BLACK ENTERPRISE ANNOUNCES THE 40 BEST COMPANIES FOR DIVERSITY
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The full list of the Black Enterprise 40 Best Companies for Diversity is as follows: PG&E Corp., Sempra Energy, General Mills, Pitney Bowes, Fannie Mae, Washington Pepco Holdings Inc., Washington Verizon Communications Inc., Basking Ridge Burger King Inc., Darden Restaurants Inc., Orlando American Express Co., Citigroup Inc., International Business Machines Corp.,Armonk Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., Somers PepsiCo Inc., Purchase Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Toyota Motor North America Inc., Xerox Corp., Aflac Inc., Columbus United Parcel Service Inc., The Coca-Cola Co., Bank of America Corp., Charlotte Exelon Corp., Chicago McDonald’s Corp., Oak Brook Northern Trust Corp., Chicago State Farm Insurance Cos., Procter & Gamble Co., Yum! Brands Inc., FedEx Corp., Marriott International Inc., Sodexo Inc., AT&T Inc., Dallas Comerica Inc., Dallas Kellogg Co., Ford Motor Co., Dearborn General Motors Corp., Freddie Mac, McLean
The 2009 40 Best Companies for Diversity were determined by analyzing responses from a survey administered to major corporations. black enterprise conducted a comprehensive outreach effort to the CEOs and diversity executives of the top 1,000 publicly traded companies, as well as the diversity executives of the 50 leading global companies with strong Plus: The Great Recession of 2008–2009 has been brutal. Since December 2007, when the recession started, nearly 6 million workers have been cut from employer payrolls. For African Americans, the jobless rate has reached a staggering 15%, the worst number in more than 20 years. Although hires fell to their lowest rates in eight years nationwide, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are close to 3 million jobs available in the U.S. Approximately 40,000 of those positions are available among the companies that made the BLACK ENTERPRISE list of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity this year. Log on to www.blackenterprise.com/diversity for links to areas of opportunity. The complete special report, including methodology and selection criteria, is available in the July 2009 issue of black enterprise magazine, on newsstands now.
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