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Listed Companies in Central and Eastern Europe Improve Online Disclosure

Posted: Feb 29, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 29 /CSRwire/ - BUDAPEST - A sixth semi-annual Survey of Investor Relations Online conducted by the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program demonstrates that a majority of the largest listed companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) communicate with shareholders and potential...

FTSE and Institutional Shareholder Services Create New Corporate Governance Indexes for Global Investors

Posted: Feb 25, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 25 /CSRwire/ - ROCKVILLE, MD/LONDON - The growing number of investors wishing to measure and analyse non-financial risk will soon be able to use an innovative new tool from FTSE Group, the global index provider, and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the premier...

Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of Lafarge, Becomes New WBCSD Chairman

Posted: Feb 25, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 25 /CSRwire/ - GENEVA - Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of Lafarge, the worldwide leader in building materials, has started his two-year elected chairmanship of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), taking over from Shells Sir Philip Watts, who had been chairing...

SBC Foundation Makes $5 Million Grant to Fund National 'GEAR UP' Program

Posted: Feb 25, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Grant to Address Issue of College Readiness Among Low-Income Students

Office Depot and AT&T Present $50,000 Grant to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition at its Success Strategies Luncheon

Posted: Feb 24, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Grant Will Fund National Public Awareness Campaign During National Ovarian Cancer Month

Contamination of Conventional Seed with Genetically Engineered Material Prompts Call to Protect Organic Seed

Posted: Feb 24, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 24 /CSRwire/ - Greenfield, MA - Findings released by the Union for Concerned Scientists showing widespread contamination of conventional seed by genetically engineered (GE) materials give a clear indication that those wishing to avoid planting GE crops may, in fact, be inadvertently...

MeadowBrook Lane Capital Announces the Sale of the Assets of Motherwear, Inc to Pangea Holdings

Posted: Feb 24, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 24 /CSRwire/ - SPRINGFIELD, MA - Meadowbrook Lane Capital of Springfield, Massachusetts, described as a socially responsible investment bank, announces the sale of Motherwear, Inc. to Pangea Holdings. Pangea Holdings, a manufacturing and direct fulfillment company with experience in the catalog industry...

Carmanah Closes $5.75-Million Private Placement

Posted: Feb 23, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 23 /CSRwire/ - VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA - Further to its news release dated February 3, 2004, Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX V: CMH - Carmanah) is pleased to announce that it has closed its private placement financing for gross proceeds of CDN$5,750,000 (the...

New Global Initiative Taps IBM Employees’ Impulse to Volunteer Locally

Posted: Feb 23, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Within Weeks of Launching On Demand Community, 10,000 IBMers Sign Up to Benefit Schools and Community Groups

Praxair Achieves Second Consecutive Top Governance Rating

Posted: Feb 23, 2004 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 23 /CSRwire/ - DANBURY, CT - Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) has received the highest rating for corporate governance from GovernanceMetrics International (GMI) for the second consecutive time. GMI is a leading independent governance research and ratings agency. Only 22 companies out of a...