Muhammad Yunus

Muslim Suspect In 'South Park' Threat To Plead Guilty

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 02.09.2012 | Religion

Read More: South Park Threat, Younus Abdullah Mohammad, South Park Censorship, Trey Parker, Islam, Video, Matt Stone, South-Park-Matt-Stone-Trey-Parker, Prophet Muhammad, South Park Muhammad, Muhammad Yunus, South Park, Trey Parker Matt Stone, Muslim Threat, Religion News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Muslim convert from Brooklyn pleaded guilty Thursday to using a website he founded to post online threats against the creato...

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Muhammad Yunus, Wendy Kopp: We Must Put Problem-Solving Above Money-Making In Business

Wendy Kopp | Posted 01.29.2012 | Impact

Read More: Davos 2012, Social Entrepreneurship, Muhammad Yunus, Davos, Video, Impact News

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Dispatch From Davos: The Power of Collective Impact

Darell Hammond | Posted 01.26.2012 | Business

Read More: Davos 2012, Social Entrepreneurship, Muhammad Yunus, Economic Crisis, World Economic Forum, Business News

One idea that I am certain is a game changer for all of us is the idea of collective impact. No one business, no one government, no single sector can do it alone. Multiple stakeholders need to have shared values because they truly have shared responsibilities.

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Lessons In Micro-lending At World Vision's Women's Prayer Breakfast

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 02.06.2012 | Impact

Read More: Grameen Bank Yunus, Micro Credit, World Vision, Zambia, Micro Finance, HIV/AIDS Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Bono Micro Lending, World AIDS Day, Impact News

Micro-credit in the hands of women fosters an environment of education and entrepreneurship, which is necessary in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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The Future Starts With an "F"

Kyra Choucroun | Posted 01.23.2012 | Culture

Read More: Success, Sir Ken Robinson, Sustainability, Twitter, Failure, Innovation, Dan Ariely, Zipcar, Dr. Brene Brown, Muhammad Yunus, Tim Harford, TED Talks, Culture News

As a society, we have been systematically wired and re-wired to abhor failure. But amongst all of this stigmatisation we have forgotten one fundamental fact: the greatest innovations arise from a process of trial and error.

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Socially-Conscious Banking: End to Foreclosures & Occupy Your Home

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 01.10.2012 | Business

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Children, Robo-Signing, Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Muhammad Yunus, Barack Obama, Home Foreclosures, Child Abuse, Subprime Mortgages, Grameen Bank, Values, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, Banking Crisis, Foreclosure Moratorium, Foreclosure, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Potter, Corporate Greed, Children's Health, Healthcare, Family, Business News

Remove foreclosure as an outcome of non-payment and an entirely fresh vision of borrower-lender relationship is put in place, now as cooperating partners, as in a business deal, because that's really what it is.

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Great Soul Gandhi: Activist or Entrepreneur

Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 12.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Victoria-Hale, Women's Rights, Social Justice, Social Entrepreneurship, Mexico, Gandhi, Stanford University, Movement for Peace With Justice and Dignity, Social Activism, Muhammad Yunus, Politics News

While the buzz about social entrepreneurship in philanthropy and development is encouraging, I am puzzled both by its lack of historical analysis and connection to social movements.

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Helping Women Help Themselves Around the World With Micro-Credit: Grameen Bank in Action

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 11.26.2011 | Business

Read More: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Microloans, Microcredit, Micro-Credit, Bonsai People, Business News

I had the unique opportunity to meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus last week in NYC after the screening of a film called Bonsai People directed by Holly Mosher.

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'To Catch A Dollar' Documents Success Of Bank For Poor

Posted 11.23.2011 | Impact

Read More: Video, To Catch a Dollar, IFC Center, Bangladesh, Gayle Ferraro, Bank for Poor, Grameen America, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, Impact News

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press NEW YORK — Just before the global financial crisis struck in 2008, Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate...

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With Bonsai People, a Closer Look at the Work of Muhammad Yunus

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.21.2011 | World

Read More: Yunus, Grameen Bank, United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, New York, Grameen Bank Documentary, Bonsai People, Bonsai People Documentary, World News

Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which started out by offering small loans to Bangladesh's poor women to help encourage self-enterprise and foster community development.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of Social Entrepreneurship

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 08.29.2011 | Impact

Read More: Social Change, Social Innovation, Bill Drayton, Ashoka, Changemakers, Social Entrepreneurship, Microloans, Microcredit, Microfinance, Microlending, Muhammad Yunus, Impact News

Social entrepreneurship today enjoys the high regard it has long deserved -- fully 30 years after the organization that launched the movement was born.

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Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Loses Legal Battle To Save Job

AP | By FARID HOSSAIN | Posted 06.05.2011 | World

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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus lost his final court appeal Tuesday to remain in control of the pioneering microlending bank he fou...

