Archives:
October 2014

Why One Acre Fund Puts Farmers First

By Rahim Kanani, Media Group,   A One Acre Fund client signs for her fertilizer delivery in Teso, Kenya. / […]

A True Tree of Life: The Seeds From This Magical Plant Can Clean Water

  The Himalayan Moringa tree can clean drinking water while providing food, fuel, and fertilizer.   A woman and her […]

Ecuador’s Natural Weight Loss Plan…

By Denver Gray, International Living, My wife Ann and I moved to the Ecuadorian beach town of Salinas at the […]

Here’s what you need to know before taking out a peer-to-peer loan

  By Mandi Woodruff  Peer-to-peer lending giant Lending Club is gearing up to have one of the biggest tech initial public offerings of […]

The $650 Billion Global Housing Gap

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 247WallSt, Affordable housing must be a key to a stable economy and the foundation of a […]

Meet The Woman Who Cuddles With Strangers For $60 An Hour

MAGGIE ZHANG “Let’s hold hands and cuddle up on the couch, or listen to some soft music while we curl […]

Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare?

Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare? The U.S. delivers roughly three times as many mammograms, […]

Cross-Border Data Flows, the Internet and What it Means for U.S. and EU Trade and Investment

By Joshua Meltzer, Brooking Institute, The most globally significant bilateral trade and investment relationship is between the U.S. and the […]

This Flowchart Could Help You Decide Whether To Buy Or Rent A Home

  By Libby Kane and Skye Gould Should you buy or rent a home? The flowchart below may be able to […]

What Makes a Great Investor? 10 Great Investors Weigh In

By Erik Torenberg, As a follow up to our collection of Investor Tools last week, we asked 10 investors in […]