Haiti

At EARTH University, students don't produce papers. They produce -- organically grown crops they harvest and sell -- along with other entrepreneurial agricultural products. Is this hands-on education in working the soil and changing the world a model for a better future.

While your heart might want to help disaster victims in Japan or elsewhere, Better Business Bureau officials say that you should also keep your mind on your wallet. Natural disasters bring out con artists and schemers, Cindy Dudley, director of Business Services for the BBB, said in a recent...

A little more than one year after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and surrounding Haitian communities, scam artists in the United States are targeting survivors with fraudulent promises of new lives as legal immigrants. The fraud is perpetrated by luring Haitian nationals to...

A year after Haiti's catastrophic quake, Port-au-Prince is still a ruin. But the views from high-end spots like the Hotel Oloffson are picture perfect, and with armies of aid workers still needing to bed down, business at hotels left intact is booming.

When it comes to spring break, we all want the same thing: to lick copious amounts of alcohol off the abdominal muscles of attractive strangers. All kidding aside, alternatives exist to the hedonistic spring break. A number of organizations exist to help put you in touch with those who could...

Get a Kenneth Cole coupon for 20% off when you donate a pair of gently used shoes through March 31. All the shoes collected will be donated to earthquake victims in Haiti. You can also make a monetary donation to get the discount, which is good on your entire purchase. For this benefit Kenneth...

Emergency management experts say the time has come for both business and government to place disaster preparedness near the top of their economic and security agendas. But it's a tough sell.

If you want to take advantage of the opportunity to claim Haiti relief donations on your 2009 return, time is running out to make a donation. Qualifying contributions must be made after January 22, 2010, and before March 1, 2010 -- that makes today your last chance. You have until midnight to make...

The Colts may have lost the Super Bowl, but to the people of Haiti, they are champions -- at least on the National Football League championship merchandise now headed to the earthquake-ravaged country. The NFL and its merchandise partners always make two sets of championship gear, such as...

There's no smooth sailing for Royal Caribbean Cruises, which is expected to post a weak quarter as the recession soaks its revenues. The likely soggy fourth-quarter results will come despite cost-cutting and aggressive marketing.