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Gates and Buffett Are Pushing Billionaires to Give Away Wealth
Investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced on Wednesday that they have met with the top billionaire in the country asking them...
Brazil Prepares for a World Cup to Beat Homelessness
While the world's attention affixes to the FIFA World Cup, Brazil and the City of Rio are preparing for the 8th annual World Cup...
Great Money-Making Opportunity From Geri: Enrich Your Life Tenfold
I am writing to let you know about a life-affirming income opportunity that is just now taking off -- and I have jumped...
Muslim Woman Defies Odds to Build Power Company in Afghanistan
Masooma Habibi remembers her hands bleeding after weaving carpets with her mother in Iran when she was 5. Now she is part of a...
CEO Gives 20 Million Dollar Company to Employees
A CEO this week gave his entire company to the workers who've made his natural food company the success that generates revenues exceeding $20...
Invest in Microloans: Aid the Poor and Earn 3-6 Percent Interest
For two years now, rock-bottom interest rates have meant nominal returns for savers holding extra cash. But, those who want to do some...
Shoe Company Founded to Give Away Shoes to Barefoot Kids
TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS gives a pair of new shoes to a child in...
Documentary Validates Role of Placebo Effect in Controlling Health
A documentary released this year questions the exclusive role of genetics and medicine in determining and treating disease. It examines alternative healthcare methods that...
Good News for Small Business Around the World
More countries than ever are slashing red tape around starting new businesses, according to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report, which tracks how easy...
Scholarship Program for Young Offenders Reaps Dividends
Derek was 16 when he landed in a juvenile detention facility after "getting mixed up with the wrong crowd". Today he's 24, finishing his...
What a Dog Taught Me About Personal Growth
My mom’s neighbor had shoulder surgery so she agreed to babysit Buddy, her neighbor’s heavy set and short legged terrier. I offered to...
Community Banks are Growing
A new survey of 743 community banks found that more than half saw an increase in deposits as a result of new customers....
Stimulus Package has Green for Clean Energy
The government is pulling out all the stops to get the economy's heart beating again, including a large clean energy investment that's part of...
Building a Bridge to Save Lives
The Nithi River used to claim as many as 50 lives each year near the Kenyan villages of Kajuki and Mutino. But a...
Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives
A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.
Four years ago Catherine Rohr was a venture capitalist on...
Jewish-Arab Website, Lend for Peace, Lets You Aid Palestinian Women Businesses
Two Jews and two Palestinians in the U.S. launched a website on Thursday that allows you to make a small loan directly to...
Students Hitch Ride on Branson’s Jet to See Obama
Two poor college students in Amsterdam asked Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson for a ride to Washington to see Obama's innauguration. The billionaire immediately answered,...
Businessman Helps Hundreds of Poor People to Attend Inaugural (w/ Video)
Virginia entrepreneur, Earl W. Stafford, and his nonprofit foundation have paid more than $1.6 million so about 700 struggling Americans will get a chance...
UPDATE: Once a Homeless Man Now Independent and Hopeful for 2009
One inspiring story in 2008 featured an entrepreneur whose heart was moved by a homeless man trying to sell newspapers to earn a living....
Company Gives More Than Half Its Profits to Charity
What’s in a name? When it comes to the California-based office products firm, Give Something Back, almost everything. GSB gives back more than half...