A Banker for All Seasons
Posted in Uncategorized, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize on October 17th, 2006 by Stanford Matthews
We could certainly use more of this. When so much of the news is focused on death and the endless stream of tragedy throughout the planet, it would reassure the world that there is a chance to make things right, if only we would listen.
For the skeptics, providing there is no follow up story to blemish this flawless effort by an individual, this could be the best story of the year.
Stanford Matthews
Richly deserved prize for banker to the poor
Chicago Tribune, United States - 13 hours ago
LONDON — It would have been more charitable–and certainly a lot
easier–just to give the poor woman the money. But instead, Muhammad
Yunus lent her $27. …
Banker wins Nobel Peace Prize
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 14 hours ago
By staff writers and wires. A BANGLADESHI banker and the institution
he founded have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for …
Banker changed a nation by lending a hand
Toronto Star, Canada - 15 hours ago
Being a poor woman in Bangladesh stood for nothing before the Grameen
Bank came along. “They had no status in society. Traditionally …
Nobel Prize Winner Yunus Revered by Poor
Houston Chronicle, United States - 15 hours ago
By BETH DUFF-BROWN AP Writer. © 2006 AP. — Walking alongside rice
paddies and water buffalo on the outskirts of Dhaka with Bangladeshi …
Yunus brings cheer to Bangladesh
Times of India, India - 15 hours ago
DHAKA: The news of economist Mohammad Yunus winning the Nobel Peace
prize has brought cheer and joy in Bangladesh with President Iajuddin Ahmed
leading the …
