United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton once said, "The 19th century was about ending slavery, the 20th century was about ending totalitarianism, the 21st century is about ending the pervasive discrimination and degradation of wome...
Considering that it boasts 60 percent of the world's potentially available cropland and will represent 40 percent of the global workforce by 2040, it's hard to believe that Africa is not yet the world's breadbasket. A continent that 50 years ago w...
Horizon Technology Finance Corp. has provided a $1.5 million venture loan to StreamBase Systems Inc., a provider of real-time analytics technology. The money will be used for expansion. Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: HRZN) (“Horiz...
Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) Chairman, President and CEO Hugh Grant today will announce the company's support of the New Vision for Agriculture Initiative, the Grow Africa Partnership and the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition thr...
Canada emerged from crisis with low debt-to-GDP ratio and best banks in the world. When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered his keynote speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, Canada hademerged from the g...
A new report released Wednesday from the World Economic Forum suggests individuals trust in government and business to protect and secure personal data is vastly declining. The report titled, Rethinking Personal Data: Strengthening Trust, states h...
While today's crisis may revolve around financial markets, tomorrow's will stem from the aftershock: hundreds of millions of young adults never incorporated in the job market. The repercussions of this lost generation will be devastating. Unemploy...
Timely and accurate information about conditions of drought and famine in Africa's Sahel could save lives. But if the press is unable to report freely, how does a country build consensus on tackling national food security and ensure that official ...
I left the closing plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa last Friday with a profound sense of optimism. Josette Sheeran, the Forum's new vice-chairman, moderated a wonderfully inspirational panel with African Young Global Le...
(Marketwire) - Opportunity International announced it received a $250,000 grant from Monsanto Company, an agricultural company committed to improving farm productivity and crop quality, to expand access to affordable financial services in Tanzania...
At the end of 2011, gold prices finished almost 20 percent below their all-time nominal highs made in September. European concerns and liquidation actions sent investors running towards the U.S. dollar for safety. Sound familiar? While many believ...
Public health students at USC will be attending the 65th World Health Assembly next week in Geneva, Switzerland, as delegates for the Union for International Cancer Control. The 14 Master of Public Health students also will serve as liaisons and r...
