CategoryRelated News ItemsCooperatives: business model of the future - Times & Transcript (Canada)Sat, 12 May 2012 07:49:33 -0700 What does the Harper government have against cooperatives? Read More... White House Briefing on Cooperatives, Jobs and Economy Opens Dialogue With Nation's LeadersTue, 08 May 2012 11:29:00 -0700 WASHINGTON, DC-- - Last week, 150 leaders of the US cooperative community went to the White House with a mission: to let top-level Obama Administration officials know that co-ops are values-based businesses ... Read More... NetSuite Delivers Power Of Cloud Business Management Suites To The EnterpriseWed, 16 May 2012 05:15:00 -0700 SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012 -- NetSuite Inc. (N), the industry's leading provider of cloud -based financials / ERP software suites, today announced continued ... Read More... National Survey Finds Americans Rate Consumer Cooperatives More Highly Than For-Profit Businesses on Measures of ...Wed, 02 May 2012 10:24:00 -0700 WASHINGTON, DC-- - Nearly one-third of Americans say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are "helpful ... Read More... UN International Year should bring attention to the co-operative movement's robust and competitively advantageous ...Wed, 23 May 2012 21:49:49 -0700 The International Year of Co-operatives should be used by the global co-operative movement to drive home the seriousness of the co-operative business model by elevating the form to equal standing with the stock holder model, says Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance. Read More... Deadline in Minnesota to Apply for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to 2011 Disaster is June 21Mon, 21 May 2012 10:36:11 -0700 ATLANTA, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that June 21 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Minnesota as a result of combined effects of excessive rain ... Read More... Association Update: Celebrating the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’Tue, 08 May 2012 11:15:01 -0700 This year has been a time of change, growth and development for businesses and Minnesota as a whole. As the Minnesota economy ebbs and flows, many businesses will make their mark on the state. One sector that Minnesotans should keep a close eye on is cooperatives. Read More... Malaya Business InsightThu, 24 May 2012 09:13:24 -0700 BanKo, the microfinance arm of the Ayala Group, has an unorthodox way of doing business. While its main objective is to lend small sums to ordinary people, it requires borrowers to sign an agreement to save. Read More... Global Development Co-operative Fund launched to support new cooperativesThu, 24 May 2012 10:04:40 -0700 During the recent launch of the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives 2012 (IYC 2012), the worldwide co-operative movement also launched a new development fund – the Global Development Co-operative (GDC) – to help provide much needed finance to cooperatives in developing countries. Read More... Veolia in talks to sell ailing bus unitTue, 22 May 2012 19:35:20 -0700 French conglomerate Veolia is continuing its disengagement from the Israeli transportation business. Read More...
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