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11-11-10
Bombardier Releases Third Corporate Social Responsibility Report
(Marketwire) - Today Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD.A)(TSX:BBD.B) released its third corporate social responsibility report entitled Deepening our Commitment. The report captures the company's ongoing commitment to act responsibly as a public company, employer, neighbour and part...
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11-11-10
"Green Is Universal" Kicks Off Its Annual "Green Week," November 14th
NBC Universal kicks off its annual "Green Week" November 14th-21st, as part of the company's ongoing environmental initiative, "Green is Universal." NBC's "Football Night in America" will hit the "green light switch," triggering over 40 television and digital platforms acros...
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11-11-10
Wounded Warrior Project Expands IT Skills Training, Incorporating Cybersecurity, to Increase Opportunities for Injured Veterans Returning Home
/PRNewswire/ - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Cisco announced Thursday a joint effort to both expand the Wounded Warrior Project's (WWP) education initiatives and support the development of a new cybersecurity training program. The effort will include the expansion of curr...
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11-11-10
Merck and Partners Make Progress In Long-Term Commitment To End River Blindness
Public health officials at the 20th Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis in Antigua, Guatemala, confirmed that more than one-third of all Latin Americans who ran the risk of contracting river blindness (onchocerciasis), a leading cause of preventable blindness, are no...
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11-11-10
FedEx Delivers Holiday Cheer to U.S. Armed Services Members and Their Families
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation are joining together this holiday season to deliver real Christmas trees to thousands of military members and their families through the popular Trees for Troops program, now entering its sixth year.
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11-10-10
Rabobank Challenge Grant to Encourage Creation of Data Collection System for Microenterprise Industry
Researchers at the Aspen Institute working to develop an online "data hub" on the domestic microenterprise industry have gotten a boost from a $75,000 matching grant from Rabobank, N.A. towards the...
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11-10-10
USAID, Walmart, Fair Trade USA and SEBRAE-Minas Gerais Announce Winners of the 2010 Fair Trade Certified Cupping Competition in Brazil
/PRNewswire/ - Winners of this week's Brazilian Fair Trade Certified coffee cupping competition have been announced. Carmo Barbosa Fernandes of the producer organization, Coopervitae, and Luciano Dazilio Delpupo of the producer organization, Pronova, won first place in the n...
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11-10-10
Renewal2 Invests in Water and Climate Data Management Company: Aquatic Informatics
Renewal2 Investment Fund announces its eighth portfolio company, Aquatic Informatics, a leading developer of software for water and climate data.
The amount of water and climate data available is enormous and the need to synthesize this data to ...
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11-10-10
Building a Green Community Space Amid Political Controversy - Park 51 to Be First Certified Green Mosque in the Country
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Environmental Policy Advisor and Interfaith Activist from New York City, notes that despite all the recent drama over Park 51, the Muslim community center will set a new standard for environmental cons...
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11-10-10
Optimum Lightpath Awards $100,000 to Help New Jersey Schools Deploy Educational Technology
/PRNewswire/ - Though ongoing budget limitations remain a challenge statewide, ten New Jersey schools will have the opportunity to roll out ambitious, technology-driven learning programs in their classrooms as a result of $100,000 in grants being given by Optimum Lightpath®....
