eBay founder Omidyar’s Ulupono Initiative to help fund $50M Hawaii waste … – Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

eBay founder Omidyar's Ulupono Initiative to help fund $50M Hawaii waste …Pacific Business News (Honolulu)Ulupono Initiative, the social investment firm founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is helping to fund BioEnergy Hawaii LLC's $50 million energy conversion facility on the Big Island, the Kailua-Kona-based firm said Tuesday. BioEnergy Hawaii, a …

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Food stamps for filet mignon? Hardly, despite what paternalistic politicians say – The Guardian

The Guardian Food stamps for filet mignon? Hardly, despite what paternalistic politicians sayThe GuardianRepublican State Representatives have recently introduced legislation that would regulate the kind of groceries one can purchase with taxpayer money, banning sales with food stamps for “cookies, chips, energy drinks, soft drinks, seafood or steak.”. More: continued …

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founder of ‘Latin America’s eBay’ – Financial Times

Financial Times founder of 'Latin America's eBay'Financial TimesMuch has changed in Marcos Galperín's life since 1999, when he and a colleague set up what would become the eBay of Latin America. But the 43-year-old Argentine dotcom entrepreneur has lost none of the youthful vigour that drove him to set up … …

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