Philanthropy

MONTREAL, January 19, 2007 - Alcan will support the centennial celebrations of the CHU Sainte-Justine hospital through an official year-long partnership. The official launch of the celebration took place today at Montreal’s City Hall in the presence of Mayor Gérald Tremblay....

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2007--ExxonMobil Foundation announced today that it will make an additional $5 million in grants available to organizations dedicated to improving education and opportunities for women and girls in developing countries.

January 18, 2007-- Measles deaths have fallen by 60 per-cent worldwide since 1999 "“ a major public health success, exceeding the United Nations goal to halve measles deaths between 1999 and 2005. The progress was announced today by partners in the Measles Initiative, a publ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2007--Qwest, its employees and retirees have shown their Spirit of Service to the community by pledging $1.3 million to Mile High United Way in 2007. Qwest's commitment is the largest corporate gift to Mile High United Way for the current 20...

WOONSOCKET, RI, January 18, 2006 -"“ CVS/pharmacy, the nation’s largest retail pharmacy, and the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust today announced the formation of the CVS All Kids Canâ„¢ Advisory Council, a body of national educators and disability experts to help guide CVS’s s...

PITTSBURGH--Jan. 17, 2007--Greg Babe, President and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience LLC, was honored today with the sixth annual Tony Coelho Award in recognition of his commitment to employing people with disabilities.

The award, which was founded...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2007--At a companywide meeting last week, each of the roughly 70 employees of InsureMe, an online lead service, took turns shaving the CEO's head.

After the last employee took a pass with the electric shears, on...

CLEVELAND OH., January 17, 2007 "“ What would Ben Franklin say?

According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Americans are spending more than they are saving for the first time since the Great Depression.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2007--Three hundred high school seniors today were named as semifinalists of the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2007. The STS, America's oldest and most prestigious science competition, is often called the "Junior Nobel...

Springfield, MA--January 15, 2007 --On January 5, 2007, Go FIT, Inc.© rounded the corner on a second year business cycle in one of the fastest high growth industries in the nation, benefiting an unlikely and equally fast growing phenomenon; underprivileged youth and young wo...