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HMV adopts children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent as charity partner until 2010.

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036232&c=1

Chris Hohn, the hedge fund manager, has donated £466m to the Children's Investment Fund Foundation via The Children's Investment Fund (TCI)
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Brandrepublic reports that NHS Lotteries will launch with an £8m advertising budget later this year.
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Google’s homepage is currently providing a link to make donations to either UNICEF or DirectRelief to help support their efforts in cyclone-hit Myanmar

http://www.google.com/myanmarcyclone/

The Office of Fair Trading is to pay Morrisons £100,000 to settle a defamation case after wrongly reporting that it had issued the company with a warning regarding anti-competitive behaviour.
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On 19th and 20th April six Guinness Premiership rugby matches will turn pink to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care in a brand extension of the charity’s successful Tickled Pink programme.
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Google has "turned the lights out" on its homepage today (29th March) as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.
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The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) has entered into an on-pack promotion with Penguin chocolate biscuit bars.
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During Prostate Cancer Awareness Week in March, M&S will be expanding its support for The Prostate Cancer Charity through selling underwear and socks in aid of the charity in addition to a “Real Man
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