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    UPS Among Fortune’s Top 25 "Best Companies for Minorities" Image

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    06-24-02

    UPS Among Fortune’s Top 25 "Best Companies for Minorities"

    ATLANTA, Georgia - UPS (NYSE:UPS) again has been named to Fortune magazine's list of the "50 Best Companies for Minorities," rounding out the top 25 companies in this year's list.

    This marks the fourth consecutive year UPS has been inclu...

    GE Completes Enron Wind Acquisition; Launches GE Wind Energy Image

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    05-10-02

    GE Completes Enron Wind Acquisition; Launches GE Wind Energy

    ATLANTA, Georgia - GE Power Systems today officially entered the wind power industry, announcing that its acquisition of certain assets of Enron Wind Corp. has been completed.

    The new GE business, GE Wind Energy (www.gewindenergy.com), will be headed by Steven Zw...

    UPS Joins President Bush and Others for Meeting on Welfare Reform Image

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    04-18-02

    UPS Joins President Bush and Others for Meeting on Welfare Reform

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - UPS representatives, including the senior vice president of human resources and four employees who've left the welfare rolls, today join President George W. Bush and business leaders at the White House to discuss the future of welfare-to-work.

    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 ...

    Fleetguard Inc. and 3M Automotive Announce Joint Diesel Exhaust Emission Control Development Program Image

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    03-05-02

    Fleetguard Inc. and 3M Automotive Announce Joint Diesel Exhaust Emission Control Development Program

    Fleetguard Emission Solutions, a unit of Fleetguard Inc., and 3M Automotive, today announced a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and develop advanced exhaust emission control technologies geared to meet the ever-increasing demands of the diesel emission marketplace...

    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...

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