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Report ‘de-risks’ impact investment to open sector up to mainstream
A new report has set out how to de-risk impact investment, which could make the sector more appealing to a wider range of investors. The strategy has been described as a “win-win” because of the financial and social returns it offers.
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- Impact Assessment
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Is equity crowdfunding the next channel capital source?
Kirill Bensonoff, founder of ComputerSupport.com, is investigating a nontraditional source of capital as his IT services company gears up for expansion: crowdfunding.
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Microinsurance could soon be sold by local grocery stores, gas stations in India
Micro insurance products could soon be sold by local grocery stores, public call offices (PCOs), fuel outlets and ration shops in rural areas. However, insurance sector officials also believe this would hamper the need-based sale objective.
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Big pharma firms pushes for US action against India over patent worries
Global pharmaceutical firms are pressuring the United States to act against India to stop more local companies producing up to a dozen new varieties of cheap generic drugs still on-patent, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- governance
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IBM starts rolling out Watson supercomputer in Africa
IBM says system will improve farming, e-commerce, health.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Will T-Mobile be able to sort out America’s personal finance woes?
Not content with conquering one industry, the Seattle-based mobile network company is moving into the realms of personal finance
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Micro lending startup ApexPeak to raise massive $200-million fund
ApexPeak is a micro lender that aims to loan money faster and easier than traditional banks would allow.
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EU and UNICEF boost their partnership to improve child and maternal health and to save more children
The European Union announced today that it has allocated €320 million ($431 million) through UNICEF to improve the health and nutrition of children and women in 15 developing countries and to help speed progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
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- Health Care
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