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    07-13-04

    Profits with Principles - Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values by Ira A. Jackson and Jane Nelson

    To read an excerpt from Profits with Principles, click here.

    At a time when unethic...

    Merck & Co., Inc. Grants License for HIV/AIDS Drug Efavirenz to South African Company, Thembalami Pharmaceuticals, in Effort to Accelerate Access to Life-Saving Treatment Image

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    07-13-04

    Merck & Co., Inc. Grants License for HIV/AIDS Drug Efavirenz to South African Company, Thembalami Pharmaceuticals, in Effort to Accelerate Access to Life-Saving Treatment

    WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., U.S.A. - Merck & Co., Inc., (the parent company of MSD (Pty) Ltd. South Africa) announced today that it has signed an agreement to grant a non-exclusive patent license for the manufacture and sale of a generic version of efavirenz to Them...

    ChevronTexaco and Former Chevron Chairman Make Major Contributions to UCSF to Fight Prostate and Breast Cancer Image

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    07-13-04

    ChevronTexaco and Former Chevron Chairman Make Major Contributions to UCSF to Fight Prostate and Breast Cancer

    SAN RAMON, Calif. - ChevronTexaco announced today that it is contributing $1 million to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to fight prostate and breast cancer, and that former Chevron Chairman and CEO Ken Derr and his wife Donna also are donating $1.5...

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    07-12-04

    Seattle Bank Gives Over $7 Million for Affordable Housing; Projects Benefiting Seniors, Native Americans Feature Prominently in Latest Round of Grants

    SEATTLE--The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle (Seattle Bank) awarded $7,404,169 in affordable housing grants during its Spring 2004 round of giving. Funds were dispersed to 34 projects representing each of the eight states within the Seattle Bank's district. This act...

    Canon Envirothon Draws Teenagers To North American Environmental Competition Image

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    07-12-04

    Canon Envirothon Draws Teenagers To North American Environmental Competition

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    Envirothon press room: www.envirothon.org. Click on 2004 press room for information about...

    Abbott Laboratories Shares Results And Key Learnings From Programs To Fight HIV/AIDS In Developing Countries Image

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    07-12-04

    Abbott Laboratories Shares Results And Key Learnings From Programs To Fight HIV/AIDS In Developing Countries

    BANGKOK, THAILAND - Abbott Laboratories and the Abbott Laboratories Fund today announced that program results and key learnings from the company's Global Care Initiatives would be highlighted in more than 30 presentations at the XV International AIDS Conference taking...

    DAI Conducts Review Of Abbott Laboratories Program For Orphans And Vulnerable Children Image

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    07-12-04

    DAI Conducts Review Of Abbott Laboratories Program For Orphans And Vulnerable Children

    Bangkok, Thailand - Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI), an international economic development firm, announced that it has completed a comprehensive review of the Abbott Laboratories Fund initiative Step Forward, a program to improve the lives of orphans and vu...

    Business In The Community's Awards For Excellence 2004  'Cause Related Marketing Example Of Excellence' Announced Image

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    07-09-04

    Business In The Community's Awards For Excellence 2004 'Cause Related Marketing Example Of Excellence' Announced

    London, UK - Telecommunications leader, BT has beaten 20 other entries to win the Business in the Community Cause Related Marketing Award for Excellence 2004, for its 'Am I Listening' campaign with ChildLine.

    The Cause Related Mar...

    His Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales, Awards Marks & Spencer Company Of The Year In Business In The Community's Awards For Excellence 2004 Image

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    07-06-04

    His Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales, Awards Marks & Spencer Company Of The Year In Business In The Community's Awards For Excellence 2004

    London, UK - Last night (Tuesday 6th July 2004) at a glittering gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted by Carillion plc, Company of the Year 2003, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, before an international audience of 1600 business leaders, Government Ministers and lea...

    Starbucks Coffee Company, Music Icon Quincy Jones and his We Are the Future Concert Combine Efforts to Support Children in War-torn Cities Image

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    07-06-04

    Starbucks Coffee Company, Music Icon Quincy Jones and his We Are the Future Concert Combine Efforts to Support Children in War-torn Cities

    SEATTLE, WA - Following the highly successful "We Are the Future" concert in Rome on May 16, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX), Quincy Jones and his "We Are the Future" organization and Glocal Forum, a Rome-based Non-Governmental Organization, have come together...

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