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07-17-00
DaimlerChrysler presented it's Environmental Report 2000 today. Last year, DaimlerChrysler spent 1.5 billion euros on environmental protection. The lion's share-870 million euros-went into research and development activities for environmentally friendly products and producti...
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07-10-00
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck & Co., Inc. and the Republic of Botswana today announced the establishment of the Botswana Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership, a new initiative to improve the overall state of HIV/AIDS care and treatment in Botswana. In coll...
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07-05-00
Pfizer Inc today said its partnership with the South African Ministry of Health to provide Diflucan to treat cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV/AIDS is progressing expeditiously, and the program will begin treating patients in the Fall. Diflucan is designed to trea...
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06-19-00
In just two years, DaimlerChrysler will become the world's first automaker to launch fuel cell vehicles on the market. That is the scheduled delivery date for new city buses equipped with fuel cell drives. In the same year, DaimlerChrysler's plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama will...
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06-15-00
As the sound of school bells cease and the summer season arrives, working parents with teenagers are faced with the dilemma of filling their kids’ agendas with constructive, safe activities.
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06-14-00
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today awarded four-year Amgen Foundation Scholarships to children of two Amgen scientists. The $16,000 scholarships are provided in cooperation with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The scholarship recipients are:
Jennifer H. Lin,...
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06-13-00
After an extensive search and review of child care providers, Abbott recently named Bright Horizons Family Solutions®, the nation's leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, to manage its on-site child care center. The company also appointed a director and manager t...
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06-12-00
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the opening of Camp Amgen, its newly expanded child care center that will provide high-quality care for more than 430 children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. The center, which houses 32 classrooms and 16 play yards in 44,856 square feet of space...
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06-06-00
The Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA) honors Bristol-Myers Squibb's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., today with The Nelson Mandela Award for Outstanding Leadership to recognize his efforts in establishing SECURE THE FUTURE™, which ...
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05-30-00
The Procter & Gamble Company is donating patented nutritional beverage technologies for the benefit of the Mid-America Commercialization Corporation, Kansas State University and other Kansas research institutions. The agreement includes rights to both the US and world pa...