Philanthropy

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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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...