Background
The Internet was buzzing with information on September 11. Late in the afternoon I began to wonder how the companies affected by the tragedy were reacting online. In other words, via their web sites. I did some surveying and searching, but I never brought it all to fruition. I wasn't writing a blog back then.
Obviously, updating the website was not the first priority of these companies at this time. As a result, many of the companies' sites remained unchanged and open for business - days, or even weeks, after the event. You could still make reservations at Windows on the World restaurant on Sept 14, 2001 if I recall correctly, possibly even later.
Still, some companies used their websites as practical tools for leaving and receiving contact information, or to provide a space for messages of grief or support.
I wondered what the current web status of these companies was, today. Note that this is not a comprehensive study of what became of every firm, only about their web presence, and if they mention anything about Sept 11. And note that I tried to be accurate, but I may have made mistakes. A company without a web page may no longer exist or may never have had one.
Interesting entries are bolded for your convenience.
Update: the listing at Unblinking may be more comprehensive and more or less accurate.
The List
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A I G Aviation Brokerage, Inc. - No Sept 11 information.
A-T Financial Information - No website.
Abracadabra Digital Color Copy - No website.
Adecco SA - No Sept 11 info.
Advest Group, The - No website.
Affiliated Physicians of St. Vincent - No website.
Agricor Commodities Corp. - No website.
Airport Access Program - No website.
Alan Anthony - No Sept 11 info.
Alliance Consulting - No Sept 11 info, but permanent link to Red Cross. They (may have) lost 10 people.
Alliance Continuing Care Network - No Sept 11 info.
Allianz - No Sept 11 info.
Allstate Insurance Company - No Sept 11 info.
America McKinley Ventures Management - No website.
American Airlines - No Sept 11 info.
American Bright Signs - No website.
American Bureau of Shipping - No Sept 11 info. Employees escaped with minor injuries.
American Express Company - Maintains page about Sept 11.
American Lota International - No website.
American Shipper Magazine - No Sept 11 info.
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company - No Sept 11 info.
American TCC Int'l Group, Inc. - No website.
Amerson Group Co., Inc. - No website.
Ann Taylor Loft - No Sept 11 info.
Anne Pope, Law Offices of - No website.
Antal International, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
AON Corporation - Memorial page from 2006.
Asahi Bank, Ltd. - English site contains no Sept 11 info. Can't say about the Japanese site.
Association of International Recruiters - No website.
ASTDC, Inc. - No website.
AT&T Corporation - No Sept 11 info, but company maintains corporate giving information.
Atlantic Bank of New York - No Sept 11 info.
Auto Imperial Co. - No website.
Avenir, Inc. - No website.
Avesta Computer Services, Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Avis - No Sept 11 info.
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Baltic Oil Corporation - No website.
Banco LatinoAmericano de - No Sept 11 info.
Bank of America - Some archived press releases from 2001 and 2002 mention Sept 11.
Bank of Indonesia - No Sept 11 info.
Bank of Nova Scotia, The - No Sept 11 info.
Bank of Taiwan - No Sept 11 info.
Barclay Rex - No Sept 11 info.
Barcley Dwyer - No website.
Baseline - No Sept 11 info.
BATF - No Sept 11 info.
Beast, The - No website.
Ben & Jerry's - No Sept 11 info, but a lot of corporate giving programs.
bepaid.com - No website (current site looks unrelated).
Berel & Mullen - No website.
Big A Travel Agency - No website.
Bloomberg, LP - No Sept 11 info, but encourages volunteerism.
Blue Sky Technologies, Inc. - A number of sites are called Blue Sky Technologies, but I don't know which, if any, was in WTC.
BondGlobe, Inc. - No website.
Borders Books & Music - No Sept 11 info. Site teamed with Amazon.com .
Bramax Manufacturing (USA) Corp. - No website.
Bridge Information Systems, Inc. - Merged with Reuters.
Bright China Capital, Ltd. - No website.
Broad USA, Inc. - No website.
Broadview Networks - A number of sites are called Broadview Networks. None has Sept 11 info.
Bronx Builders - No website.
Brookfield Financial Properties - No Sept 11 info. Only press release regarding WTC is from pre-Sept 11.
Brooks Brothers - No Sept 11 info.
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C & P Press - Current site looks unrelated.
Can-Achieve - No Sept 11 info.
Candia Shipping - No website.
Cantor Fitzgerald Securities - Permanent space for charities and press releases. CFS lost many people on Sept 11.
Career Engine - No Sept 11 info.
Carr Futures - No website.
Caserta & Company - No website.
Cedar Capital - No website.
