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Business Wire Gives Back: San Francisco Tech Staffers Volunteer at Alameda County Food Bank

July 29, 2011 – 6:13 am

Business Wire tech staffers in San Francisco spent a day volunteering for the Alameda County Food Bank.

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Business Wire Gives Back: Teaching Piano to Share Love for the Arts

June 23, 2011 – 6:13 am

Business Wire Gives Back: Los Angeles marketing staff member Amy Yen shares her piano wisdom with a deserving child as a volunteer for CoachArt.

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Business Wire Gives Back: BW Staff Goes Back to School to Help Students Find Success

March 24, 2011 – 6:13 am

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary celebration this year features the BW Gives Back volunteer program, which affords employees the opportunity to “go to work” in their communities for the educational or charitable organizations that mean the most to them. Executive Vice President Laura Sturaitis spent last Thursday sharing her time and expertise with job seekers among the students, alumnae and members of the [...]

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Business Wire Gives Back for 50th Anniversary

February 15, 2011 – 1:56 pm

In the grand tradition of our founder, Lorry Lokey, & of course, Warren Buffett, chairman of our parent company Berkshire Hathaway, this year, Business Wire is giving back to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We are setting a goal of 5,000 hours of community service for our 500+ employees in 2011. Each employee will given up [...]

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Business Wire Founder Lorry Lokey Rises to the Billionaire Challenge

August 10, 2010 – 11:04 am

Lorry Lokey, who founded Business Wire in 1962, has always been a believer in the virtues of charity and philanthropy. Over the years, he’s given hundreds of millions of dollars, primarily to secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, and he’s frequently appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy as both an interview subject and one of America’s [...]

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Pennies From Omaha

April 28, 2010 – 7:18 am

It’s nearly that time again:  The 2010 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting is this coming Saturday, May 1.  I will be attending this year’s meeting, along with nine other Business Wire people including our CEO, Cathy Baron Tamraz.  And once more, Business Wire is providing a fun item for other attendees to pick up and help [...]

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Round Up Your Exclusive BH Souvenir Posters for Charity

April 22, 2009 – 10:05 am

Following up on last year’s successful effort, Business Wire is again offering an exclusive commemorative item at this year’s Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder’s Meeting, being held May 2nd, 2009 in Omaha, Neb.
This year, we’ll be offering a set of three limited-edition posters, titled “Legends of the Wired Wired West,” featuring photos of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and [...]

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