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17 May '12

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Global News Q&A: Carolyn Hoover, Chief Executive of dotCoop
As the co-operative domain name, dotCoop, reaches its tenth anniversary, Anthony Murray speaks to...
United States dotCoop: A global board for a global organisation
dotCooperation LLC is the organisation that oversees the management of the .coop domain name, the...
United States Nobel Prize Winning Economists and Co-op Leaders Share Stage at 2012 International Summit
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Global News Mobile app for co-operatives set for joint US/UK launch
A joint initiative between a UK and US co-operative will see a mobile phone app launch in June.

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Global NewsJoin the campaign to support co-operatives through Twitter and Facebook

Co-operatives around the world have launched a social media campaign to raise the profile of the International Year of Co-operatives.

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Global NewsDeadline approaches for Coop'Art contest

A final call has been made for creative co-operators around the world to submit entries for the Coop'Art contest.

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United StatesThe week in review: US co-operatives at the White House

It has been a big week for US co-operatives. Co-operators from across the US descended on the White House for a variety of events dedicated to the co-operative movement organised by the National Cooperative Business Association.

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Global NewsNational Survey Finds Americans Rate Consumer Cooperatives

Nearly one-third of Americans (29 percent) say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” with only 11 percent saying they are “unhelpful,” according to a new national survey. The survey was developed by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and was administered to a representative sample of 1,008 adult Americans by ...

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Global NewsICA's May eDigest out now

The ICA’s monthly eDigest is out now.  Working with new writers at the Global News Hub, the news stories have been produced in French and Spanish and uploaded to the ...

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Global NewsCHF 38,625.00 donated by UK co-ops to ICA's IYC Appeal

A very big thank you to the following UK co-op’s who have collectively donated CHF 38,625 (£26,225) to the ICA’s global appeal raising funds to deliver International ...

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Global NewsRead the latest news on the International Summit 2012

October 8th - 11th will see the first International Co-operative Summit, supported by Desjardins, St Mary’s University Halifax and the ICA.  This event is billed as the ...

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The Co-operate mobile phone app will be appearing on Android, iPad and iPhone in June

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Global NewsMobile app for co-operatives set for joint US/UK launch

A joint initiative between a UK and US co-operative will see a mobile phone app launch in June.

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Global NewsGet the New International Year of Cooperatives Twibbon

Key cooperative organizations across the globe are supporting a new Twibbon campaign to enable people on Twitter and Facebook to show their support for the International Year of Cooperatives. What is Twibbon? Twibbon is a powerful awareness tool that overlays a small icon onto supporters’ profile images on Twitter and Facebook to make a visually impactful statement. Join the Campaign Click here to get the new International Year of Cooperatives Twibbon and show your support for the global ...

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Global NewsCooperative banks can transfer funds online

To popularize electronic transfer of funds, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed cooperative banks to participate in the centralised payment systems. With this, all the banks can now transfer funds electronically through real time gross settlement system (RTGS) and national electronic funds transfer (NEFT). At present, the centralised payment systems — RTGS and NEFT can be accessed only by members that included public and private sector banks. As an exception, RRBs have been given access ...

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