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10-30-08
HBCU College Fair Hosted by Siemens Building Education Helps Put Scholarships Worth More Than $35 Million in CPS Students’ Hands
BUFFALO GROVE, IL - October 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. and its Building Education program, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Department of College and Career Preparation created an unprecedented opportunity for its Class of '09 stud...
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10-30-08
Investors' Circle Fall 2008 Conference Providing Investment Capital for Entrepreneurs "New Business Financing in a Down Economy"
- October 30, 2008 - Entrepreneurs are searching for alternative investment capital to begin and maintain their dream of business ownership now that traditional lending institutions and credit card limits have been reduced to all time, modern-day lows. Some entrepreneurs ar...
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10-30-08
Bayer and UN Environment Programme Launch International Painting Competition in Elementary and Middle Schools
PITTSBURGH,PA. - October 30, 2008 - To help raise environmental awareness and foster science literacy among elementary- and middle-school students, Bayer Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) have kick...
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10-30-08
New Guide by CSR Innovator Kellie McElhaney Shows Companies How to Build Better Brands
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. "“ October 30, 2008 - If you doubt the impact that CSR strategy can have on a business's bottom line, look no further than one of its least likely champions - Wal-Mart. After receiving employer-provided training on sustainability, one low-ranking employee ...
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10-29-08
Two Franklin Families to Own Dream Home Through Nissan and Habitat for Humanity Partnership
FRANKLIN, Tenn., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For Franklin residents Georgi Hodge and her daughter, Martha Gilbreath, moving into their new Habitat for Humanity home will be a dream come true.The same is true for Thelma Harrison and her grandson, Chris, who are moving f...
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10-29-08
Smurfit-Stone Celebrates Grand Opening of New High-Tech Plant in Chicagoland
CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC) today celebrated the opening of its new Chicago-area container plant located in New Lenox, IL.
Located in the nation's second largest pa...
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10-29-08
Net Impact Releases 2008 Business as UNusual: The Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs
San Francisco, CA - October 29, 2008 - Net Impact, an international nonprofit organization with over 10,000 students and professional members dedicated to improving the world through business, released its third annual edition of Business as UNusual: The Net Impact Studen...
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10-29-08
JohnsonDiversey Sustainable Cleaning Award goes to OCS Cleaning and Environmental Services
STURTEVANT, WI. - October 29, 2008 - JohnsonDiversey President and CEO Ed Lonergan awarded OCS Cleaning and Environmental Services with the first ever JohnsonDiversey Sustainable Cleaning Award this week at the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) ...
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10-29-08
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Launches World's First Online Portal Profiling Human Rights Lawsuits Against Companies
LONDON. - October 29, 2008 - Today the non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches a free online portal "“ the first to bring together and demystify lawsuits from across the world alleging human rights abuses by companies. The portal summarises in...
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10-29-08
Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender Named CEO of The Year
BURLINGTON, VT. - October 29, 2008 - Seventh Generation, the nation's leading brand of natural and non-toxic household products, announced today that President and Chief Inspired Protagonist Jeffrey Hollender has been named 2008 Social Entrepreneur CEO of the Year by ...
