Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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07-10-06
California Expands Its Sexual Harassment Training Mandate to Employers Nationwide in Updated AB 1825 Regulations
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2006--On June 30, 2006, California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) issued long-awaited modifications to the AB 1825 mandatory sexual harassment training regulations initially published by the Commission on December 16...
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07-08-06
Vestergaard Frandsen Announces Launch of Continent Wide Malaria Prevention Program in Kisumu, Kenya, July 8, 2006; 1.7 Million PERMANETS--Insecticide Treated Bed Nets to be Distributed Over 1 Week; Nets Projected to Save 70,000 Children
NAIROBI, Kenya--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2006--Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO, Vestergaard Frandsen, together with the Global Fund announced at a briefing today a massive malaria prevention program that will bring insecticide treated bed nets to thousands of at-risk famili...
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07-07-06
Textron Supports Rhode Island Community with 2006 Grant Program; Textron Charitable Trust Provides More Than $400,000 to Area Organizations
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2006--Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today announced 23 Rhode Island-based recipients of the company's 2006 grant program. Grants are awarded two times each year via the Textron Charitable Trust, a nonprofit, private foundation sponso...
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07-07-06
HP Awards More Than $2 Million to 25 Schools in United States, Canada; Grants Recognize Achievements of Previous Recipients With Additional Cash,Equipment and Training
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2006-- HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) today awarded 25 schools in the United States and Canada a total of more than $2 million in mobile technology, cash and professional development.
Part of the co...
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07-07-06
Peet's Coffee & Tea Announces The 2006 Arrival Of Las Hermanas, A Nicaragua Coffee Produced Entirely By Women
EMERYVILLE, Calif., - Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET), a specialty coffee roaster and marketer, today announces the return of a very special offering, Las Hermanas, named for women members of a cooperative who grow and mill their own coffee in the highlan...
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07-06-06
EORM Expands International Business Practice; Announces Service Provider Relationships in 16 Global Regions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2006--Environmental and Occupational Risk Management Inc. (EORM(R)), a premier environmental, health and safety (EHS) management consulting firm, announced today that it will further develop the Company's international client suppo...
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07-06-06
Boly:Welch Celebrates 20 year Milestone
Portland, Ore. - 2006 marks a milestone for Boly:Welch Staffing Services as they celebrate 20 years of successful placements in the Portland Vancouver metropolitan area.
In 1986 partners Diane Boly and Pat Welch founded the company with a vis...
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07-06-06
Clear Channel Radio Expands Emergency Preparedness Capability
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clear Channel (NYSE:CCU)
-- Company Rolls Out Multiple Backup Hubs and Develops an Emergency Satellite System to Ensure Communication Throughout its Radio Markets When Disaster Strikes
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07-06-06
Matching Grant Made to Support Hurricane-Affected Health Organizations
JACKSON, MS - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) has received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to offer grants to community-based health care providers and to support their efforts to serve vulnerable populations in the hurricane-affected ...
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07-06-06
Nobilon and NVI Co-Developing RSV Vaccine
Arnhem, the Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel's Nobilon International business,
active in the field of human vaccines, has signed a contract with the Netherlands Vaccine Institute (NVI) to jointly develop a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a viral infection w...
