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01-26-09
From 42 trees to 42 years: Planting art for a greener Athens
ATHENS, GREECE. - January 26, 2009 - ARTMARATHON, an international non-profit Swiss foundation, and Athens-based EuroCharity jointly planted 42 trees on Mt. Pentelikon on Sunday morning, as part of a global, 42-year "ARTMARATHON" that commenced in Marathon, Greece on Decembe...
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01-26-09
NEC Foundation of America Announces New Grants
ISLANDIA, N.Y., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NEC Foundation of America today announced grants totaling $230,150 to five organizations that advance the independence and full participation in society of people with disabilities through the use of innovative technology.
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01-26-09
Call for Applications: Standards Committee to Develop Sustainable Gaming Standard
Madison, WI. - January 26, 2009 - Today, Leonardo Academy, an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer, announced a call for applications for the Standards Committee that will work to develop a sustainability standard for the gaming industry. Individuals and organizations ...
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01-26-09
Leading Corporate Law Firms Assist UN Special Representative to Map if and How Corporate Law fosters Business Respect for Human Rights
NEW YORK and GENEVA. - 26 January 2009 - Fifteen leading corporate law firms from around the world will participate in a UN-led effort to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights. ...
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01-26-09
Elsevier Foundation Announces over $500,000 in New Grants for Innovation in Nursing Leadership, Libraries in Developing Countries and Diversity in Academia
AMSTERDAM. - January 26, 2009 - The Elsevier Foundation has announced today that it has committed a total of $555,000 in grants to ten institutions from around the world in support of initiatives that promote the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medi...
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01-23-09
Oh, the Climate Outside Is Frightening...
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/23/09 -- A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) offering can help companies reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fuel usage and costs by providing a detailed analysis of their supply chain logistics and suggesting improvements.
The Supply Chain ...
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01-23-09
Corpedia Honored Among Best Compliance Solutions by Elearning! Magazine for the Second Consecutive Year
PHOENIX, AZ. - January 23, 2009 - Corpedia Corporation today announced Elearning! Magazine readers honored the Company with an Award of Excellence and named it to the Best of 2008 list in the Compliance Content category. Corpedia, a global leader in ethics and...
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01-22-09
Deloitte Marks Tenth Year on Fortune’s "100 Best Companies to Work For" List
NEW YORK, NY "“ January 23, 2009 - For the tenth year, Deloitte has been named to FORTUNE magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For." The annual survey, which appears in the February 2 issue of FORTUNE and on www.fo...
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01-22-09
Students' Cautionary Views of Global Warming and Water Pollution Take Top Honors in Pearson Foundation and Nokia's Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A visually arresting look at the plight of the Polar Bears, and a fact-filled journey through the deterioration of our water supply, earned Grand Prize awards in the 2008 Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge, sponsored by The P...
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01-22-09
More than 300,000 Children's Books Reach Children in Need
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- eBay Foundation and First Book, a nonprofit providing new books to children in need, are holding reading parties in three cities to celebrate the distribution of more than 300,000 Random House Children's Books nationwide. eBay F...
