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HARTFORD, Conn., April 24, 2001 - United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) has surpassed the $200 million mark in spending on college and graduate school education for its employees, the company reported today.

UTC paid for 13,449 employees ...

United Technologies Corp. and two of its subsidiaries have been honored by the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council for outstanding supplier diversity practices.

UTC, a provider of high-technology products and support service...

Thanks to the generosity of more than 1,100 people nationwide who donated Earnings from using their GM Card, The Nature Conservancy, Michigan Chapter received $50,000 and one of four trucks today from GM.

"Instead of choosing electronics ...

Ford Motor Company has saved millions of dollars since becoming the first automaker to certify all of its manufacturing facilities worldwide to the ISO 14001 international standard on Environmental Management Systems in 1998.

In a new bo...

General Motors was today named the first recipient of the Sustainable Business Institute's (SBI) Seal of Sustainability for its commitment to integrating environmental, social and economic objectives into both daily business decisions and future planning activities.

For the eighth year, Ford Motor Company and St. Jude's Ranch for Children are teaming up to collect used greeting cards for recycling - and they're counting on visitors from the 2001 North American International Auto Show in Detroit to help.

The children's chari...

Rarely does the world's largest corporation get to make a surprise move. However, that's just what happened today, when the GM Foundation donated $36,000 to Offering Alternative Therapy with Smiles, Inc. (O.A.T.S.). Located in Clarkston, Mich., O.A.T.S. is a non-profit organ...

Ford Motor Company will increase the fuel economy of its Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) fleet in the United States by 25 percent by the 2005 calendar year.

The commitment covers the company's entire SUV line-up, including the vehicles of Lan...

General Motors Corporation today filed a legal brief in support of the University of Michigan as it battles two lawsuits attacking the school's use of affirmative action policies in student admissions.

The brief, filed in the United Stat...

General Motors and iCan, a leading Internet-based community for people with disabilities, announced plans to develop a Web-based automotive channel specifically geared to people with disabilities.

The online channel, to be part of the iC...