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Press Release: Global Health Partners Begin Building a New Approach to Ensure Equitable Access to Medicines
Global health partners met in Geneva to begin the process of building a new approach to better determine health needs and constraints and addressing them in countries.
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Kompanion Financial Group Completes Equity Raise with Investment from FMO and Triodos Investment Management
Kompanion Financial Group, one of the largest microfinance institutions in the Kyrgyz Republic both by loan portfolio and number of clients, has concluded an equity raise selling a 35% stake to international investors. The shares were purchased by Netherlands based investors FMO and Triodos Investment Management, with the latter investing through Triodos Fair Share Fund and Triodos Microfinance Fund. Kompanion’s founder Mercy Corps will remain majority shareholder and hold a 65% stake. The funds will be used for growth capital in the lending operations and support Kompanion’s transformation to a licensed banking institution.
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Oxford Business Dean: MBA Programs Should Be More than Driving Schools
Saïd Business School's dean argues that MBA programs should steer students toward futures that benefit not only their institutions but the world at large.
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The Secrets to Closing a $100m Venture Capital Funding Deal
London-based online money transfer business WorldRemit has closed a funding round worth $100m, backed by Technology Crossover Ventures and prior investor Accel Partners.
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Swiss Prosecutor Raids HSBC Office, Opens Criminal Inquiry
Geneva's public prosecutor searched HSBC's (HSBA.L) lakeside Swiss office on Wednesday after opening a criminal inquiry into allegations of aggravated money laundering, the second probe to hit the bank this week.
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Profit for Good at Rottendorf Pharmaceuticals
Let’s deal with the name first. If you’re like me, it would’ve been a distraction throughout the article if we hadn’t. The company is named after its German founder and patron, Andreas J. Rottendorf (1897-1971). As per the organization’s founding charter, it can’t be changed.
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UK University Ranking Reveals Global Health Neglect
The United Kingdom’s top medical research universities spend just two per cent of their health research budgets on work related to health in developing countries, according to a study launched last week.
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Davos 2015: Live Updates From the World Economic Forum
Wednesday marks the second day of the 2015 World Economic Forum, also known as the Davos Annual Meeting.
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