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‘SEC Ruling on Crowdfunding Both Opportunity and Stumbling Block for Startups’, Expert Says
There has been a lot of talk about SEC’s approval of Title III of the JOBS Act, which allows, for the first time, also non-accredited investors to join equity crowdfunding campaigns.
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- Technology
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- crowdfunding, regulations
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Can social entrepreneurs drive inclusive growth in India?
Over 60% of the Indian population still lives on less than $2 (about Rs.130 at current rates) a day. In the World Economic Forum’sInclusive Growth and Development Report 2015, India is placed second highest in terms of net income inequality among 34 countries in the lower-middle-income group.
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- South Asia
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GE ships ready-made drug factories from Berlin to Beijing
As drug-makers attempt to move up the value chain to manufacture sophisticated new medicines in China, General Electric Co. wants to sell them factories: right off the shelf. “It’s one single manufacturing concept that we can replicate around the world,” said Olivier Loeillot, GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ Asia general manager.
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- Asia Pacific
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Hilleman Lab scouts for partners to develop low-cost vaccines
Hilleman Laboratories today said it is looking to tie up with vaccine specialty companies and government agencies to fund a Rs 300 project for developing some low-cost vaccines in India.
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- South Asia
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Urine malaria test wins top prize at health innovation awards
Fyodor, an innovative method of testing for malaria through urine, on Wednesday won the top prize of $100,000 at the inaugural Health Innovation Challenge Awards held in Lagos.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Women social entrepreneurs are driving transformation
Globally, societies are riddled with multiple problems and long-standing issues that remain unresolved by the institutions and the government sector. This is where social entrepreneurs step in to challenge, question and rethink concepts and assumptions.
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Indian Immunologicals opens vaccine facility near Hyderabad
Indian Immunologicals to significantly expand its manufacturing capabilities to meet growing demand for vaccines.
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- South Asia
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Omidyar Network Report Reveals Disruption in Emerging Market Credit Score Business
Omidyar Network today released "Big Data, Small Credit: The Digital Revolution and Its Impact on Emerging Market Consumers", a research report that analyzes a new category of technology enterprises that are disrupting the traditional way of assessing consumer credit risk in emerging markets. Using non-financial data—such as social media activity and mobile phone usage patterns—complex algorithms and big data analytics are delivering a quicker, cheaper, and more effective credit assessment of consumers who lack credit histories and were invisible to lenders before.
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- Technology
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