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05-15-02
Companies Forge Ahead with Community Efforts
Boston, Massachusetts - Corporate investment in community involvement is holding steady, and in some cases is on the rise despite the sagging economy, according to an annual survey by the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College.
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05-15-02
Starbucks Coffee Company Receives Humanitarian Award at the Specialty Coffee Association of America Conference
ANAHEIM, California - The Coffee Quality Institute, the educational and research tax-exempt foundation of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), presented Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) with the first Humanitarian Award at the SCAA national conference ea...
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05-15-02
Project To Educate Vietnamese Rice Farmers Wins Conoco-sponsored International Environmental Prize
ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - An initiative to try to persuade a million rice farmers in Asia to stop spraying harmful and unnecessary insecticides is the winner of this year's St. Andrews Prize, the U.K.'s only international environmental prize. The St. Andrews Prize - a joint i...
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05-14-02
Dallas' Largest Solar Facility Unveiled
DALLAS, Texas - Clean energy takes another step forward in Dallas today as The Winston School, Green Mountain Energy Company and Nuon teamed up to dedicate the city's largest solar facility and harness the power of the sun to generate pollution-free electricity.
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05-13-02
Aquatic Cellulose Receives Strong Support In Brazil For Expansion of
VERNON, British Columbia - Senior executives of Aquatic Cellulose (OTC:AQCI - News) recently returned from a successful month-long business trip to Brazil. The objective of the visit was to garner support from government, businesses and financial institutions for expansion o...
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05-10-02
Whistler, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Fuel Cell Technology
SACRAMENTO, California - Whistler, Inc. (OTCBB: WSLR) today announced the completion of co-ownership of The patents of Anuvu's (www.anuvu.com) Carbon-X fuel cell, an innovative Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell specifically designed for mass production. Anuvu Incorpor...
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05-10-02
Spire to Provide ATmicro Solar, a Cyprus Company, With Solar Electric Module Manufacturing Line; $2.7 Million Contract from ATmicro Solar to Deliver 10MW Per Year Production Line
BEDFORD, Massachusetts - Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR), a leading supplier of photovoltaic manufacturing equipment and solar electric systems, today announced that it was awarded a $2.7 million contract to provide a SPI-LINE(TM) turnkey photovoltaic (PV) module production ...
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05-10-02
GE Completes Enron Wind Acquisition; Launches GE Wind Energy
ATLANTA, Georgia - GE Power Systems today officially entered the wind power industry, announcing that its acquisition of certain assets of Enron Wind Corp. has been completed.
The new GE business, GE Wind Energy (www.gewindenergy.com), will be headed by Steven Zw...
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05-09-02
CCA Launches National Survey on Co-op Community Involement
OTTAWA, Ontario - Commitment to community has long been a core value of co-operatives and credit unions worldwide. Now private and investor-owned businesses and banks are increasingly promoting their community contributions in the context of good corporate citizenship. The C...
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05-09-02
Big Dogs Donates $100,000 To 9-11 Charities
SANTA BARBARA, California - Big Dog Sportswear (NASDAQ:BDOG) donated $100,000 to various charities through a fund-raising program sponsored by the Big Dog Foundation after September 11th. The name of the program: "Operation Rescue Dog."
Proceeds were distributed ...
