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Exclusive: Makers Took Big Price Increases on Widely Used U.S. Drugs
Major drug companies took hefty price increases in the U.S., in some cases more than doubling listed charges, for widely used medications over the past five years, a Reuters analysis of proprietary data found.
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This Isn’t China: The “Amazon of India” Will Be Amazon and “Uber of India” Will Be Uber
I was at a conference the other day, speaking on a panel with VCs and angels, when we were asked a question: With the softening of valuations and the famous Flipkart markdown, is there still a large internet opportunity in India?
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Scientists Say It’s Time To End ‘Parachute Research’
Critics call them "parachute researchers": Scientists from wealthy nations who swoop in when a puzzling disease breaks out in a developing country. They collect specimens, then head straight back home to analyze them. They don't coordinate with people fighting the epidemic on the ground — don't even share their discoveries for months, if ever.
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Former Bike Snatcher Learns to Share, Builds Successful Social Enterprise in South Africa
As a teen, Jeffrey Mulaudzi’s obsession with bicycles got him arrested for stealing one. But now the 22-year-old from Alexandria township in Johannesburg, South Africa,is a proud owner of a bike sharing company that employs six other people and provide bike tours for tourists who want to visit Alexandria.
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Viewpoint: Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions
An audacious effort to provide digital ID numbers throughout India illustrates the potential for large-scale change.
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The Latest in Social Impact Investing: An Online Matchmaking Platform
Enable Impact matches investors to social impact companies or projects looking for Series A funding to scale up operations.
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Schwab Foundation recognizes social innovators around the world
This year, Poonam Bir Kasturi, who founded Daily Dump, is among the awardees. Winner of the 2015 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) Awards, conducted by the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, a not-for-profit organization established by the Jubilant Bhartia Group in association with the Schwab Foundation, Kasturi is looking to encourage people to take up composting at their homes with a range of attractive-looking composters.
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The World May Have Too Much Food
The past 40 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of obese adults worldwide, climbing to about 640 million from 105 million in 1975. If the current trend continues, about one-fifth of adults will be obese by 2025.
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