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07-11-06
Invitrogen Corporation Global Volunteer Day Advances Environmental Causes; Employees from More Than 25 Sites Clean, Conserve and Care for Their Neighborhoods
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2006--More than 2,000 employees from Invitrogen Corporation's (Nasdaq:IVGN) 25 global offices will head into their communities on Thursday, July 13 to take part in an effort to improve the areas where they live and work in the comp...
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07-11-06
Book Release: True to Yourself; Leading a Values-Based Business By Mark Albion
How do you build the kind of company you've always wanted to work in, the kind of organization you'd be proud to be part of--one that serves people and the planet while being financially successful, too? What do you do when you believe that business should serve the common g...
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07-11-06
Charities - With Microsoft Support - Create the Heart of Humanitarian American PHOTO Mission Series, On Newsstands Now
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2006--Hachette Filipacchi Media (HFM) - The American PHOTO Mission Series - on newsstands now in the July/August issue of American PHOTO Magazine - illuminates the work of 16 charities in a multi-page editorial as well as on inspirational ...
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07-11-06
At Its Annual Meeting Shareholders, Activists Demand TIAA-CREF Accountability on Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
After years of pressure, TIA...
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07-10-06
The Tech Museum Honors Bill Gates as 2006 Global Humanitarian
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the nation's premier science and technology museums focused on "inspiring the innovator in everyone", announced today that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the recipient of the 2006 James C. Morgan Global Humanitari...
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07-10-06
California Expands Its Sexual Harassment Training Mandate to Employers Nationwide in Updated AB 1825 Regulations
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2006--On June 30, 2006, California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) issued long-awaited modifications to the AB 1825 mandatory sexual harassment training regulations initially published by the Commission on December 16...
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07-10-06
Eaton Joins EPA'S Green Suppliers Network
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2006--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced it has joined the Green Suppliers Network (GSN) program. GSN is a public-private partnership involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
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07-08-06
Vestergaard Frandsen Announces Launch of Continent Wide Malaria Prevention Program in Kisumu, Kenya, July 8, 2006; 1.7 Million PERMANETS--Insecticide Treated Bed Nets to be Distributed Over 1 Week; Nets Projected to Save 70,000 Children
NAIROBI, Kenya--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2006--Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO, Vestergaard Frandsen, together with the Global Fund announced at a briefing today a massive malaria prevention program that will bring insecticide treated bed nets to thousands of at-risk famili...
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07-08-06
State and County Law Enforcement Officials Reject Unfounded Charges by ''Humane Farming Association''
Boardman, OR - In a letter from Oregon Deputy Attorney General Peter D. Shepherd, the State of Oregon rejected demands from the Humane Farming Association (HFA) to prosecute Columbia River Dairy for alleged animal cruelty - citing a recent thorough investigation by the Morro...
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07-07-06
Textron Supports Rhode Island Community with 2006 Grant Program; Textron Charitable Trust Provides More Than $400,000 to Area Organizations
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2006--Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today announced 23 Rhode Island-based recipients of the company's 2006 grant program. Grants are awarded two times each year via the Textron Charitable Trust, a nonprofit, private foundation sponso...
