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Operation HOPE and the New York Stock Exchange Partner to Empower Youth Entrepreneurs
HOPE Business In A Box Crowdsourcing Website To Spur Funding for Youth Businesses, Advertising leader BBDO, NYC will help drive "Taking Every Kid Public," a media campaign to encourage public and private investment in youth business ideas; Gallup onboard.
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State Bank of Pakistan Launches 5-year Strategic Plan for Islamic Banking
This was discussed by Saeed Ahmed Deputy Governor of State Bank of Pakistan on Islamic Finance in his opening remarks at a two day workshop on Islamic Banking and Finance for journalists organized by SBP here on Monday.
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The Age of $25 Smartphones is Upon Us – and Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Give Them a Dial Tone
It’s day one of the Mobile World Congress, the big annual gathering of the mobile industry in Barcelona, and already the theme is clear: This is the year tech firms try to get the rest of the world online.
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Asia-Pacific’s fight against malaria gets a boost from Australia
The fight to eradicate malaria in Asia-Pacific has been given a significant boost following Australia’s latest $16 million commitment to the region’s multi-donor trust fund against the mosquito-borne disease.
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India, UK hold talks to expand cooperation in health sector
Aiming to expand their cooperation in health sector, India and the UK today held talks to indentify more partnerships at national and state levels to further the collaboration.
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Philly-area contingent helps advance health initiatives in Africa
Volunteers from the Philadelphia region are in Washington this week to learn new lobbying skills and other ways to support health missions in sub-Saharan Africa. The ONE campaign, which works to fight extreme poverty around the world, is sponsoring the four-day training and advocate-education summit.
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Healthcare on the go
Most of us have been embarrassingly blind to the fact that so many Indians can't see. Or that so many Indians do not even have access to basic healthcare.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Will Equity Crowdfunding Help Create The Next Silicon Valley Outside the U.S.?
This week is Global Innovation Week 2014, and as CEO of Crowdfunder.com I’ll be participating in the Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley. The focus of the GIS conference is on ecosystem development. Which is a great topic and comes as no surprise, as the conference is led by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt, venture partners at T2 Ventures and authors of The Rainforest: The Secret to Building The Next Silicon Valley.
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