Philanthropy

PITTSBURGH - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its ability to balance economic, environmental and social responsibility factors has qualified the company to be named a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index family for the fourth consecutive year.

MUNICH/ZAGREB - (for PDF of press release in German, click here) - Th...

BUDAPEST - A seventh semi-annual Survey of Investor Relations Online conducted by the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program demonstrates improved online disclosure about investor relations by the largest listed companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). ...

BOSTON, MA - The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Ceres, a US coalition of environmental and investor groups today called for submissions to the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting 2004. These awards, the first ever ...

SAN ANTONIO - As students return to college this fall, the SBC Foundation - the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. - is helping to offset the rising college tuition rates for the coming year. The SBC Scholarship program awarded more than $5 million in colleg...

PITTBURGH - Alcoa Foundation today announced that it has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania to offer a program to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in children throughout the world.

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WASHINGTON -- More than 60,000 free, prepaid international calling cards have been distributed to troops since the USO launched "Operation Phone Home" in March 2003. Phone cards are the most popular item requested by deployed troops, especially those serving in Opera...

New York, NY -- The upcoming presidential election reminds us that 25 of our country's 42 presidents have been lawyers, as is Presidential candidate John Kerry. Law school not only offers a lucrative legal career, but it's also often a springboard to other professions...

Early Registration before September 7, 2004: 395 Euros
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SAN FRANCISCO - VolunteerMatch, the nonprofit dedicated to making it easier for anyone to find a rewarding way to volunteer, has partnered with McDonald's Corporation, the world's leading food service retailer, to help engage McDonald's employees in...