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Uncertainty for advisers after Hurricane Katrina; FPA, Red Cross recruit planners to offer free advice to victims.(News)
Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. BOSTON - Thousands of financial advisers along the Gulf Coast are paralyzed by the swath of death and destruction cut by Hurricane Katrina. With no power, and most telephones and cell...
Tags: advisor, company, Hurricane Katrina, phone, Red Cross
Research articles 2005-09-05
Customers stay connected in wake of Katrina.(News)
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of C ...
Tags: carrier, FCC, Hurricane Katrina, phone, wireless
Research articles 2005-09-12
Sprint Nextel to Provide Free Phones and Service for Consumers Affected by Hurricane Katrina
RESTON, Va. -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) today announced the details of its participation in the Federal Communications Commission's Katrina Lifeline Program. Through the program, eligible customers in the 92 Gulf Coast counties and parishes affected by Hurricane Katrina will be able to apply for a free wireless phone and service....
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, phone, Sprint Nextel Corp.
Research articles 2005-12-15
Leap Participates in Industry-Wide Effort to Raise Funds for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina; Leap Urges Its Cricket® Customers to Donate to the American Red Cross Via Their Mobile Phone
SAN DIEGO -- Company Also Distributing Free Handsets to Victims and Holding Employee Fundraising Effort Matching up to $100,000
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, cell phone, mobile, phone
Research articles 2005-09-08
'Time of crisis'.(Hurricane Katrina affected the cable television broadcasting industry)
Due to the increasing chaos caused by the enormity of the damage caused to the country's Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, affected operators last week said they couldn't even begin to quantify the loss to business operations in the region. At...
Tags: Cox Communications Inc., cable, phone, Comcast Corp., Hurricane Katrina, benefit, cable television
Research articles 2005-09-05

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TracFone Wireless Extends Offer to June 1 for Free Cell Phone with 300 Minutes to Those Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Opens Second Storefront in New Orleans to Provide Free Phones
MIAMI -- TracFone Wireless, Inc., the nation's largest prepaid wireless service provider, has extended the deadline to June 1, 2006, for a free cellular phone with 300 minutes of airtime and one year of service for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. This follows after the Federal Communications Commission FCC announced...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, phone, WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-03-15
Boost Mobile® Helps American Youth Contribute to Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort; Boost™ Customers Can Quickly and Easily Contribute Donations to American Red Cross Directly from Their Boost Phone
IRVINE, Calif. -- First graph, first sentence of release should read: Starting today, Boost MobileR, Sprint's (NYSE:S) youth lifestyle brand, will add a tool to its Pay-As-You-Go wireless service aimed at helping American youth provide aid to the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort. (sted: Starting today, Boost MobileR, Sprint Nextel's...
Tags: phone
Research articles 2005-09-02
Katrina concert tally: $30m.(Hurricane Katrina, 2005)(broadcasting industries donations)(Brief Article)
Preliminary tallies from phone and online contributions indicate that Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast, the telethon produced by the six broadcast networks that blanketed the airwaves Sept. 9, raised an estimated $30 million for American Red Cross and Salvation Army efforts...
Tags: airwave, American Red Cross, broadcasting, Cable, network, tally, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2005-09-19
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Supports Children and Families Affected by Hurricane Katrina
ST. LOUIS -- Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation Donates $30,000 to the American Red Cross to Help Victims of the Hurricane In addition to the support provided to their own associates, and in response to the hundreds of Guests' emails and phone calls, Build-A-Bear WorkshopR (NYSE:BBW) is reaching out to support...
Tags: American Red Cross, E-mail
Research articles 2005-09-02
U.S. Bank Establishes Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Bank has established a "Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund" for people who want to contribute to relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating and deadly disaster in the Southeastern portion of the United States. Contributions can be made at any of U.S. Bank's 2,383 locations, which...
Tags: U.S. Bank
Research articles 2005-09-01
Lutherans' Gifts Exceed $6.1 Million for Hurricane Katrina Relief, Recovery
CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Financial gifts to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA through Sept. 15 totaled more than $6.1 million to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Many of the church's 4.9 million members and others contributed the funds...
Tags: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Research articles 2005-09-16
Hurricane Katrina Could Impact Fluor, Taco Bell, PacSun
It was too early to assess the ripple effects of Hurricane Katrina's destruction late last week. But several Orange County companies could see fallout from the storm that ripped through New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast, shuttering oil and gas operations and killing scores of residents. Clothing...
Tags: Fluor Corp., Taco Bell Corp.
Research articles 2005-09-05
Travel Roundup: Hostels As Boutique Hotels, United Drops Fees, Hilton's Roosevelt Hotel Reopens and More
Hostels now more like boutique hotels -- The term "youth hostel" maybe not be correct anymore, since most now seem like boutique hotels catering to families wanting low-cost, informal-style lodgings. And the demand keeps growing, a spokesman for the Western Canada for Hostelling International reported. One of the new hostels includes...
Tags: Hotel, Fee, New Orleans, Hilton Hotels Corp., United Airlines, Hostel, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-07-27
TracFone Wireless Offers Free Cell Phone With 300 Minutes to Eligible Katrina Hurricane Evacuees
MIAMI -- TracFone Wireless, the nation's largest prepaid wireless service provider, announced today that it is taking orders for a free cellular phone with 300 minutes of airtime and one year of service from eligible Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission FCC approved a plan to...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Miami, phone, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2005-11-17
Clos LaChance Winery Makes $21,500 Donation for Hurricane Relief
SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- As 2006 begins, Clos LaChance Winery is pleased to announce a $21,500 donation to help support the local Santa Clara Chapter of the American Red Cross' Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Moved by the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina, the winery pledged 100 percent of the...
Tags: American Red Cross, wine, winery
Research articles 2006-01-25
After Katrina, New Orleans not so Big, anything but Easy
NEW ORLEANS, United States AFP — Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still licking its wounds but efforts are being made to bring back the tourists that once made the Big Easy a major draw. But one enterprising resident, Pamela Pipes, has released the first audio guide...
Tags: Agence France-Presse
Research articles 2007-10-27
A long road from New Orleans to Chicago for displaced Katrina victims
CHICAGO AFP — The road from New Orleans to Chicago has been a long one for bartenders Webb Rhodes and Fritz Voght. Two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their city and destroyed their way of life, the longtime friends are still scrambling to find work and a place to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, apartment, Chicago, Federal Emergency Management Agency, food, Manufacturing, Red Cross
Research articles 2005-10-28
Hurricane relief
MAKING A DIFFERENCE A number of charities are collecting funds to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Here is online and mailing information for three such organizations: AMERICAN RED CROSS How to donate: www.redcross.org, follow link to donations Address: 1221 S.W. 17th, Topeka,...
Tags: Fidelity Bank
Research articles 2005-09-07
Dynamic Dies joins in Katrina relief.(MEDICAL SUPPLIES DRIVE)(Brief article)
Holland, Ohio-based Dynamic Dies and its employees and suppliers rallied to answer a call for desperately needed medical supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims at the Houston Astrodome. Ken Smith, a supervisor at the company, received a phone call from his niece, Tayma Weber, a physician at...
Tags: Dynamic Dies Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-17
SMS helps with donations for Hurricane Katrina relief.(News)
Verizon Wireless was the first out of the gate with what is expected to be an industrywide effort to allow mobile-phone users the ability to donate to the American Red Cross using text messaging and the short code 2Help or 24357. ...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, SMS, text messaging, Verizon Wireless
Research articles 2005-09-05
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