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Ericsson joins Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (Popularity:  )
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Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it has joined The Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR). This business-led initiative is designed to help lead and develop the corporate response to human rights. BLIHR aims to find practical applications for the aspirations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights within a business context, and to inspire other businesses to do likewise. Ericsson is the 13th company to join BLIHR and the ...
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Porter Novelli Announces Lead Sponsorship of 'Tweet To ReMIND' Social Media Campaign For U.S. Troops (Popularity: )
http://remind.org
Global public relations agency Porter Novelli today announced its lead sponsorship of Memorial Day social media fund-raising and awareness campaign Tweet to ReMIND, and issued a call for high-profile partner sponsors. The innovative project aims to raise $1.65 million for ReMIND.org, a Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) initiative that provides critical localized resources and support for injured U.S. service members returning from war. The goal represents the 1.65 million who have ...
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US Embassy and Islamic Relief Distribute $5 Million of Medicines to Needy in Burkina Faso (Popularity: )
http://www.irw.org
International aid organization Islamic Relief has partnered with the US Embassy in Burkina Faso to provide over $5 million of much-needed medicines to the West African country. US Ambassador Jeanine Jackson handed the medicines over to the Ministry of Health at a ceremony on June 15, 2007. "I am particularly pleased that a public-private partnership -- that of Islamic Relief USA and the US Government -- and with the valuable ...
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WAKE UP AMERICA: Stop Talking and Start Building Green Power - No More Fossil Fuels or Nuclear (Popularity: )
http://www.reapinfo.org
The following is an Opinion Editorial by S. David Freeman:We keep staring in frustration and anger at the giant flow of oil spilling into the water in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a disaster. But what is even a greater disaster is what we would see if we looked up, rather than down, and opened our eyes to the millions of deadly toxic "spills" into the air we breathe ...
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Hundreds Across the South Still Seek Safety in Red Cross Shelters (Popularity: )
http://www.redcross.org
More than 1,100 Red Cross workers are helping those whose lives were turned upside down after this week's flooding and tornadoes in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.Clean-up efforts are underway and Red Cross teams from 37 different states are providing food, a safe place to stay, clean-up items, toiletries, blankets, shovels, rakes, gloves, trash bags and other necessities. Damage is widespread with people needing everything from immediate emergency assistance ...
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Len Hunt, Executive VP and COO of Kia Motors America, to Present at July Motor Press Guild Luncheon (Popularity: )
http://www.motorpressguild.org
On Tuesday, July 10, the Motor Press Guild (MPG), America's largest professional automotive media association, will feature Len Hunt, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Kia Motors America (KMA). Hunt will address his plans to lead Kia on a new journey to infuse passion into the brand. Hunt's presentation about the Kia brand will discuss how new-vehicle designs and a growing product lineup are changing the way consumers ...
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LSI Backpack Program Supports Underprivileged Students Around the World (Popularity: )
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LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that it will provide backpacks with school supplies to nearly 10,000 underprivileged students worldwide in 2008 as part of an ongoing program to improve K-12 education in communities where LSI employees live and work. Through the LSI Backpack Program, LSI locations identify local schools in need of supplies and learning materials. After conferring with school administrators, LSI volunteers fill backpacks with supplies and deliver ...
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AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Popularity: )
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the European Medicines Agency has granted Orphan Drug Designation to AMT's gene therapy product AMT-080 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) entitles AMT to ten year market exclusivity in Europe following marketing approval for AMT-080 if this product candidate is the first new drug with ...
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USS JFK Sailors & Aviators Fight to Save Carrier from Watery Grave (Popularity: )
http://www.savethejfk.com
The tenth Commanding Officer of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez (ret.), is "on a mission" to save the recently decommissioned carrier as a museum and tourist attraction. "Big John" as former shipmates refer to her, is destined for mothballs in Philadelphia, or worse, may be sunk as an artificial reef, as was another carrier, the USS Oriskany, in May of 2006. "There is a ...
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Global Sources Doubles Donations for Sichuan Earthquake Victims to RMB 2,000,000 (Popularity: )
http://www.globalsources.com
Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) and its team members have donated RMB 2,000,000 to various charities involved in helping victims of the Sichuan earthquake -- double the amount previously planned. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "I would like to thank Global Sources team members for opening their hearts to the people of Sichuan province. "Their donations of RMB 1,000,000 far exceeded the goal we ...
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