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...upends normal notions of banking. "Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor," he said. "All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out." In his Nobel speech, Yunus made clear his belief that access to credit ought to be a basic human right, and advocated the acceptance of "social businesses"-organizations that are self-sustaining but not profit maximizing. "I support globalization ... but it must be the right kind of globalization," he said. "The rule of 'strongest takes all' must be replaced by rules that ensure the poorest have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Who Mattered: Muhammad Yunus | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

Smith surprises with his emotional range and nuanced delivery. In “Happyness,” his signature head roll and suggestive eye brow raise have been replaced by a desperate bearing and deflated expression. To his credit, the 38-year-old actor, who has been on the Hollywood scene for over twenty years, distinguishes himself as a mature talent...

Author: By Claire J Saffitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: The Pursuit of Happyness | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...still had my information,” said a UCLA applicant, Moises H. Gallegos ’10, who ultimately decided not to matriculate at the California university. In response to the news, another applicant, Gideon W. Wald ’10, put out a fraud alert on his credit history and said he plans to take more steps during the winter break. “There’s not much you can do but to take steps to prevent [fraud],” Wald said. According to the e-mail, the hacker exploited a software flaw and fraudulently...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UCLA Applicant Database Hacked | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

Melinda R. Cep likes to take credit for her sister’s success. “Her first grade teacher asked her what she wanted to learn,” Melinda recalls, “and Casey was very adamant that she wanted to learn to read, because her sister already knew...

Author: By Diane J. Choi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Casey N. Cep | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...services allow students to focus on their priorities by taking care of the banal and time-consuming chores of college life, from laundry to room-cleaning. Kopko’s next plan is to make college affordable for everyone. His idea is to get banks to award credit to students based on their potential earnings rather than their parents’ current finances. His company gained infamy in March 2005, when The Crimson wrote an editorial calling for a boycott of DormAid, arguing that use of their dorm-cleaning service was “an obvious display of wealth that...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michael E. Kopko | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

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