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• VIDEO: Chrysler ad gets political, advocates for release of Myanmar Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 757
  Filed under: Videos , Chrysler , Celebrities Chrysler 300 in political spot - click above to watch the video This is... different. To summarize, a new commercial by Chrysler is agitating for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmars (a.k.a. Burmas) pro-democracy leader and lightning rod who has ...
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• Small Wonder on BBC Radio 4

  
  Expanding Dr. Yunus' Sphere of Influence — Authority: 100
  Here’s the link to the programme on microloans. Critics need to be negative, as they can’t be creative, it seems. But in the US, any publicity is good as long as names are spelled correctly…
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• Have a Merry Microloan Christmas

  
  Joe Duck — Authority: 114
  This year I won’t be giving out more than a few tiny token presents to my friends and family, but I will be giving some of the best gifts I have ever given.   The Nobel prize winning efforts of the Grameen Bank have sponsored the poor with small loans to start businesses, and this tactic has proven to be one of the ...
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• The 2006 Revolution

  
  Knowledge Network: Research and Opinions — Authority: 124
  By Ángel Cabrera, Thunderbird President The year 2006 ought to go down in history as a turning point in the transformation of development and social action. Three symbolic events marked the start of a new era in development and social activism: 1. The metamorphosis of Bill Gates from entrepreneur into ...
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• The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World: Disruptive Women in Health Care is Going Global with a New Series and e-Book on Global Health

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 419
  The following post by Robin Strongin , Creator of Disruptive Women in Health Care, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. “As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment ...
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• Muhammad Yunus - Creating a World Without Poverty

  
  The Business Model Database (tbmdb.com) - A blog about business models — Authority: 114
  An inspirational presentation by Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi banker and economist, developer of the microcredit concept , founder of Grameen Bank awarded with the Nobel Peace Price, for "creating economic and social development from below". "We reverse what the traditional bank does. The basic principle of ...
  3 days ago

• Balibo -- The Film -- Banned in Indonesia...

  
  The RAB Experience — Authority: 127
  The decision of the Indonesian Film Censorship Board ( Lembaga Sensor Film / LSF) to ban the screening of the film Balibo is hardly one for the surprising column. It pretty much was expected, and even more so when the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club and the Jakarta International Film Festival (JIFF) both ...
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• Afghanistan: The Hole in Obama’s Plan (Is There Any “There” There?)

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 587
  Earlier this morning, I posted an analysis of President Obama’s proposed US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to be unveiled tonight in a speech at the US Military Academy. My overriding conclusion? “The ‘hole in the doughnut’…[is] the shakiness of an Afghan Government whose authority doesn’t extend much ...
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• Innovating by Making the World a Better Place

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 146
  An interview with Maggie Brenneke, Director, Skoll Social Enterprise Program. When businesses consider their social and environmental bottom lines, they identify new opportunities to innovate. Some of those opportunities can be surprisingly counterintuitive.Innovating by Making the World a Better Place is a post from: ...
  1 week ago

• Are you a new entrepreneur?

  
  FUNKY TO FABULOUS — Authority: 123
  Are you a new entrepreneur? My bet is that you are. Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is betting that you are. If you doubt that you have the skills or ability to become a small business owner what this video. As Yunus says, "We are all entrepreneurs.....Some lucky ones find out. Human beings are endowed with ...
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• Al Gore Receives Global Humanitarian Award in Silicon Valley

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore received the 2009 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award this evening for his successful efforts to raise awareness about climate change. The award was inspired by Applied Materials Chairman Emeritus James Morgan’s belief that technology can be a tool to turn ideas ...
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• Authors@Google: Alex Counts

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 171
  Alex Counts visits Google’s Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book “Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance are Changing the World.” This event took place on September 30, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. … Alex Counts Small Loans Big Dreams How Nobel Prize ...
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• Business of Thinking

  
  Job Searching Blog — Authority: 127
  Most management gurus belong to academics not the corporate world, which hardly encourages one to think . ………………….. Do you need brains to run a company? The top-of-mind answer would be “yes”. After all, CEOs get paid very well; someone with intelligence must have organised it that way. Do ...
  2 weeks ago

• Muslim 500 – A Listing of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 136
  By Adil James, MMNS A fascinating new book has just been issued by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (in Jordan) in concert with Georgetown’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. The book lists the 500 most influential people in the Muslim world, breaking the people ...
  2 weeks ago

• Corporate Social Responsibility and $1 Adidas training shoes

  
  The 3rd world view — Authority: 128
  This is a very welcoming news : Adidas, the German sports giant, is to make €1 trainers for millions of people around the world who cannot afford to buy shoes, with pilot production to begin next year in Bangladesh. This is rather at a conceptual state still as the final price will be slightly higher than this. ...
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• Sophie Théallet Wins 200K; Lindsay Not Doing Jewelry Line [Rag Trade]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 810
  Designer Sophie Théallet has won the $200,000 Vogue /CFDA Fashion Fund Award . "Thank you for making my American dreams come true," said she. [ Style.com ] Skating at an outdoor rink in London, Lily Cole knocked over a small child. [ Daily Mail ] Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric have announced the ...
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• Barack Obama And the Question of “Universal Rights”

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Barack Obama made a bold move in participating in a “town hall” meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai. However, on the basis of the Al Jazeera English account of this meeting (taken from both wire sources and their own staff), he was even bolder in how he participated: During the question-and-answer ...
  2 weeks ago

• Futurist Thomas Frey to Headline Mexican CEO Summit with Jack Welch, Mohammad Yunus, and Gary Hamel

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  Speaker lineup for this week’s ExpoManagement 2009 Summit in Mexico CityOn November 19th Futurist Thomas Frey will take the stage with eight other global visionaries to help leading business executives in Mexico think through the challenges that lie ahead as businesses struggle to regain their footing in today’s ...
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• Adidas shoes at one euro for poor people

  
  Tiny News — Authority: 110
  Adidas , the gient in shoe making, normally produces trendy, expensive sportswear for people who want to project a sporty image; going to make one-euro shoes worldwide for the poor people. Addas starting their projet from Bangladesh next year. The man behind Adidas project is the Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adidas to make 1 euro shoes for world’s poor

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Frankfurt, Nov 15 (DPA) Adidas, the German sports-shoe company, confirmed Sunday plans to make “one-euro shoes” to offer to the poor and barefoot of the world, with pilot production to begin next year in Bangladesh.Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus suggested the “social business” project to the company, ...
  2 weeks ago

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