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22 May '13

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  • NCGA oppose Visa and Mastercard settlement
    The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) have joined a number of organisations in opposing the proposed antitrust settlement agreement with Visa, MasterCard and some of...
United States Credit unions sprout cooperative message at Green Festival
Native New Yorkers and international visitors alike obtained fresh insight into the power of...
United States Credit unions save students thousands in debt
Students in America have found a saving grace in credit unions, as they help to alleviate the...
United States 8,000 students fight for co-operatives as a movement beyond capitalism
Across North America, a large group of students are carrying on four decades of tradition in...
United States Teaching young people about credit unions
One of the most innovative projects in the credit union movement is aiming to reach out to the...
United KingdomCo-operative Group drops deal for Lloyds branches

The Co-operative Group has withdrawn from the deal to acquire 632 Lloyds Banking Group branches and the associated 4.8 million customers.

Ramsay Dunning, Group General Manager, Co-operative Energy; Nigel Mason, Business Development Manager, and Ben Reid, Chief Executive of parent-organisation Midcounties Co-op at the launch of Co-operative Energy 18 months ago

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United KingdomCo-operative Energy is switched on to the market

Energy is making headlines. This month, SSE – Scottish and Southern Energy – announced its half year profits for the period ending September rose by 38 per cent ...

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Farmers in Bolivia fighting deforestation.

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BoliviaCo-op combats deforestation in Bolivia

The Cochabamba Project combats deforestation by working with poor smallholders in the Bolvian Amazon, Co-op News talked to the Director David Vincent.

(0)Agriculture, Co-operatives, Community, Environment, Financial, Economy, Society
Tim Presswood, Chair of Manchester Credit Union

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United KingdomManchester Credit Union celebrates 21st birthday

Manchester Credit Union (MCU) has come of age, as they celebrated their 21st birthday, last Thursday 18 October at Manchester Town Hall.

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Global NewsCredit Unions prepare to celebrate 'International Credit Union Day'

Credit Unions across the world will be celebrating International Credit Union Day tomorrow (18 October).

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SpainACCOOP launched in Spain to promote accounting research from a co-operative perspective

The International Research Network on Accounting for Co-operatives and Mutual Entities (ACCOOP) has been launched in Spain on 6 October to promote accounting research but from a ...

(0)Banking and Insurance, Financial, Economy
Dr Ronald Colman explains how co-ops can make the difference

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CanadaImagine 2012: All co-operatives can make one small change

Co-operatives can do one simple thing to change the economic system, according to a speaker at the Imagine conference.

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CanadaImagine 2012: The Press Conference

A week of co-operative conferences and meetings in Quebec has been launched at a press conference this evening.

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Ministers announcing the changes in regulations [(c) Santiago Artos]

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Global NewsNew regulations for 3,800 credit co-operatives across Spain

More than 3,800 co-operatives from Spain will be affected by new regulations in the credit union sector.

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Imagine 2012 and International Summit of Cooperatives

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Global NewsImagine 2012 and the Opening of the International Summit: Monday Preview

Imagine 2012 is the international conference on co-operative economics – it finishes on Monday and will be followed by the opening ceremony of the International Summit of ...

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