Philanthropy

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it had begun working directly with the governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

In Louisiana, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco ha...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--

CLEVELAND - Hurricane Katrina survivors arriving at evacuee sites currently located in Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah and Washington will benefit from $100,000 in Key Foundation donations dispersed within KeyBank communities from Maine to Alaska. In...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--Best Buy Co., Inc.
(NYSE:BBY):

Employee recovery-relief

-- Best Buy has accounted for the majority of its 1,273 displaced
employee...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2005--Best Buy has expanded its matching program for customer donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in support of victims of Hurricane Katrina. Since launching the match program Sept. 1, customers of Best Buy d...

Warrenville, IL - In response to the escalating need for aid and assistance for victims of Hurricane Katrina, BP Foundation has increased its contribution to relief efforts to a total of $10 million. This builds on the $5 million commitment to hurricane relief announ...

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today began distribution of its newly published Sustainability Report - Beyond the Boardroom - which documents the company's economic, social and environmental performance in 2004.

Delray Beach, Fla. - Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that its cash and in-kind donations to support Hurricane Katrina relief have topped $18 million.

In out...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2005--Recent reports from the U.S. Census Bureau estimate that Americans spend about $6 billion in family clothing stores and $2 billion in bookstores, all to equip children to go back to school. But each year, thousands of le...

PITTSBURGH - In response to urgent requests for diabetes testing equipment for Hurricane Katrina victims, Bayer is providing more than 45,000 Ascensia® BRIO® blood glucose monitors and enough Ascensia® EASYFILL® test strips for 45,000 people with diabetes to test for ...