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		<title>Opening the Door for Program Related Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Treasury and IRS are proposing a rule change involving Program Related Investments. Below is the post from Jonathan Greenblat &#8211; Director of the Office of Social Innovation. &#160; &#160; Recently, the Obama Administration took a simple but important step that has the potential to do a lot of good in communities across the country – anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&amp;O Insurance for Benefit Corporations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted by Kevin LaCroix on D and O Diary The purpose of the benefit corporation is to provide an appropriate enterprise vehicle for for-profit mission-driven businesses. Among the objectives in structuring the benefit corporation form is the need to address critical issues regarding the duties and potential liabilities of directors and officers. The key objectives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROFIT + PURPOSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Westaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last year, I&#8217;ve been lecturing at Harvard Law and Stanford Law about structuring social enterprises for impact. I always have people asking me to see the slides, but have never publicly shared the slides. Today I&#8217;m releasing those slides to the public. This is meant to be an introductory presentation that touches on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefit Corporation State-by-State Comparison Chart</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haskell Murray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, six states – California, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont and Virginia – have effective benefit corporation statutes.  Next month, New York will become the seventh state, and many other states are currently considering passing benefit corporation statutes.  I have recently posted a chart that compares and contrasts the various provisions of the six effective benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With New Law, Profits Take a Back Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in Wall Street Journal By ANGUS LOTEN A brownie supplier to Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream, a skateboard maker and a payday lender are among the hundreds of existing businesses that plan to incorporate as &#8220;benefit corporations&#8221; in coming months. They will be taking advantage of a new and untested corporate charter, available in only [...]]]></description>
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