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18 June '13

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United States Cleveland co-op brings creativity to the fashion industry
Design Lab Inc, a design co-operative based in Cleveland, enables many designers and artists from...
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 States New CEO for the National Cooperative Business Association
The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), the US national association for cooperative...
United States NCGA oppose Visa and Mastercard settlement
The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) have joined a number of organisations in...

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Global NewsCo-ops need to create networks, said co-op leaders

Co-operatives need to create networks with organisations around the world, said co-op leaders at the IYC Closing Ceremony in New York.

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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 NewsMembers Matter Most - International Credit Union Day

International Credit Union Day 2012, on 18 October, is truly a time to celebrate – as credit unions have increased their annual new-member base at the fastest rate ...

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 ...

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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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United StatesNCBA calls for small business administration lending programmes for food co-ops

The National Cooperative Business Association is advocating for changes to small business administration (SBA) regulations in order to enable co-operatives to gain access to SBA ...

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