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20 June '13

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Fans have a stake in their club in the Champions League final

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United KingdomFootball clubs celebrate co-operation in Champions League final

Thousands of fans will be shouting for their team during this weekend's Champions League final, and it is also a chance for co-operators to shout about co-operation.

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Dr Molly Scott Cato and Dame Pauline Green will sit on the commission

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United KingdomWelsh Government launches Co-op and Mutuals Commission

The Welsh Government’s Business Minister, Edwina Hart, says the principality’s new Co-operative and Mutuals Commission will help create more jobs and wealth in Wales ...

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United KingdomWatch Co-operatives United 2012

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To celebrate the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives, over 10,000 co-operators from around the world came to Co-operatives United in Manchester.

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United StatesMergers help farmers achieve $1bn income

The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of the country’s economy.

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Rodrigo Gouveia (Right) speaking at the official European launch of the International Year of Co-operatives .

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EuropeRodrigo Gouveia advocates single market for consumer co-operatives

The Secretary General of EuroCoop told Co-op News he advocates for a ‘Single Market’ for consumer co-operatives.

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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.

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United KingdomCo-operatives United World Festival and ICA Expo: The Highlights

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Watch the highlights of Co-operatives United.

United KingdomThursday: Co-operatives Build A Better World Through Finance

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Following the financial crisis, co-operatives proved to be resilient in all sectors from finance to retail to agriculture. This week the international Co-operative Alliance released the World Co-operative Monitor showing the top 300 co-operatives in the world have a collective turnover of $300 trillion. Participants at Co-operatives United, the global culmination of the International Year of Co-operatives, discussed how co-operatives build a better world through finance. Find out more www.manchester2012.coop/live

United KingdomCharles Gould celebrates 'the largest gathering of co-operators in decades'

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Charles Gould, Director-General of the International Co-operative Alliance, celebrates the largest gathering of co-operators in decades, Co-operatives United.

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CanadaMcKinsey report finds strength in co-operative business model

Co-operatives grow at an identical rate to companies, and those mutuals in the food and agricultural have surpassed their corporate counter-parts.

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