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05-13-08
Farmers(R) Helps Students Fulfill Their Big Dreams
LOS ANGELES, CA, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has committed to be a sponsor again this year of the 2008 United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Los Angeles Walk for Education. The event attracts more than 3000 walkers and supporters including Farmers,...
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05-13-08
New Jewelry Company Provides Alternatives to Burmese Rubies
May 13, 2008 - Sustainable products are now available in almost every industry, but the fine jewelry industry is only recently accommodating the conscientious consumer. C5 Company, LLC, a new kind of jewelry company, is asking consumers to think twice about their purchases o...
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05-13-08
American Express and The National Trust for Historic Preservation Announce Historic New Orleans Sites Chosen to Receive Restoration Grants
NEW ORLEANS, LA, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced five historic New Orleans sites chosen to receive preservation grants for restoration projects. As part of the Partners in Preservation progr...
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05-13-08
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Announces $8 Million Initiative to Address Childhood Obesity
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The rate of childhood obesity in America has more than tripled since 1980(1), and, in Florida, 32.5 percent of children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese(2). Compelled by the serious and widespread threat of the obesity epidemic...
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05-13-08
Occidental Petroleum releases its 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
May 13, 2008 - The Occidental Petroleum Corporation's 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, released today at: http://www.oxy.com/sr focuses on social responsibility, health, environment and safety (HES) policies, ob...
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05-13-08
UPS Places Largest Order Ever For Hybrid Electric Trucks
ATLANTA, GA, May 13, 2008 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) - the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company - in addition to another 300 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.
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05-13-08
Buy a Stroller, Plant a Tree! BabyChecklist.com and PamperedTot.com Go Green!
HERMOSA BEACH, CA, May 13, 2008 "“ Baby Rain Inc., the owner and operator of BabyChecklist.com and
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05-13-08
Raytheon Receives Award for Its Approaches in Leadership Development
WALTHAM, Mass., May 13, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been honored as a 2007 Best-Practice Partner by APQC (American Productivity and Quality Center) for its exceptional work and innovative approaches in leadership development. Raytheon was one of onl...
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05-13-08
SMART Papers Breaks Ground on $30 Million Energy Project to Produce North America's Most Environmentally Responsible Premium Printing Papers
HAMILTON, Ohio, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Construction Underway On New, High-Efficiency Co-Generation Power Plant, Completion Set for Spring 2009
- By Late 2009, All Brands Produced At Southern...
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05-13-08
Royal Dutch Shell Has Released its 11th Sustainability Report
May 13, 2008 - Responsible Energy: The Shell Sustainability Report 2007 describes the company's ongoing efforts to meet the global energy challenge that can be summed up as more energy, less CO2. For Shell this means helping provide the vast amounts of extra energy ne...
