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23 May '13

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United States Co-ops unite across the US to 'Fix the Future'
Leaders of local organisations including worker co-operatives, community banks, local business...
United States New CEO for the National Cooperative Business Association
The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), the US national association for cooperative...
United States Share Exchange shows Californians how to own the economy
The Share Exchange, a Local Economy Center based in Santa Rosa, California is hosting a seminar to...
United States Anchor institutions could help to further co-operative development
A recent report by The Democracy Collaborative shows how anchor institutions can make a difference...

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Global NewsOccupy Wall Street: An Opening to Worker-Occupation of Factories and Enterprises in the U.S.

Via Peter Ranis in the Monthly Review The U.N. has declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives.  This only adds to the imperative for exploring the many ways that ...

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Global NewsThe Ohio Employee Ownership Center's Online Library

The Ohio Employee Ownership Center's online library is rich with research and guidance on forming and operating worker cooperatives.  Business ownership succession and ...

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Global NewsOverview of Worker Cooperative law in Colorado

Colorado attorney Linda Phillips provides an overview of the worker cooperative as a business model, including how these cooperatives are formed and tax advantages.  Via the ...

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Global NewsForging Bond Will Be Test for Co-ops and Occupy Movement

By Fawzia Sheikh TORONTO, Dec 12 (IPS) - Canadian cooperatives may grow as the global Occupy movement raises the profile of their business model through boosting interest in credit unions over traditional banks, but uncertainty remains about the degree to which the two camps will join forces from here on. While the cooperative sector understands that the international Occupy trend illustrates a 'huge appetite' for an alternative to the economic and social status quo, it is unclear to ...

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Global NewsAngkasa To Introduce Syariah Financing Cooperative In January - Bernama (Malaysia)

The Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) is confident the Syariah Financing Cooperative (Kopsya) based on the Islamic banking system would be implemented in January, said Angkasa deputy president Datuk Abdul Fattah Abdullah. He said at the moment about 200 credit cooperatives with a total accumulated fund of RM360 million had agreed to join the Kopsya scheme. "We will begin with credit cooperatives before extending it to other cooperatives including school cooperatives and ...

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Global NewsReady for prime time

The current issue of The Economist has a special briefing on Africa, setting forth a particularly promising picture. In fact, they’ve titled it “Africa’s hopeful economies: ...

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Global NewsReady for prime time

The current issue of The Economist has a special briefing on Africa, setting forth a particularly promising picture. In fact, they’ve titled it “Africa’s hopeful economies: ...

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Global NewsN.C. Small Businesses Talk Up Truliant FCU’s Alliance

More than 200 companies have been able to retain or create nearly 500 jobs thanks to help from Truliant Federal Credit Union. See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives | Co-ops

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Global NewsYoung Co-operatives – Fairlogie Café

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Global NewsFISHCOPFED elected to NEDAC

Mr. B.K. Mishra, Managing Director of National Federation of Fishermen’s Co-operatives (FISHCOPFED) attended the Seminar and General Assembly of NEDAC (Network for Development of Agricultural Co-operatives in Asia) of the UN held from 27 November to 3rd December, 2011 at Tagatay City, Philippines. The Seminar was on the topic `Current Trends in Development of Agricultural Co-operatives in Asian Countries with Special Reference to Legislative Changes and Policy Initiatives’. The seminar was ...

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