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WASHINGTON - WWF and SustainAbility launch a ground breaking report that reveals the strength of links between the corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of 100 major global corporations.

The repor...

"The key ingredient to success in bridging the Digital Divide is broad-based, community-wide support," said Eric Benhamou, chairman and CEO of 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) Wednesday during his keynote address for the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley. "Computers and hig...

Roadway Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) is listed on Computerworld's 7th Annual 100 Best Places to Work in IT (information technology) for 2000.

Computerworld conducted a 46-question, on-line IT survey of CIO's, vice presidents and IT direct...

The Freddie Mac Foundation has invested $225,000 in two community-based programs – the Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment ($100,000) and Crystal Stairs ($125,000). Both programs focus on the needs of children and their families in the South Cent...

Bank of America has been honored with the 1999 Donaldson Award, one of the North Carolina Governor's Business Awards in the Arts and Humanities. The award was presented to Bank of America for its long-standing support of the arts to improve the quality of life in the communi...

General Motors Corporation today filed a legal brief in support of the University of Michigan as it battles two lawsuits attacking the school's use of affirmative action policies in student admissions.

The brief, filed in the United Stat...

First Union Corporation today announced a $750,000 investment in the Florida Community Loan Fund to support its neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing initiatives throughout the state.

First Union's investment uses an innovat...

DaimlerChrysler presented it's Environmental Report 2000 today. Last year, DaimlerChrysler spent 1.5 billion euros on environmental protection. The lion's share-870 million euros-went into research and development activities for environmentally friendly products and producti...

A neighborhood watch group in East Orange now has instant access to police thanks to wireless phones donated by Verizon Wireless, formerly Bell Atlantic Mobile.

Through the company's "Wireless at Work" program, three cellular phones prog...

Students returning to school in the Borough of Middlesex this fall will walk to school on safer streets, thanks to wireless phones donated by Verizon Wireless, formerly Bell Atlantic Mobile. School crossing guards in the Borough have been outfitted with wireless phones progr...