America's North Shore Journal

The latest total that I can compile is $158,285,000. It is impossible to quantify the in-kind services being donated. Dozens of medical personnel are flying over. Northwest Airlines is donating cargo space on its flights. Over and over the generosity of Americans is being demonstrated. … Read entire article »

I think not. Pfizer: $35 million Coca Cola: $10 million Exxon Mobil Corp: $5 million Citigroup Inc.: $3 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $3 million Merck & Co. Inc. is giving $3 million in cash while Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories Inc. are each donating $2 million; each of the three are also sending drugs and other health care supplies to the region. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is donating $1 million in cash and $4 million in antibiotics and antifungal drugs. Roche Group and GlaxoSmithKline PLC were also planning to donate supplies and/or cash. Nike Inc., American Express Co., General Electric Co. and First Data Corp. are each giving $1 million. Amazon.com had collected about 87,000 donations totaling more than $5.4 million for the American Red Cross as of Thursday afternoon. [Now $6,286,000] Wal-Mart Inc. is setting … Read entire article »

The current version of THE STINGY LIST has the Walmart donation wrong. The URL I cite has either changed or I just plain erred. Walmart and Sam’s Clubs have donate $2 million U.S. for tsunami relief. I will correct the error in the next update. My apologies. … Read entire article »

The Amazon fundraiser for the American Red Cross tsunami relief has raised $2,562,549.81, in 44,800 donations, an average of $57.19 per donation. Not too bad for us stingy Americans. … Read entire article »