Dot Chat: From Energy Campaigners to Solar Finance Entrepreneurs
I spent 45 minutes earlier today in an invigorating online discussion of new models for financing small solar-energy installations. The participants were Billy Parish, who at 31 is a founder of Mosaic, a company through which small investors can earn …
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State Auditor Appointed Vietnam Finance Minister
Vietnam's budget deficit widened to 50.7 trillion Vietnam dong ($ 2.4 billion) in the first quarter of the year from VND34.0 trillion a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said in April. The deficit for the first quarter was 7.4% of gross domestic …
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Boston lawyer taking leadership role at SEC
Keith Higgins was a third-year associate at his Boston law firm when he pitched in on Reebok International Ltd.'s initial public stock offering in 1985. And when the Canton sneaker giant was sold to Adidas 20 years later, he was the head of the legal …
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