Foundation Coal Raises $519 Million
98131
Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. went public yesterday, raising $519 million, most of which went to the owners of the company.
415572
James Hardie Industries says it has written to the foundation it set up to compensate asbestos victims reaffirming its willingness to top up the fund.
555066
By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 15--The2006 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $1,335 today. That brings the total in donations to $24,044. This year's goal is $40,000.
249761
Headwaters is making money with coal trash but also has a nanotech wildcard.
752187
By Paul B. Johnson, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Sep. 21--Dell Inc.'s corporate giving will make a difference for a pair  of nonprofit groups in the region.   The Dell Foundation on Tuesday announced its 2006-07 series of Connected  Community grants to 25 organizations nationwide.
269004
BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Franklin Resources has agreed to pay a $5 million fine in connection with charges that it allowed market timing in a fund that prohibited the practice in its prospectus.
445104
A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change.
605313
SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy   Corp. BTU.N raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   EXL.AX by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation   about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new   offer price.
188737
The family members of the victims of the Daping Coal Mine accidents in central China&#39;s Henan Province have received 3.7 million yuan (approximately 445,800 US dollars) and
624908
By Ken Dey, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jun. 13--Washington Group International will help design what backers are calling the nation's first coal-fueled, near-zero-emissions electric power plant.
174454
By Nicole Radzievich, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 13--The Historic Hotel Bethlehem is challenging other downtown businesses to raise money for the "Bach at Noon" concerts.   The hotel will match the donations dollar for dollar up to $2,500.
204926
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will announce the largest hospital fund-raising campaign in New England history today, hoping to raise $1 billion to turn the rapidly growing scientific understanding of cancer into better treatments for cancer patients.
44576
A Republican Party campaign committee that received $20,000 in 2003 from a man now accused of helping terrorists has donated the money to a foundation that comforts families of wounded soldiers.
566016
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. raised net proceeds of roughly $100 million through a share sale completed this week, the company said. Wheeling-Pittsburgh, a steel maker, sold 3.65 million shares of common stock at $29 each.
650709
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- BlueLinx Holdings, an Atlanta-based distributor of building products, on Thursday filed to raise up to $150 nillion in an initial public offering with underwriters Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, CS First Boston and Lehman Brothers.
463605
MOSCOW -- Russia's tycoons, whose flamboyant spending has ka-chinged from Mediterranean isles to London's Mayfair district, have found a new use for their supersize wallets: philanthropic foundations.
495283
BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's No.1 miner, formally launched a $147.4 billion takeover bid on Wednesday for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc .