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    Business Leaders Encouraged to Find Common Ground in the Debate Image

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    04-11-02

    Business Leaders Encouraged to Find Common Ground in the Debate

    LOS ANGELES, California - The chairman and CEO of UPS today urged free trade advocates to step up and make their voices heard in the growing debate over globalization.

    "I believe in the power of free markets to raise the tide of economic...

    EPA Names GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR 2002 Partner of the Year; GE Lighting Earns Award For Energy Efficiency On 10th Anniversary Of ENERGY STAR Image

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    03-28-02

    EPA Names GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR 2002 Partner of the Year; GE Lighting Earns Award For Energy Efficiency On 10th Anniversary Of ENERGY STAR

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year for its commitment to making and selling energy-efficient products that save consumers money on energy bills. GE Lighting was recognized at a special 10th Anniversary awa...

    UPS Again Among Nation’s Best for Women-Owned Businesses Image

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    03-20-02

    UPS Again Among Nation’s Best for Women-Owned Businesses

    For the third consecutive year, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has been named among America's Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

    The 2002 list of honorees was released here ...

    UPS Now Delivering Packages with Industry's 1st Hybrid Electric Vehicle Image

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    11-06-01

    UPS Now Delivering Packages with Industry's 1st Hybrid Electric Vehicle

    UPS (NYSE: UPS) today unveiled plans to complete testing of the industry's first hybrid electric delivery vehicle.

    In a keynote speech here to the Clean Air Technologies 2001 International Conference on Urban Air Pollution, UPS Chairman-...

    GE Goes Around The Globe and Around The Corner; Local GE Employees Participate in GE's Day of Caring Image

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    10-16-01

    GE Goes Around The Globe and Around The Corner; Local GE Employees Participate in GE's Day of Caring

    More than 550 employees from General Electric (GE) businesses in Kansas City will participate in GE's Day of Caring on Thursday, October 18. A company-wide initiative, GE's Day of Caring involves GE businesses around the world joining together to serve their respective commu...

    UPS Again Among Nation's Best for Women-Owned Businesses Image

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    10-02-00

    UPS Again Among Nation's Best for Women-Owned Businesses

    For the second consecutive year, UPS has been named among America’s Top 16 Corporations for Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s premiere third-party certification entity for businesses owned and operated...

    600 GE Lighting 'Community Service Commandos' Renovate Camp for Inner-City Youngsters Image

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    09-07-00

    600 GE Lighting 'Community Service Commandos' Renovate Camp for Inner-City Youngsters

    Thanks to more than 600 GE Lighting
    employee volunteers, the number of inner-city youngsters who will next summer
    be able to attend Camp Mueller -- a 270-acre camp in Peninsula, Ohio -- will
    more than quadruple.
    In a highly-planned-and-prepared on...

    “Volunteers Just Want to be Useful" Image

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    06-26-00

    “Volunteers Just Want to be Useful"

    In today’s time-starved environment, people who volunteer for a charitable organization want their time used effectively and efficiently. The UPS Foundation is taking another step to help make that experience more commonplace by tripling its investment in the Volunteer Impac...

    Power Systems' Schenectady Facility Becomes Largest GE Plant to Receive OSHA'S Highest Safety Award Image

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    05-30-00

    Power Systems' Schenectady Facility Becomes Largest GE Plant to Receive OSHA'S Highest Safety Award

    GE Power Systems' Schenectady
    facility has received the federal Occupational Safety and Health
    Administration's (OSHA) highest recognition for safety and health management,
    the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star status.
    GE Schenectady is one ...

    GE Appliances Inks Historic Energy Efficiency Agreement for Next Generation Clothes Image

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    05-23-00

    GE Appliances Inks Historic Energy Efficiency Agreement for Next Generation Clothes

    General Electric Appliances (GE)
    President and CEO Larry Johnston will sign an historic energy efficiency and
    water savings agreement in Washington, D.C. today with environmental groups,
    energy efficiency advocates, utilities, and state governments and othe...

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