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Valassis Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VCI) proudly announced today that it has earned a spot on Working Mother magazine's 15th annual list of "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" for the second consecutive year. Overall Valassis ranked third as it relates to flexibility. ...

To mark the creation of the next great brand in communications, some 210,000 employees of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) will receive a financial stake in the future success of their new company through a company-wide stock option program announced today. It is the larges...

Thanks to more than 600 GE Lighting
employee volunteers, the number of inner-city youngsters who will next summer
be able to attend Camp Mueller -- a 270-acre camp in Peninsula, Ohio -- will
more than quadruple.
In a highly-planned-and-prepared on...

Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) announced a major agreement today to work together to deliver state-of-the-art mortgage underwriting technology and training to NAHREP members. As part of the initiative, Fredd...

For its longstanding commitment to the arts in the communities it serves, Bank of America will be recognized with the Founders Award as the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA) and FORBES Magazine present the 2000 Business in the Arts Awards at The Art Institute of Ch...

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of The Seagram Company Ltd. [NYSE: VO], along with Universal Studios, another Seagram business unit, are once again being recognized as two of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" in Working Mother Magazine’s 15th...

Verizon will contribute $242,000 to 32 Northwest area schools and organizations serving the needs of adults, children and families as part of International Literacy Day tomorrow.

"Education, economic development and crime are key issues ...

Some 400 youngsters at an elementary school in the District will get additional help in improving their reading skills, thanks to a $90,000 grant from Verizon Foundation.

The grant to Everybody Wins!, a nonprofit organization that seeks ...

Willamette Industries, Inc. signed on Sept 6 an agreement with The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries to assure protection of three rare saline soil prairies. Under the agreement, Willamette will list a 300-acre area of i...

Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announces the fourth annual All Books for Children book drive and continues its support of literacy. Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman and chief global strategist, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson, chairman and ceo of Johnson Developm...