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03-16-07
Dean's Beans Sponsors Innovative Radio Show for Coffee Farmers
March 16, 2007- Coffee farmers around the world suffer from lack of access to current news about global market prices, the latest growing and processing techniques and a host of other vital information about their primary crops. This puts them at an unfair disadvantage when...
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03-16-07
Alcoa Featured in National Geographic's Aluminum Can Documentary
NEW YORK- March 16, 2007- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its operations in Alcoa, Tenn., and Western Australia are featured in a new aluminum can documentary that is airing on the National Geographic Channel. "Man-Made: The Can" is a one-hour special that highlights al...
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03-16-07
Fluor to Give GBP 30,000 to Good Cumbrian Causes
SELLAFIELD, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2007--Nuclear decommissioning consultant Fluor Ltd has set up a GBP 30,000 annual grant fund to benefit the communities affected by the plant.
The Fluor Cumbria Fund is administered by C...
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03-16-07
Starbucks Foundation Awards US$2 Million to Help Bring Clean Water to Communities around the World
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2007--To commemorate World Water Day and raise awareness for the more than 1.1 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean drinking water, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) today announced two US$1 million grants that will each ...
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03-15-07
San Pedro Bay Ports Allocate $6.3 Million to Continue Gateway Cities Fleet Modernization Program
LOS ANGELES & LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2007--The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are allocating an additional $6.3 million in funding to the Gateway Cities Council of Governments for the maintenance of its Fleet Modernization Program, one of the...
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03-15-07
New Yorkers Go ''Green'' for St. Patrick's Day
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2007--
Why not really go "green" this year for St. Patrick's Day?
Join thousands of residential and business customers across New York State who have already "gone green" by sign...
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03-15-07
Nestle, DFID, Shell, WEF, Vodafone and the UN consider cross-sector collaboration at partnerships conference in London, March 2007
LONDON - March 15, 2007 - For the first time, the established annual conference will have a special focus on governments' role in cross-sector partnerships. Corporations, including Statoil, Nestle and Vodafone will discuss how to get best results from relationships with NGOs...
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03-15-07
MicroFinance Network Endorses New Governance Guidelines
BOSTON, MA - March 15, 2007 - The MicroFinance Network (MFN), an international association of 37 leading microfinance institutions (MFIs), today announced that its members have endorsed the policies and recommendations on governance developed by the Council of Microfinance E...
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03-15-07
Center for Companies That Care Announces 5th Honor Roll
CHICAGO (MARCH 15, 2007)- The Center for Companies That Care has named 35 companies to its Honor Roll, announced Marci Koblenz, co-founder and President of the organization.
Honor Roll recipients are selected for their strong commitment to eleva...
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03-15-07
Great American Insurance Group Announces Donation to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2007--Great American Insurance Group and the Carl H. Lindner Family are pleased to announce that they recently made a joint gift of $500,000 to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
"We were honored t...