| "A 24-hour musical extravaganza across seven continents, featuring as many as 150 of the world's top recording artists, introduced by an army of 'celebrities and thought leaders' (think: Cameron Diaz and Richard Branson ), playing before a total live audience of a million people, and reaching 2 billion more via television, radio and the Internet on July 7." as described by former Vice President Al Gore . Read the full story at by William Booth The Washington Post Online. |
| KLD Announces Social Investment Unit Trust |
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Trying to catch two waves at once, UBS, KLD, Domini and Mergent form a fund that combines popular trends: Socially responsible investing (SRI) and a focus of providing shareholder value by returning cash to shareholders via dividends. KLD, a socially responsible index provider announced the formation of a new unit trust with global banking giant UBS (UBS). The Unit Investment Trust will follow an index that includes only stocks that are part of both KLD's Domini 400 Social Index and Mergent's Dividend Achievers Index.
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