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03-05-07
Lawson to Help Companies Use Information Technology to Manage Green and Social Responsibility Initiatives
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced a new initiative to provide organizations and companies software-based options to help them manage their growing array of environmental and social programs. Lawson's Corporate Soci...
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03-05-07
World Waste Technologies Applies for Patent Covering the Production of Alcohol, Including Ethanol, Through Gas Process
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--World Waste Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:WDWT) today announced it has filed a provisional patent covering an energy self sufficient process for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) into the production of mixed alcohols (includi...
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03-02-07
National Groups Thank Regulators for Proposing Stronger Standards for Dangerous Subprime Loans
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007--The devastating reign of "exploding" adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) in the subprime market may soon be over. Today federal banking and credit union regulators proposed to clamp down on these risky loans by requiring depository in...
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03-02-07
$33 Million Donation from Lorry Lokey Will Go Toward Stem Cell Institute Building at Stanford
STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a passionate supporter of education and science, will give a minimum of $33 million to help build a home for Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
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03-02-07
Celebrated Author and "True American Hero" Will Share story of Building Schools, Providing Opportunity for Afghan and Pakistani Youth at Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat
LEAVENWORTH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007- Sleeping Lady Foundation is pleased to sponsor a benefit lecture by Greg Mortenson, co-author of the New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace ... One School At A Time. Sleeping Lady ...
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03-02-07
Grameen Foundation Addresses Its Carbon Footprint Through The Climate Trust
WASHINGTON, D.C.- March 2, 2007 -Grameen Foundation, a leading global microfinance organization, announced today that it has purchased carbon offsets for the air travel undertaken by its employees and contractors globally during 2006. The purchase of offsets from The Climat...
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03-02-07
Green Mountain Energy Company Chosen for First "PLENTY 20" List
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007--Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation's leading provider of renewable energy and carbon offset solutions, has been selected for the inaugural PLENTY 20 list (
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03-02-07
Bernard Harris, ExxonMobil Announce 20 New Summer Camps
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007--Former astronaut Bernard Harris and the ExxonMobil Foundation have announced the 19 university campus locations that will host the 2007 ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camps this June through August. The two-week reside...
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03-02-07
The Port of Los Angeles Will Fund $850,000 toward Foss Maritime Company's Development of the World's First "Hybrid" Tug Boat
SAN PEDRO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - March 1, 2007 - A new hybrid tug boat proposed by Seattle-based Foss Maritime Company, and funded in part by the Port of Los Angeles, will be substantially less polluting, more fuel efficient and even quieter than today's modern tug boat...
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03-02-07
Motto Magazine Features 6 Gurus of "Eco-Chic"
March 2, 2007 - Motto magazine unveils its March/April issue, featuring reports and profiles of business people who are achieving more personally fulfilling work and a more socially responsible route to business success. Motto, the voice of capitalism with a so...