Chang HWA Commercial Bank - No Sept 11 info.
Channel 11 (WPIX) - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Channel 2 (WCBS) - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Channel 31 (WBIS) - No website.
Channel 4 (NBC) - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Channel 47 (WNJU) - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Channel 5 (WNYW) - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Charles Schwab Corporation, The - No Sept 11 info.
Charna Chemicals, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Charoen Pokphand USA, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Chen, Lin, Li, & Jiang, LLP - No website.
Cheng Cheng Enterprises Holding Inc. - No website.
Cheng Xiang Trading USA Inc. - No website.
Chicago Insurance Co. - No website.
Chicago Options Exchange Corp. - Will hold minute of silence.
Children's Discovery Center - No website.
China Chamber of Commerce, Inc. - No website.
China Construction America, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
China Daily Distribution Corp. - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
China Patent & Trademark USA - Home page is about having moved from WTC. Message unchanged for six years.
China Re-Insurance Company - No website.
China Resource Products USA Ltd. - No website.
Chugoku Bank, Ltd; The - Chinese website appears to have no Sept 11 info.
Chuo Mitsui Trust Tokyo - No website.
CIIC Group (USA), Ltd. - No website.
CINDE - Might be this, but not sure.
CITIC New York - Webites of CITIC group don't mention it.
Citigroup - No Sept 11 info.
ClearForest - No Sept 11 info.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton - No Sept 11 info.
CNN - Links and articles about Sept 11 events in New York.
Colortek Kodak Imaging Center - No website.
Commerzbank Capital Markets - No Sept 11 info.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission - No Sept 11 info.
Company Store, The - No website.
Compaq Computer Corporation - No Sept 11 info.
Consolidated Steelex Corp. - No website.
Continental Forwarding - No website.
Continental Insurance Company - No website. New companies with same name are unrelated to old ones, I think.
Continental Logistics, Inc. - No website.
Corporation Service Company - No Sept 11 info.
Council of State Governments - No Sept 11 info.
Credit Suisse First Boston - Some press releases mention WTC.
Cultural Institutions Retirement Systems, The - No website.
Cyber TV Times of America Global Source Fund, LLC - No website.
Cypress Communications Corporations - No Sept 11 info.
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Daehan International - No website.
Dahao USA Corp - No website.
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Trust Co. - No website.
Daniel Pehr, Inc. - No website.
Data Transmission Network Corp. - No Sept 11 info.
David Peterson - No website.
Daynard & Van Thunen Co. - No Sept 11 info.
December First Productions, LLC - No website.
Deloitte & Touche - No Sept 11 info, but community involvement pages.
Delta Airlines - No Sept 11 info.
Deutsche Bank - No Sept 11 info, but maintains social responsibility pages.
DHL Courier Services - No Sept 11 info.
Dongwon Securities Co. Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. - Mentioned only in its timeline: "Dow Jones Newswires is first to report WTC attacks."
Dr. Tadasu Tokumaru, M.D. - No website.
Drinker Biddle & Reath - One mention in a 2004 press release about moving locations in New York.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. - Some financial information relating to the attacks in old press releases.
Dunavant Commodity Corp - No Sept 11 info, but big charity spender.
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Eastco Building Services - Mention in press release archives.
Ebasco - No Sept 11 info.
EGGSolution, Inc - No Sept 11 info.
eMeritus Communications - No website.
Empire Health Choice - Mention in press release archives.
eMeritus Communications - No website.
EuroBrokers, Inc. - Numerous employees died. Site maintains info page.
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. - Cursory mentions in archived press releases.
Express Mail - No website.
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Federal Home Loan Bank - No Sept 11 info.
FedEx Corporation - No Sept 11 info.
Fertitta Enterprises - No website.
Fiduciary Trust Company International - Maintains Sept 11 page. Lost 86 people.
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company - Notes attacks on history page.
First Commercial Bank - No Sept 11 info.
First Equity Enterprises - No website. The managers stole $100 million dollars on the way out of the building, only some of which has been recovered. Update: I changed the source link to something more informative.
First Liberty Investment Group - Not sure if this is the same company. Maintains link to Red Cross.
First State Management Group, Inc - No website.
Flemming Zulack & Williamson - No Sept 11 info.
FolksAmerica Reinsurance - No Sept 11 info.
Forsythe & Lincoln Associates - No website.
Fred Alger Management - No Sept 11 info
Frenkel & Company, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Friends Ivory & Sime, Inc. - No website.
Friends Villas Fischer Trust - No website.
Fuji Bank - No Sept 11 info.
