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BellSouth
Corporation honored as National Corporation of the Year
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MIAMI, FL -- BellSouth Corporation is honored to be selected as National
Corporation of the Year by the Florida Regional Minority Business Council. The
presentation, at FRMBC's 29th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, Sept. 17, cited
BellSouth for its leadership in providing business and developmental
opportunities for minority-owned firms in South Florida.
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OfficeMax (R) recently awarded scholarships to three of its minority and a women owned business
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ITASCA, Ill. -- OfficeMax (R) recently awarded scholarships to three of its minority - and
women-owned catalog suppliers for the Minority Business Executive Program at Dartmouth College's
Tuck School of Business. Morris Liao, vice president of marketing for Pointe Writing Company
in Schaumburg, Ill.; Lewis Scott, president of Simon Marketing, Inc. in Elgin, Ill.; and Delilah
Stevens, president of Hess Advanced Technology, Inc. in Dayton, Ohio, were selected as OfficeMax's
2004 scholarship recipients.
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Women
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- Women hold 13.6% of board seats at Fortune 500 companies. The number of seats held by
women of color has increased from 2.5% in 1999 to 3% in 2003. Of the Fortune 500, 54
companies have 25% or more women directors in 2003.
- Women comprise 46.6% of the U.S. labor force, 50% of managerial and professional specialty positions.
Source: Business Womens Network | |
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