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    Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Unveils New Plant in Shanghai Image

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    09-28-06

    Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Unveils New Plant in Shanghai


    -- First production site in Asia

    -- Assembly of folders and small-format presses

    -- Euro 10 million invested

    -- Second phase of constr...

    The Pepsi Bottling Group Celebrates Multiculturalism and Lends a Helping Hand to Local Organizations Image

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    09-27-06

    The Pepsi Bottling Group Celebrates Multiculturalism and Lends a Helping Hand to Local Organizations

    SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It's called the "PBG Block Party" this year - the annual day that The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.'s (PBG) employees celebrate family and community together at the Company's headquarters in Somers, N.Y. But along with giving employees and their f...

    IFC Awards Grant to CRISIL, Standard & Poor's, KLD, Trucost, and CLSA to Study Environmental and Social Data for Emerging Market Equity Investors Image

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    09-27-06

    IFC Awards Grant to CRISIL, Standard & Poor's, KLD, Trucost, and CLSA to Study Environmental and Social Data for Emerging Market Equity Investors

    Zürich - Today, the International Finance Corporation, the private arm of the World Bank, awarded a $500,000 grant to CRISIL, Standard & Poor's, and KLD; and to Trucost and CLSA, the winners of its research competition "Capturing Value." The competition aims to provide ...

    AIG Launches Multimillion Dollar Global Microfinance Innovation Program with ACCION Image

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    09-27-06

    AIG Launches Multimillion Dollar Global Microfinance Innovation Program with ACCION

    BOSTON, Mass. -- American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) a $5.25 million, three-year partnership with ACCION International that will help ACCION deliver financial services and literacy programs to three million entrepre...

    Grameen-Jameel Initiative Engineers $2.5 Million Investment to Boost Microfinance in Egypt Image

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    09-26-06

    Grameen-Jameel Initiative Engineers $2.5 Million Investment to Boost Microfinance in Egypt

    Washington, D.C. -The Grameen-Jameel Initiative, an innovative collaboration between Grameen Foundation and the Abdul Latif Jameel Group to fight poverty in the Arab World through microfinance, today announced it has brokered the first investment by the country office...

    Alcoa Celebrates Official Opening of Its First Manufacturing Facility in Bulgaria; Completes First Community Enhancement Project Image

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    09-26-06

    Alcoa Celebrates Official Opening of Its First Manufacturing Facility in Bulgaria; Completes First Community Enhancement Project

    STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today officially celebrated its move into its 44th country with the company's first plant in Bulgaria now fully operational. The plant, part of the Alcoa Consumer Products business, produces household wrap products, including foil, fil...

    VolunteerMatch Announces New Leadership Image

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    09-25-06

    VolunteerMatch Announces New Leadership

    (SAN FRANCISCO) - VolunteerMatch announced this week that after three-and-a-half years leading the organization, Deborah Dinkelacker will step down from her current role as President. Dinkelacker, who will remain on the Board of Directors, will be succeeded by Greg Ba...

    USA Cares Receives $2,500,000 Grant Image

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    09-25-06

    USA Cares Receives $2,500,000 Grant

    RADCLIFF, KY - President John Tindall announced today that USA Cares has been awarded a $2,500,000 grant through the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund, administered by the California Community Foundation. The grant will be awarded over a two-year period.

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    09-25-06

    Groups Launch Sudan Mutual Fund Screening Tool - Approx. 57 Million U.S. Households Own Mutual Funds

    WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2006--The Sudan Divestment Task Force and Invested Interests have created the first online tool allowing individuals to screen their mutual funds for investments in companies supporting the Sudanese government and its genocidal policies...

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    09-25-06

    Aftermodern to Host October 12 Fundraiser for Asylum Access Foundation

    SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2006--Aftermodern, a fine art gallery, announced it will host Asylum Access Foundation, the only U.S. nonprofit that offers legal aid directly to refugees in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This will be Aftermodern's first "frie...

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