Can One of America’s Biggest Tech Companies Pursue its Social Mission and a Massive IPO Simultaneously? Facebook’s IPO listing has caused quite a stir in the business community. But, Zuckerberg writes in a lengthy letter his missions behind Facebook are not purely monetary. ...
WEF Discusses Global Inequality in the Swiss Alps This week the world’s political leaders, policy analysts, tech titans, successful businessmen, and members of the social sector convened for the annual World Economic Forum. Despite all the wealth in the room, one of the ...
Hearing the Different Voices on SOPA People power is back. Wednesday’s protests against the SOPA bill continue last year’s theme of the power of protest. However, this time the protesters include corporate giants, like Google, which went “black” in support of a free ...
Two Years Later, Haiti is Regaining her Strength Two years ago, a 7.0 earthquake shook Haiti, destroying the country and killing over 300,000 people. Then, the country faced another disaster- a devastating cholera outbreak. Today, however, the news is more optimistic. Wash Post ...
CA Companies Wait in Line to Become B- Corps B-Corp law went into effect in California this week and a “a band of smiling millionaires, papers in hand, waiting to sign on the dotted line” stood outside the office of the CA Secretary ...
The Christian Science Monitor did a series recently, citing all the trends that are making the world a better place -- yes, it may actually be getting better. Contrary to the news of environmental disasters, crazy weather patterns, global demonstrations against inequality, and ...
India’s Controversial Food Bill: Despite the glowing success of India’s corporations in recent years, the country still has significant levels of inequality, leading to malnourishment and hunger among many of its citizens. So, this week, India’s governing party put forward a monumental bill ...
TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year - The Protester TIME magazine made an apt choice for person of the year, as rural protesters in China are now joining the likes of Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and the Anna Hazare movement in ...
The World's Largest Democracy Tries to Curb the Internet #KapilSabil became one of the most popular hashtags this week on Twitter. Ironic, considering that Kapil Sabil, India’s Communication and IT minister, called for Internet giants like Facebook and Google to remove “unacceptable” online ...
More big meetings, more empty promises? Busan: The Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. The aim: a partnership for global development and aid effectiveness that has big players like China and India on board. The hope: that the forum could establish a set ...