‘To Catch a Dollar’ Film Screening on March 31st at the Culver Stadium
Mar 25, 2011 No Comments ››Join the Los Angeles Microfinance Network for a special film screening of 'To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America' at the Culver Stadium on Thursday, March 31st from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. The screening will include an in-depth panel discussion about innovative solutions to today's financial challenges moderated by CNBC's Maria Bartiromo featuring Nobel Laureate ...
Continue ReadingYAO LA Spring Swing Event
Mar 15, 2011 No Comments ››Come join us for YAO's Spring Swing Event on Saturday April 2 at 8PM at The Olympic Collection Banquet Center! We’ll be providing free swing dance instruction, great music, the opportunity to meet new people and win fun prizes! Also, you’ll hear stories of hope from an international guest speaker from Uganda. Tickets are $20 online or $25 at the door. Proceeds ...
Continue ReadingThe Battle for Grameen
Mar 10, 2011 No Comments ››Attacks on the sainted Muhammad Yunus escalate Mar 3rd 2011 | from the Economist print edition FIRST, trenchant criticism. Late last year Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, accused Muhammad Yunus, the founder and managing director of Grameen, the world’s best-known microfinance institution, of playing “a trick” to evade taxes. Then, broad hints that Mr Yunus might consider ...
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