After approximately a year of waiting I finally made it to my destination: the micro finance institute (MFI) Esperanza/Hope International located in balmy, beautiful Santo Domingo! Kalie Gold (another Kiva Fellow) and Analin (Kiva Coordinator) have been gracious enough to show me the ropes, and there is plenty to do. Right now we are currently working on designing a short training course for getting better profile pictures, more journal updates, getting documents sent on a timely manner, etc.I w

The environment has written you a citation Your payday loan source says you’ll save money if you don’t buy a Hummer. You’ll likely save on your car’s purchase price, insurance, gas… and traffic tickets. Ben Mack of Wired gives us yet another reason to downgrade to smaller, more economical, more environmentally-friendly cars. Apparently, Hummer drivers receive nearly [...]

The House of Representatives passed President Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” Wednesday evening, legislation that it’s projected can create some 4 million jobs—as many as half a million of them in the “green” sector– at a time when the US economy is ailing. The stimulus package calls for the federal government to invest $69 billion in “shovel-ready” projects and initiatives that will create jobs and, among other things, result in a doubling of US renewable energy output. Half

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As a work from home attorney and self driven small business entrepreneur, I like to keep tabs on the pulse of the business markets and track the breaking of current economic news at all times. Whenever I’m working from home, I always have CNBC or the Fox Business News channel playing on the TV. However, because of this constant monitoring of the markets and relentless digestion of every piece of bad economic news that comes through the news wire, I’ve steadily become an extremely bearish investo

I just had to laugh! I read an article the other day about how 2009 will be a year in which the American consumer will change the way they make purchases, and its effect upon retailers, many of which may be forced into bankruptcy. What made me laugh was a quote from Howard Davidowitz, the chairman of New York-based retail consultant and investment bank, Davidowitz & Associates. When asked about current consumer debt loads and credit access, Mr. Davidowitz said: “I don’t think we will live t

I’m attempting to file my taxes right now and I SWEAR this music is going to drive me up the wall. I mean I’d rather listen to complete silence or something. OH, the song changed! I’m attempting not to be too glum about the music though because if all goes well with the filing and a pending student loan doesn’t end up taking my monies, I’ll be getting close to $800 back. That would come in handy for getting a car. I’ve learned not to count my chickens though. If I don’t get all of the refund bac

The government today unveiled a long awaited package of support for the car industry worth £2bn amid warnings of a “catastrophe” for the sector with the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. Business secretary Lord Mandelson said the government would provide loan guarantees to car manufacturers and large suppliers to try to reverse a huge slump in car buying. Jobs have already been axed …