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To Catch a Dollar Reveals Real Life on a Large Scale

Muhammad Yunus | Posted 05.29.2011 | World

Read More: Microloans, Microcredit, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, World News

Throughout the world, there's a reality show playing out in actual communities on a huge scale, a truly authentic show whose message remains consistent, no matter the economic tides.

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'To Catch A Dollar': Poor Women, Small Business And A Chance To Succeed In America

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Read More: To Catch a Dollar, Grameen America, Microfinance, Poor Women Microfinance, Grameen New York, Microfinance America, Microfinance New York, Yunus America, Muhammad Yunus, Ny Impact, Small Business America, Impact News

Can microfinance, a system that works so well in rural pockets of developing countries, be effectively applied to America's urban centers?

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An Update on the Muhammad Yunus Situation

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Supporters of microfinance around the world stand in support of Dr. Yunus and are doing their best to help resolve this situation.

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The Sad, Strange Sacking of Muhammad Yunus

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Poverty, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Africa, Nobel Prize, Muhammad Yunus, World News

On March 2, Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was abruptly forced from his position as managing director of Grameen Bank, the Bangladesh-based financial institution he founded thirty years ago.

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Why Muhammad Yunus and the Women of Grameen Matter

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Women, Greed, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Loan Sharks, Grameen, Speculation, Grameen Phone, Bangladesh, Banks, Poor, Sustainable, Business News

If we are going to see true evolution and true civil society, we must begin with supporting the most disadvantaged in helping themselves. They know what they need.

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Nobel Laureate Fights To Keep Job At His Microfinance Bank

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Nobel Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize, Bangaladesh, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, Business News

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus filed an appeal Wednesday with Bangladesh's highest court in a final attempt to keep his job at th...

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Bangladesh Trying To Fire Nobel Laureate From Microlender

AP | FARID HOSSAIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Microlender, Nobel Prize, Microfinance, Nobel Laurate, Grameen Bank, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Microlending, Bangaldesh, Asia, Muhammad Yunus, World News

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's government ordered Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from his post as head of his microfinance bank Wednesday &ndas...

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Why Muhammad Yunus and the Poor Need Us More Than Ever

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Nobel Peace Prize, Greed, Vigilantevnm, www.vigilante-vnm.com, Vivigive, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Grameen, Gandhi, Business, Integrity, Bottom Billion, Profit, Microfinance, Bangladesh, Vivian Norris, Banks, Business News

Nobel Peace prize winner Yunus has been under attack by not only his leader of government in his native Bangladesh but by those who are upset with what narrows down to Dr. Yunus' stand against corruption and loan sharking.

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Is Yunus Right About Charitable Donations?

Bhagwan Chowdhry | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microfinance, Sks, Microcredit, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Philanthropy, Compartamos, Small Business America, World News

Many renowned micro-credit proponents, most notably Yunus, often discard charitable donations. But isn't a charity dollar a zero interest loan with a very long maturity?

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Microfinance Leaders Debate Future

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Read More: Vikram Akula, Microplace, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Economic Development, Impact News

Two prominent advocates for economic justice are currently debating the practical and ethical limits to selling goods and services to the poor in the anti-poverty sector.

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Combating Human Trafficking with Social Business

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Read More: Social Enterprise, Diana Mao, Nomi Network, Social Entrepreneurship, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Slavery, Contemporary Slavery, Alissa Moore, Social Business, Muhammad Yunus, Human Trafficking, Impact News

Access to sustainable income through a social business creates financial independence for trafficking victims and their dependents. Social businesses empower the poor to help themselves.

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Avoiding "Mission Drift": Do Microfinance Institutions Stop Serving Their Core Mission When Seeking Profit?

Mary Ellen Iskenderian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Vikram Akula, Clinton Global Initiative, Microfinancing for Women, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, World News

Microfinance efforts show that the poor are indeed creditworthy, and that women borrowers in particular spend the proceeds from their businesses in ways that have a longer-lasting, more profound impact on the lives of their families.

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An Inside Look at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Women's Rights, Shakira, Violence Against Women, Muhammad Yunus, Richard Branson, Human Trafficking, Philanthropy, Muhtar Kent, Clinton Global Initiative, Melinda Gates, Cgi, Economic Empowerment, Technology, Cherie Blair, Paul Farmer, Energy, Bill Clinton, Women, Michelle Obama, Jean-Max Belleive, Poverty, Laura Bsuh, Valerie Jarret, Education, Human Rights, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ratan Tata, Empowering Girls and Women, Environment, Eric Schmidt, Global Health, Jeff Gordon, Social Innovation, President Clinton, World News

"Companies increasingly understand that social responsibility is part and parcel of what makes a market leader in the 21st century, and that makes our Annual Meeting a "must attend" forum for top CEOs."

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