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Are Values-Based and Socially-Responsible Investments Worthwhile?

by Flexo on December 16, 2009. Investing 10 comments.

Yesterday, FaithShares added two new exchange-traded funds to their lineup, already consisting of funds called “Catholic Values,” “Christian Values,” and “Methodist Values.” These and the two new funds, “Baptist Values” and “Lutheran Values,” focus on investing in only those companies that live up to the values encouraged by each of these communities. It is more ... Continue reading this article…

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Hip New Funding Site: Kickstarter.com

by Smithee on September 8, 2009. Career and Work 4 comments.

This certainly isn’t the first or only Web site where one can describe a project and ask for donations, but if word of mouth is anything to go by, the new Kickstarter.com is the hip place to get funding these days. I first heard about it on Twitter when one of my heroes Jesse Thorn linked ... Continue reading this article…

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Do You Get Satisfaction?

by Smithee on June 9, 2009. Consumer Add a comment.

It seems like as long as we’ve had the Web, we’ve had support forums, usually for software, probably because you can’t depend on software to work the same way twice in a row. Sometimes the support forum is managed and moderated by the company that makes the product, and more often you can find one populated ... Continue reading this article…

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Learn How to Handle Your Mortgage… In Church

by Flexo on February 26, 2008. Education 3 comments.

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is concerned that the recent rash of foreclosures, if it continues, will degenerate the neighborhood into its recent crime-ridden past. To combat this possible future, the church has now begun offering “Housing Crisis” workshops alongside its Sunday school religious lessons. Are pastors and Sunday school teachers extolling the values of ... Continue reading this article…

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