2021 Halo Awards Honor Top Corporate Social Impact Initiatives
Winning Companies and Nonprofits Recognized at Engage for Good Conference
Published 05-27-21
Submitted by Engage for Good
May 27, 2021 /CSRwire/ - Campaigns that helped teachers and students bridge the digital divide, repurposed sports stadiums into socially-distanced blood donation centers, built artificial intelligence programs to more efficiently serve LGBTQ youth and encouraged consumers to share – not hoard – toilet paper - all while building stronger businesses - were among the initiatives recently honored at the 19th annual Halo Awards.
Twenty category-specific winners were selected out of more than 130 entries by Engage for Good at its annual conference.
Since launching its United States operations in September 2020, today global end-to-end payments provider Paysend announced that U.S. consumers can now electronically send money to friends and family in Canada.
Paysend Expands its North American Operations; Now Offers Money Transfers from U.S. to Canada
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U.S. consumers can send money to Canadian loved ones fast and hassle free
At Paysend, we’re on a mission to create a world without borders. And seeing as how the U.S.-Canadian border is the world’s longest international boundary between two countries, we’re excited to help commerce flow more freely across North American lines SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 05, 2021 Since launching its United States operations in September 2020, today global end-to-end payments provider Paysend announced that U.S. consumers can now electronically send money to friends and family in Canada. The expansion allows U.S. residents to transfer funds to 70+ different countries, in the respective currencies.
UTA and Univision partner on full scholarship for future nurse from Dallas
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 • Jeff Carlton : Contact
Univision Dallas-Fort Worth, the area’s leading Spanish-language station group and the most-watched television station regardless of language, and The University of Texas at Arlington, designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and ranked among the Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanic Students, announced the recipient of the Univision Contigo “Tu Futuro” (“Your Future”) scholarship program.
The honoree, Yalitza Marlin Gonzalez, will receive a full-tuition scholarship, covering the cost of a four-year undergraduate degree at UTA.
All applicants met UTA admission criteria and wrote an essay describing sharing how a college scholarship would help them positively impact their community. Representatives from UTA selected the winner from more than 500 appli
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M&A in the media industry is about to pick up. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rollback of media ownership limits. Media companies that once avoided specific acquisitions due to regulatory ownership limits may now take a second look. But passing through FCC review is only part of the equation, with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and many State Attorneys General frequently taking a hard look at deals in this sector. The Supreme Court’s decision affirming the FCC’s relaxation of its ownership limits means that antitrust scrutiny may now play a larger role in the clearance of media mergers as media companies look to make acquisitions past the FCC’s prior limits.