I just came back from conducting my program in Panama, and while
I have been through the Panama City airport several times, I had never
stepped outside its walls. This is a fascinating country. We had 150
attend the ...READ»
NVPR EXPANDS INTO SOUTH AMERICAOPENS OFFICE IN BUENOS AIRES EXPANSION COINCIDES WITH INAGURATION OF GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
Los Angeles and Buenos Aires (--November 18, 2008--) NVPR is expanding into South America and ...READ»
Heavy construction equipment maker, Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd prepares for an initial public offering, IPO in Hong Kong after posting its 59.3% year-on-year growth net profit, 2009. The data was uncovered by United Equipment Sales, ...READ»
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ACCION International
CEO: María Otero
www.accion.org
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Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...READ»
eBay has long been the leader in online auctions, but the venerable giant is facing rising competition in emerging economies from indigenous companies on a mission.READ»
When I started Consorte Media I talked a lot about how Hispanic marketing relied on anecdotal evidence as opposed to actual data. Now I have a different story to tell.I started Consorte Media in the closet of my one bedroom apartment ...READ»
How will the next billion Netizens change the Web and the world? What can we learn from them? And how does their rise change the game in emerging markets? READ»
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 ...READ»
China announced it plans to bid on contracts to develop U.S. high-speed train lines. China has stepped up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official reported Saturday. State-owned Chinese companies ...READ»
Who's that man walking through the street markets of Ecuador, trying to make $50 loans? It's Michael Chu, a former executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co., the world's most powerful leveraged buyout operator.READ»
It's been a day of significant contrasts at Copenhagen as the end of the first week of COP15 draws to a close.
The day started with a clear challenge at the Climate Summit "Business Day" from Yvo de Boer, the UN's chief ...READ»
Incubated by Microsoft, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for the past five years as Telecentre.org, the new Telecentre.org Foundation will be ...READ»
Fortune 1000 producer of B2B brand-name products seeks North American Marketing Manager to create communication strategies for North/Latin America and activate global strategies in the region. Division of well-established, market-leading firm with long history. Position is part of Global Marcom team and reports to the head of global marketing.READ»
There is a movement across the globe today that says solutions to society's most pressing social issues cannot be left up to the government to determine. Social entrepreneurs are business owners that decide to take on ...READ»
New Save the Children and UNICEF Reports reveal how financial mismanagement and environmental insensitivity led to the deaths of four million children.READ»
How do you solve the world's problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact. Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards.READ»
Many Wall Street investors are seeking direction in a confused and interconnected global market. If someone sneezes in Europe now, everyone catches cold. However the long-term outlook examining the global financial conditions, we ...READ»
Paid Surveys are a great way to earn money online. Most paid survey sites are open only to members of the United States or Canada, and you can hope to win great prizes for participating in online surveys. International members have ...READ»
In the most recent edition of his email newsletter, Art Kleiner, an early contributor to Fast Company, Kleiner poses an interesting topic for discussion:
Every year, in the "future of the infrastructure" class that I teach, with ...READ»
Apple [AAPL] impressed iPhone 3G owners with fancy-pants compact A/C adaptors that conveniently plugged into the phone's USB cord, making any iPod/iPhone cord a wall charger. Now it turns out those nifty A/C mini-adaptors could kill ...READ»