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G. Z. Stephens, Inc. - No website.
Garban Intercapital - No Sept 11 info, but gives large amounts to charity.
Gayer Shyu & Wiesel - No website.
GC Services - No Sept 11 info.
Geiger & Geiger - No website.
Gelderman, Inc. - No website.
General Telecommunications - No Sept 11 info.
Generali - Brief mention on history page.
Genuity Solutions, Inc. - Acquired by Level 3, has no Sept 11 info.
Gibbs & Hill - No website.
Global Crossings Holdings Ltd. - Mentioned in archived press releases.
Global Knowledge Network, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Globe Tour & Travel - No website.
Gold Sky Inc. - No website.
Golden King (USA) Limited - No website.
Goldman Sachs - No Sept 11 info.
Government of Thailand - No website - or I don't know which website.
Greatest Bar on Earth - Part of Windows on the World, no website.
Green Coffee Association - No Sept 11 info.
Greig Fester North America Inc. - No website.
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C. - No website.
Guy Carpenter - No Sept 11 info.
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Hal Roth Agency, Inc. - No website.
Harris Beach & Wilcox, LLP - No Sept 11 info.
Hartford Steam Boiler - No Sept 11 info.
HeadStrong - No Sept 11 info.
Hill Betts & Nash, LLP - No Sept 11 info.
Hon. Christopher J. Mega - No website.
Howard Publications, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Howly (US) Corporation - No website.
HQ Global Workplaces - No Sept 11 info.
Hu Tong International (USA) Co., Ltd. - No website.
Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Hunan Resources & Tech. Institute - No website.
Hyperion Capital Management, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Hyundai Securities Co., Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
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Infotech - Not sure which, if any, is their website.
Insignia/ESG, Inc. - No Sept 11 info, but talks about its friendly environmental policies.
Instinet, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Intelisys Electronic Commerce - No Sept 11 info.
Intera Group Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Internal Revenue Service Regional Council - No website.
International Herbal Pharmaceutical Company - No website.
International Office Centers - No website. Lost many of their people.
International Trade Center, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Intrust Investment Realty, Inc. - No website.
IQ Financial Systems - No Sept 11 info. Several people were killed.
Isocurve - No Sept 11 info.
ITT Hartford Insurance Group - Mention in the company history.
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J & X Tans International - No website.
James T. Ratner, Law Office of - Mentions former address in About page.
John J. McMullen Associates, Inc. - Acquired by Alion.
John W. Loofbourrow Associates, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Johnston & Murphy - No Sept 11 info.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. - No Sept 11 info. Company had thousands of people in WTC, with few losses.
Julien J. Studley, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Jun He Law Office, LLC - No Sept 11 info.
-K-
Kaiser Overseas Inc. - No website.
Kanebo Information Systems Corp. - No website.
Karoon Capital Management - No website.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods - Maintains a Sept 11 page.
Keenan Powers & Andrews - Pictures and statements on the home and inside pages.
Kemper Insurance Companies - In the process of shutting down. No Sept 11 info.
Kidder Peabody & Co. - No website. Company is said to have been absorbed a year earlier.
Korea Local Authorities - No Sept 11 info.
Koudis International Inc. - No website.
-L-
Landmark Education Corporation - No Sept 11 info.
Lava Trading, LLC - No Sept 11 info.
Law Office of Allen Kaye - No Sept 11 info.
Law Office of Joseph Bellard - No website.
Law Offices of Abad, Castilla, and Mallonga - No website.
Law Offices of Roman V. Popik - No Sept 11 info.
Law Offices of Turner & Owen - No website.
Lee Hecht Harrison - No Sept 11 info.
Leeds & Morrelli - No website.
Lehman Brothers, Inc. - Very brief mentions in archived press releases.
LG Securities America, Inc. - No website.
Lief International USA - No website.
LoCurto & Funk, Inc. - No website.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - No Sept 11 info.
-M-
M.A. Katz, CPA - No website.
MANAA Trading Group, Inc. - No website.
Mancini Duffy - No Sept 11 info.
Maria Fiorini Ramirez - No Sept 11 info.
Marriott Hotels - No Sept 11 info.
Marsh USA (including MMC Enterprise Risk and Mercer, Guy Carpenter, Seabury & Smith) - Simply mentions loss of 296 people on history page.
Martin Progressive LLC - No website.
May Davis Group - No website.
Mayor's Office of Emergency Mgmt - The whole site is about emergency preparedness in NYC, but not much specific about Sept 11.
Mechanical Floor - No website.
Meganet Management Consultants, Inc. - No website.
