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The policies, politics and laws of doing good - from charity's global front lines to bottom lines.

Donations that give charities a stake in the company

July 6th, 2010 by Blake Bromley, Bio

What happens when a charity becomes a stakeholder? Warren Buffett’s donation of 99 per cent of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a topic I’ve blogged often about — comes in the form of shares from his company Berkshire Hathaway. This leaves the charity with a choice to cash the gift, or maintain the investment. Read more…

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Can’t Win ‘Hearts and Minds’ Without Speech

June 24th, 2010 by Blake Bromley, Bio

The U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult to fight the war on terrorism as a battle of hearts and minds this week. They removed speech, free speech, from the arsenal of weapons available.

The first amendment is not the only cause which suffered from this decision. Read more…

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Air India Inquiry Report: How much are charities involved in funding terrorism?

June 21st, 2010 by Benefic

How do we prevent another disaster like the bombing of Air India flight 182 from ever happening again?

This was the question at the heart of the Inquiry into the Air India bombing and the investigation that dragged on with little result for decades after the attack. Read more…

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