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08-16-06
Option One Leads Outreach Effort for New Orleans Borrowers
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--Tears, hugs and shouts of joy aren't the first things that come to mind when mortgage bankers get together, but a recent Option One-led borrower outreach event in New Orleans brought expressions of relief from a lot of people stil...
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08-16-06
Bayer Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Nationally Recognized Bay Area Biotechnology School-To-Career Program
BERKELEY, Calif.- The Bayer Foundation tonight awarded Biotech Partners (formerly Berkeley Biotechnology Education, Inc. or BBEI) a $150,000 grant, further demonstrating the Foundation's commitment to education and workforce development and to ensure today's students are wel...
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08-16-06
Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative Stands 800 Farmers Strong
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08-16-06
Dell and Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh Launch Convenient, No-Charge Computer Recycling Service for Consumers; 'Reconnect Pittsburgh' Plans to Divert Two Million Pounds Annually from Landfills
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today introduced Reconnect Pittsburgh, a free drop-off program for recycling of unwanted computers by area residents.
The program helps prot...
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08-16-06
Microfinance Pioneer ACCION Reaches Milestone of Assisting Two Million Poor Annually
Boston, Mass.-- ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today announced that the number of poor entrepreneurs it reaches annually with small loans and other financial services through its network of global partners has surpassed two million.
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08-16-06
First Neutral CO(2) Global Warming Biodiesel Plant To Be Built
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (Website: GreenStarUSA.com) will build the first biodiesel plant to emit almost zero net Global Warming Gases (GWG)(CO(2)) from direct plant production of biodiesel.
It is an establ...
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08-16-06
Dell to Serve as Title Sponsor for 2007 Dell East-West Shrine Game; College All-Star Football Game Benefits the Shriners Hospitals for Children
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has signed on as the title sponsor of the 2007 Dell East-West Shrine Game, the premier annual college all-star football game benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children, scheduled for Jan. 20, 2007, a...
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08-16-06
Alcoa Foundation and Mercy Ships Partner In New Youth Health Center in Ghana
TEMA, Ghana--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--Alcoa Foundation announced today $68,000 funding for Mercy Ships creation of a new youth health and recreation center in Ashaiman, Ghana, a sub district of the Tema municipality in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Mercy Ships, a...
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08-16-06
Backdating Stock Options Session Added to SCCE's Compliance & Ethics Institute
Minneapolis, MN - The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced today that a new session "Option Backdating: An Open Discussion" has been added to the SCCE 5th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute program agenda. .Alan D. Jagolinzer, Ph.D., Assistant Pr...
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08-15-06
New BSR Learning Series Debuts in San Francisco, Sept. 27-28, 2006
New BSR Learning Series Debuts in San Francisco, Sept. 27-28, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is pleased to announce a new Learning Series, designed to provide a space where practitioners in c...
