In doing so, Unitus aims to demonstrate that MFIs can
be run as profitable, large-scale
, poverty-focused businesses with links to
local capital markets.
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Editors
LAS VEGAS----In recognition of its
continued support for the ethnic communities of
Las Vegas, Caesars
Entertainment (NYSE:CZR) has been named Corporation of the Year by the
Las
Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce.
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But despite these successes, MFIs still
only
reach an estimated 16 percent of the 500 million people who could use their
services. The
primary challenge for microfinance is to scale this
high-potential industry to meet the enormous
demand. The company has its corporate headquarters in Las Vegas.
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GK works to empower women, create livelihood opportunities, reduce
vulnerability of the poor, and
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Unitus was created to
help transform this opportunity
into reality.
About Unitus
Unitus is a global microfinance accelerator, acting as
a social venture
capital investor for the microfinance industry."
In an effort to make it easier
for minority and women-owned
businesses to work with the company, Caesars Entertainment last year
launched a new website www. This is one of many initiatives made by the company in the
last few
years to increase the participation of minority and
women-owned vendors. Shareholders of both companies
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1 Million Investment Will Bring Poverty-Alleviating Microfinance Services
to 500,000 Clients by 2009
REDMOND, Wash.caesarsdiversity. ACC
, a not-for-profit
corporation, was founded with the primary goal of economic growth for
its membership
while also becoming a major forum and significant
economic force in bringing about business, social
and economic parity
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Caesars' continued support of our chamber and its
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goals of local students.
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"We are proud
of the diversity
initiatives we have implemented in the past few years and we are
deeply honored
to be recognized by the Asian Chamber as the
Corporation of the Year," Barr added.
About Caesars
Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Additional information on Caesars Entertainment
can be accessed
through the company's web site at www.descent fierce
Since
GK launched their microfinance program
in 1999 they have grown to serve more
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"Caesars' commitment to the economic
vitality of our
community through its supplier diversity program is to
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Unitus Announces Sixth Microfinance Partner Grameen Koota in India
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As of June 2005, Unitus
has seven MFI partners
worldwide serving more than 399,000 poor clients.
About Grameen
Koota
Grameen Koota (GK) offers microfinance services to help poor women in
Karnataka's rural
areas and urban slums work themselves and their families out
of poverty.
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our selection of Caesars Entertainment
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Unitus identifies the
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and
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, has empowered millions of poor people worldwide to improve
their lives by helping them
expand their small businesses and increase their
families' financial security.2 billion, 27
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on four continents, 26,000 hotel rooms, two million square
feet of casino space and 50,000 employees
, the Caesars portfolio is
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About the Asian Chamber of Commerce
Established in 1986, the Asian Chamber of Commerce (ACC
), formerly
known as the Pacific and Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Nevada,
was formed to
serve and represent the professional business interests
of Nevada's growing Asian American community
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Based in Redmond,
Washington, USA, and with offices in Bangalore, India, Unitus is a nonprofit
organization
that relies on innovative financial instruments, and the
financial resources of like-minded individuals
and foundations, to fulfill its
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