Wall Street JournalBy Emily ParkerIn a Jackson Heights shop for colorful saris and glittering bracelets, several women have gathered to meet with their banker.Wall Street JournalBy Emily ParkerIn a Jackson Heights shop for colorful saris and glittering bracelets, severa...
The Chronicles of PhilanthropyGive & TakeA roundup of blogs about the nonprofit worldThe microfinance pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is testing the waters to see if his approach to fighting poverty can work in the United States — but skeptics are n...
Business Visionariesby David A. AndelmanMuhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 along with his Grameen Bank for pioneering the concept of micro-finance in his native Bangladesh--a financial model that has now spread across much of the Third World and intrigued ...
Lancaster FarmingNobel Prize Winner Speaks to Lancaster ChamberLANCASTER, Pa. — Muhammad Yunus has made a life of challenging the status quo in his native Bangladesh.On Wednesday, he challenged members of Lancaster County's business and agricultural community to ...
Professor Yunus visited Benin on 20 February on invitation of HE Dr Boni Yayi, President of Benin. The government of Benin is launching microfinance for the poor as a national strategy and had invited Professor Yunus to visit this West African nation and share his exper...
News VOA.com A new type of business is focused on making a difference in society as well as making a profit. Mike O'Sullivan reports, so-called social businesses are linking investors in the industrial world and entrepreneurs in developing countries.Social businesses ar...
by Carol Matlack Business Week Along with Grameen Group and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the French food company has created a nutritious and inexpensive yogurt for Bangladesh At an ultra-modern research center in the Paris suburbs, scientists employed by Frenc...
The Independent  By Richard Orange in Mumbai Microfinance – making loans of just $100 to people earning a dollar a day – was pioneered by Bangladeshi Professor Muhammad Yunus (pictured) with his Grameen Bank. So far, banks have lent to microfinance inst...
By Amanda M. FairbanksThe New York TimesCity RoomProf. Muhammad Yunus at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Grameen Bank America. (Photo: Erica Lansner) Enlarge this image. Wall Street may well be a global center of finance, with billions of dollars in capital flo...