Meridian Ventures Holding, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Merrill Lynch - Mentions three people lost on history page.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. - Mention of events on history page.
MIS Service Co. - No website.
MLU Investment - No website.
Mocatta Metals Corporation - No website.
Morgan Stanley - Numerous mentions in archived press releases, and mention of 13 losses on history page.
Mutual International Forwarding - No Sept 11 info.
Mutual of America - No Sept 11 info.
-N-
N.Y. Institute of Finance - No Sept 11 info.
N.Y. Shipping Association - Brief mention in the 2001 Annual Report.
N.Y. Society of Security - No Sept 11 info.
NAIC Securities - No Sept 11 info.
Nasdaq - Corporate announcement.
National Development & Research Institute - No Sept 11 info.
Natural Nydegger Transport Corp. - No Sept 11 info. Curiosity: site still has a Y2K error! Date is listed as "September 11, 107".
Network Plus - No website.
New Continental Enterprises - No website.
New Japan Securities - No website. Merged into another company to form a third company.
New York Board of Trade - No Sept 11 info.
New York Mercantile Exchange - No Sept 11 info.
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - Sept 11 events.
New-ey International Corp. - No Sept 11 info, no site updates since 2004.
NFA/GGG, Inc. - No website.
Nichols Foundation, Inc. - No website.
Nikko Securities - No Sept 11 info.
Nishi-Nippon Bank, Ltd; The - Japanese, no Sept info apparent.
Noga Commodities Overseas, Inc. - No website.
NY Coffee Station - No website.
NY Metro Transportation Council - Programs and events scheduled.
NY State Department of Taxation & Finance - No Sept 11 info, but does contain tax info related to Sept 11.
NYS Court of Claims - No Sept 11 info.
-O-
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd. - Japanese website, no Sept 11 info apparent.
Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP - No Sept 11 info.
Okasan International (American) Inc. - No website.
Okato Shoji Company, Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Olympia Airport Express - No website.
Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Orient International - No Sept 11 info.
Our Planet Mgmt. Institute, Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Overseas Union Bank, Ltd. - Not sure which website.
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp. - No Sept 11 info.
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P. Wolfe Consultants - No Sept 11 info.
Pace University - No Sept 11 info.
Pacific American Co. - No website.
Pacrim Trading & Shipping, Inc. - And we have a winner. This company's website still indicates that the company is located in WTC, and even has a picture of WTC to illustrate this.
Paging Network of New York - No website.
Partner Reinsurance Corp. - Brief mention of claims value for loss in archived press releases.
PASS Consulting Corporation - No Sept 11 info.
Patinka International (USA) Inc. - No website.
Perfumeria Milano - No website.
Phink Path - No website.
Pines Investment, Inc. - No website.
Pitney Bowes - No Sept 11 info.
Porcella Vicini & Co. - No website.
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey - Events planned.
Primark Decision Economics - No Sept 11 info.
Professional Assistance & Consulting - No website.
Prospect International, Inc. - No website. I think this might have been acquired by Tiscali.
Provident Financial Management - No Sept 11 info.
Prudential Insurance Company of America, The - No Sept 11 info.
Pure Energy Corp. - Link to letter from after the attack is on the front page.
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Quint Amasis, L.L.C. - No website.
-R-
R.H. Wrightson & Associates, Inc. - No website.
Rachel & Associates, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Raytheon Company - Memorial page. 4 people died.
Regional Alliance Small Contractors - No Sept 11 info.
Regus Business Centres - No Sept 11 info.
Reserve Bank of Australia - No Sept 11 info.
RGL Gallagher PC - No website.
Richard A. Zimmerman, Esq. - No Sept 11 info.
Risk Waters Group - Memorial statement. 16 people died.
RLI Insurance Company - Mention on company time line.
Rohde & Liesenfeld, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Royal Bank of Canada - No Sept 11 info.
Royal Thai Embassy Office - No website.
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Salomon Smith Barney - No Sept 11 info.
Sam Goody - No Sept 11 info.
San-In Godo Bank Ltd. - Not in English, but doesn't appear to mention Sept 11.
Sandler O'Neil & Partners - No Sept 11 info.
Sassoons Inc. - No website.
Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP - No Sept 11 info.
SCOR U.S. Corporation - No Sept 11 info.
SCPIE Companies, The - No Sept 11 info.
Seabury & Smith - No Sept 11 info.
Securant Technologies - Acquired by RSA a week before Sept 11. No Sept 11 info.
Securities & Exchange Commission - Mention in archived press releases.
Security Traders Association, Inc. - Mentioned in History page. Lost 44 people.
