to the crowd. Jones, 39, a 6-foot-1-inch Yale Law grad, was appearing at a summit in San Francisco called "Advancing a New Energy Economy in California." The city's charismatic mayor, Gavin Newsom, was among the presenters, along with corporate bigwigs such as PG&E chief executive Peter Darbee. But no one would outshine Jones.

Promised Land

Anya Kamenetz — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:45:47 -0400

An Ad Agency That Wants to Change the World?

Saabira Chaudhuri — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:05:05 -0500

A straw that kills germs, an ink jet technology to re grow tissue and bone, hologram images of a cancer patient's anatomy, and a cap that reads the brain waves of paralyzed people. These are just some of the finalists of this year's World Changing Ideas Awards -- an international competition held biennially by Saatchi & Saatchi.

Where Art Thou?

Fast Company staff — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:06 -0500

Innovators: Tokyo

A handful of locales generate most innovations. The ongoing communications and transportation revolutions let ideas circulate among these places easily and constantly.

Producers: Guadalajara

These regions use established innovations and creativity--often imported from other places--to produce goods and services. Increasingly, they are becoming innovators in their own right.

Global Slums: Bogotá

In Praise of Spikes

Richard Florida — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:05 -0500

It's a mantra of the age of globalization that place doesn't matter. Technology has leveled the global playing field--the world is flat. "When the world is flat," says New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, "you can innovate without having to emigrate."

It's a compelling notion--but it's wrong. Today's global economy is spiky. What's more, the tallest spikes, the cities and regions that drive the world economy, are growing ever higher while the valleys, with little economic activity, recede still further.

Sensible Investing 2008

Fast Company staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:15 -0500

How HIP Is Your Company?

Goal: Answer ten questions using multiple choice to give an estimated HIP score (one for HIP Practices; and one for HIP revenue estimate), totaled at the bottom of the Quiz.

Intel's Amazon Ambitions

Richard Shaffer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:09 -0500

It is, as Intel's press release put it, "one of the most remote inhabited places on earth." Parintins, Brazil, is on the outskirts of nowhere. The closest highway ends in óbidos, a day or two downriver.

Making Friends, Creating Customers

Fast Company staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:09 -0500

Intel's World Ahead Program is an ambitious billion-dollar venture, but other tech and telecom companies are also building relationships in developing countries that promise to become the most massive of mass markets. Among them:

Sensible Investing 2007

Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:29 -0500

Nike (NYSE:NKE)

www.nike.com

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:29 -0500

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW)

www.sun.com

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:29 -0500

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:28 -0500

Interface (NASDAQ:IFSIA)

www.interfaceinc.com

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:28 -0500

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM)

www.ibm.com

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:28 -0500

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD)

www.mcdonalds.com

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:27 -0500

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD)

www.amd.com

Share Price (3/15/07):

$13.93

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Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:27 -0500

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO)

economic development

Western Union: Remittances Financing Global Economic Development

Ecological Development

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Mineral Wealth of the Congo

China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

China's New Oil Supplier

Mining Copper in Zambia

Best Cities for Innovation

Benefits of Buying "Local"?

Van Jones: "I'm Bad! I'm Slick!"

Promised Land

An Ad Agency That Wants to Change the World?

Where Art Thou?

Innovators: Tokyo

Producers: Guadalajara

Global Slums: Bogotá

In Praise of Spikes

Sensible Investing 2008

Intel's Amazon Ambitions

Making Friends, Creating Customers

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