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Apple to Give $1 Million in Aid to Sulawesi

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Post date October 4, 2018

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On Friday, September 28, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The quake triggered a tsunami that leveled multiple cities. Together, the two natural disasters caused a death toll currently known to exceed 1,400. It also destroyed thousands of homes. Humanitarian aid has been slow to reach the hardest hit areas, due […]

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Coca-Cola Pledges $6.3 Million in Hurricane Relief Funds

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Post date October 3, 2017

Three Coca-Cola cans. — Photo credit: OlegDoroshin / Shutterstock

Coca-Cola pledged in mid-September to donate $2 million to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief after Harvey and Irma, and further said that they would match all employee donations up to an additional $100,000. Now, in the wake of Maria’s crushing blow to the Caribbean and the two destructive earthquakes in Mexico, Coca-Cola has […]

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