|  | | | | | | | | Ai-jen Poo wants to transform caregiving into real work. | | | | | | U.S. fund investors stripped the most cash from U.S.-based mutual funds in more than three years in the latest week, Investment Company Institute (ICI) data showed on Wednesday, as concern mounted about interest rates and economic growth. | | | | | | Doing double the good with your charitable dollars sounds like a no-brainer, but investors are just starting to catch on. | | | | | | There is more to socially responsible investing than just avoiding stocks that are against your principles, whether it be guns or tobacco or bad environmental practices. | | | | | | (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) | | | | | | If you are looking to save the environment, address racial or gender discrimination, fight for human rights or tackle corruption, it looks like you have some unlikely allies: Money managers. | | | | | | U.S. companies' borrowing to spend on capital investment rose 7 percent in November from a year ago, a trade group representing capital equipment lenders said on Wednesday. | | | | | | When the Vondruska family gathers in Watersmeet, Michigan on Christmas Eve to open presents, the grandchildren will not be ripping open any packages from their grandparents. | | | | | | Filmmaker George Lucas's "Star Wars" empire - the movie franchise, not Darth Vader's fictional galactic government - planted him firmly atop Forbes magazine's third annual ranking of the wealthiest U.S. celebrities which was released on Tuesday. | | | | | | The shares of small companies in the U.S. fell into a bear market Monday, but several top-performing fund managers had already been acting as if it was inevitable. | | | | | | | | | | | |
