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A Reality Check on Crowdfunding
From Silicon Valley to Hollywood to Main Street USA, young entrepreneurs tell stories of windfalls and glorious escapes from established (read: outdated) standards and practices of business.
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Post-typhoon expansion of micro-insurance coverage for the poor sought in the Phillipines
The recent devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas underscored the importance of expanding coverage of micro-insurance to the marginalized communities in the country.
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Microloans Finance a Path to U.S. Citizenship
In the past 18 months, a Californian bank has helped more than 300 legal permanent residents attain citizenship by extending them a $1,000 loan.
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Study Says Health disparities “could be eliminated in a generation”
Health disparities between rich and poor nations could be banished in a generation by investment in research, vaccines and drugs to combat diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global health experts said on Tuesday.
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What It Takes To Cure Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
We recently chatted with Dr. Mel Spigelman, the president of TB Alliance, and he answered five common questions about tuberculosis. We edited his responses for length and clarity.
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Baby steps to saving lives
Each year, one in 10 babies around the world will be born prematurely and over a million of those will die. But could measuring the size of a baby's feet help save lives?
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Why is it so hard for female entrepreneurs to get VC funding – and could crowdfunding be the answer?
Unless you spend your days gladhanding at Silicon Valley networking events, getting angel seed funding or VC investment can be tough, especially if you happen to be a female entrepreneur, according to the stats.
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Kenya’s merchants are warming up to a payment system born in a Seattle basement
Naming your company “money” takes some gall, but for the founders of Kopo Kopo, the gambit looks like it might pay off.
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