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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2006--ELVIS WHITE, one of the most exciting...

The first research proposals for the Shell/TU Delft Sustainable Mobility Programme have been accepted. As of 10 October, eight TU Delft PhD candidates will start working towards making a contribution to sustainable mobility. The research subjects vary from sustainable hyd...

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2006--The Allstate Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants to 10 state domestic violence coalitions today to extend its support for the economic empowerment of domestic violence survivors. The grants were announced by Allstate's P...

-- First production site in Asia

-- Assembly of folders and small-format presses

-- Euro 10 million invested

-- Second phase of constr...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

(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...