Sequor Group, Inc; The - No website.
Serko & Simon - No Sept 11 info.
Shizuoka Bank Ltd. - No Sept 11 info.
Showtime Pictures - No Sept 11 info.
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood - No Sept 11 info.
Sinochem American Holdings, Inc. - No website.
Sinolion (USA) - No Sept 11 info.
Sinopec USA, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Sitailong International USA, Inc. - No Sept 11 info (A Yahoo shopping site).
SMW Trading Corp. - No Sept 11 info.
SRA - No Sept 11 info.
Stamell & Schager LLP - No website.
Standard Chartered Bank - No Sept 11 info.
Starbucks - No Sept 11 info, but lots about corporate responsibility.
Strategic Communications, Inc. - No website.
Strawberry - No website (??? sounds strange).
Streamline Capital, LLC - No Sept 11 info.
Strongin, Rothman & Abrams, LLP - No Sept 11 info.
Suggested Open Systems, Inc. - Home page mentions in passing that used to be headquartered in WTC.
Summit Security Services - No Sept 11 info. 11 of the employees died helping others escape.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - No Sept 11 info, although at least one employee died in the airplane. Much mention of community and environmental leadership.
Suntendy America, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Swiss RE America Corporation Services - Mention of the attack in the company history.
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T&T Enterprises International, Inc. - No website.
Tai Fook Securities - No Sept 11 info.
Taipei Bank - No Sept 11 info. Merged with another bank.
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. - No Sept 11 info. Merged into TD Ameritrade.
Telligent Capital, LLC - No website.
Temenos USA, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Tes USA, Inc. - No website.
Thacher, Proffitt & Wood - Several paragraphs in company history.
Thai Farmers Bank - No Sept 11 info.
THB Intermediaries - No Sept 11 info.
Thermo Electron - No Sept 11 info.
Thinkpath - No Sept 11 info.
Thompson Financial - No Sept 11 info.
Tokio Re Corporation - No website.
Tony May's Gemelli Restaurant & Bar - No website.
Tower Computer Service - Website appears to be for another company (it's a blog).
Traders Access Center - No website.
Trading Technologies, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Tudor Investment Corp. - No Sept 11 info.
Turner Construction Company - No Sept 11 info.
-U-
U.S. Department of Agriculture - AAPHIS - No Sept 11 info.
U.S. Department of Commerce - Mention in archived press releases.
U.S. Department of Labor - No Sept 11 info.
U.S. Secret Service - No Sept 11 info.
Unicom Capital Advisors LLP - No website.
Union Bank of California - No Sept 11 info.
Unistrat Corporation of America - No Sept 11 info.
United Hercules Inc. - No website.
United Seamen's Service AMMLA - No Sept 11 info (and a web site from the 1990s).
United States Equal Opportunity Commission - No Sept 11 info.
US Airways - No Sept 11 info, but gives charity.
Usem Bergstrand Capital Management - No website.
-V-
Verizon Communications - Mention in archived press releases.
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W.J. Export-Import, Inc. - No website.
Wai Gao Qiao USA, Inc. - Site in Chinese, but doesn't appear to mention Sept 11.
Wall Street Planning Association - No website.
Washington Mutual, Inc. - No Sept 11 info.
Watch Station - No website.
Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor - No Sept 11 info.
Weatherly Securities Corp. - No website.
Weiland International - No website.
Westfield Corporation - No Sept 11 info. Appears to have just moved into WTC.
Williams Capital Group, The - No Sept 11 info.
Windows on the World - No website.
World Trade Center Dental Group - No Sept 11 info.
World Trade Centers Association - No Sept 11 info (!!!).
World Trade Club - No Sept 11 info.
World Trade Institute - No Sept 11 info.
World Travel - No Sept 11 info.
-X-
Xando Cosi Coffee and Sandwich Bar - No Sept 11 info.
Xcel Federal Credit Union - No Sept 11 info.
Xerox Document Company - No Sept 11 info.
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Yong Ren America, Inc. - No website.
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Zurich U.S. - Mentions in archived press releases.
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Yehuda
3 comments:
I'm not sure I understand this post. Especially odd-seeming to me are the comments for those companies that do not have any 9/11 content, yet if the company has an environmental policy or corporate giving page, that's called out. Is that implying some sort of hypocrisy, or just a random factoid unrelated to 9/11?
I guess I'm just wondering if were you hoping to convey a message and I'm too obtuse to get it, or if the list is just a result of your idle curiosity.
Random factoid. It was simply a small research project, discovering the web responses of companies affected by 9/11.
Well alrightie then!
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