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02-01-12
Couple Makes Multi-Million Dollar Commitment to Screen Every Newborn Baby for "Bubble Boy" Disease
/PRNewswire/ - Frustrated with the slow pace of implementation of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), Vicki and Fred Modell decided to coordinate and fund the effort themselves. Today, they announced a multi-million dollar commitment to screen every baby born in ev...
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02-01-12
Change Is In The Air: Preserve Joins The B Corp Ranks
Preserve is proud to have become a Certified B Corporation™, a new framework to evaluate corporations based on their social and environmental policies and performance. Preserve, the leading maker of sustainable household products including toothbrushes, razors, tableware and kitchen tools, is in ...
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02-01-12
Opinion Poll: Small Businesses Say Weak Customer Demand, Not Regulations, Their Problem
Small business owners say their main concern is weak customer demand, not regulations, according to independent opinion polling released today. In fact, when asked what would do the most to create jobs, small business owners’ top response was eliminating incentives to move jobs overseas. Reducin...
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02-01-12
Hershey Will Offer Certified Chocolate Following Consumer-Driven Campaign
The Hershey Company announced yesterday that it will make its first commitment to sourcing independently certified cocoa for its Bliss line by the end of 2012. The announcement was made days before International labor Right Forum was scheduled to run a Super Bowl ad highlighting Hershey’s use of...
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02-01-12
Risk, Opportunity, Scarcity - Sustainability Challenge for Oil, Gas and Mining
As energy becomes scarcer innovative forms of extraction have emerged. Most prominent among these due to their controversy are fracking and oil sands.
Obama in his State of the Union address backed fracking alongside additional regulation requiring companies disclose the chemicals used in ...
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02-01-12
The VWR Foundation Auction Raises $75,000 for Children's National Medical Center
/PRNewswire/ - Continuing its mission to give back to the science community, the VWR Charitable Foundation raised $75,000 in an auction on January 16, 2012 benefiting Children's National Medical Center of Washington D.C.
The VWR Foundation hosts its annual auction during VWR Internation...
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02-01-12
The UPS Foundation Donates $6M To Champion Diversity
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced almost 120 grants totaling more than $6 million to non-profit organizations around the world that champion diversity and support diverse communities.
For more than 60 years, UPS’s philanthropic arm has funded organizations that support under-served and under-...
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02-01-12
New Research Finds Kids & Teens More Exposed to Character Education Volunteer More
Results of a new research study released today, “It Starts with Character: Inspiring Kids & Teens to Volunteer” found that kids and teens who have more exposure to character-building skills, such as sharing, being kind and helping others, are more likely to volunteer in their communities, and...
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02-01-12
New Yorker Wins $50,000 In Examiner.com's America Inspired Contest
/PRNewswire/ - Examiner.com, one of the nation's leading online publishers featuring local expertise from over 85,000 contributors (called Examiners), today announced
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02-01-12
Hublot Presents amfAR New York Gala
/PRNewswire/ - Hublot, the luxury Swiss brand which brings the "Art of Fusion" to watchmaking, is proud to present the amfAR New York Gala on February 8, 2012 honoring those who have led the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. The black-tie benefit, which will be hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker,...
