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February 2010

• JA Job Shadow student wins essay contest
• New Teen Career Exploration Tools Are Just a Mouse-Click Away

January 2010

• New Poll Finds Teens Confident They'll Get Ideal Job
• JA Advocate Wins Inaugural Albert E. Suter Award for Exceptional Leadership
• Accenture receives JA Worldwide Extreme Partnership Award
• President's Volunteer Service Award Honors JA's Partners

December 2009

• Ecuador Teens Win FedEx Global Access Award
• “Ecoviña” Wins Hewlett-Packard Responsible Business Award

• Peruvian Teens Win Junior Achievement Student Company of the Year Competition

• Teens Expect Access to Social Networks On-The-Job
• Financial Services Executives in the Classroom

November 2009

• AT&T Executive Named Chairman of JA Worldwide

October 2009

• JA Mexico Team wins HP Responsible Business Online Ideas Contest
• New Poll Reveals Teens Believe Entrepreneurship Should be Taught in School

September 2009

• New Poll Reveals Teens Believe Entrepreneurship Should be Taught in School
• Travel Industry Sponsors New JA Work Readiness Program

August 2009

• Winner of 2009 HP Global Business Challenge Announced
• JA of Georgia Team Wins 2009 HP Responsible Business Award
• Winners Announced in 2009 FedEx/Junior Achievement Regional International Trade Challenge

July 2009

• Austin, TX, Students Win 2009 JA Banks in Action North American Competition
• Canadian Teens Win 2009 North American Junior Achievement Student Company of the Year Competition
• Los Angeles-Area Team “Higher Grounds Café” Wins HP’s Responsible Business Ideas Contest

June 2009

• PBS’s Frontline/World focuses on Junior Achievement (INJAZ) in the Middle East
• CNN interviews Junior Achievement’s Jack Kosakowski in a story on teen entrepreneurship
• Fox Business Channel interview with Junior Achievement’s Jack Kosakowski about how U.S. workers need to adapt to compete in the global economy
• INJAZ-Junior Achievement Wins Global Social Entrepreneurship Award
• The Wall Street Journal cites Junior Achievement study in an article about the need for an entrepreneurial workforce
• Report: An "Entrepreneurial Workforce" Critical to America's Future Success in the Global Economy
• JA on CNN: JA gives kids sense of economic responsibility

May 2009

• Houston Junior Achievement Student Receives National Scholarship
• New National Poll: Teens Likely To Be Out Of Work This Summer
• 2009 Junior Achievement Teacher of The Year Announced
• JA/Allstate Poll Cited in USA TODAY: "Teens compete with laid-off adults for summer jobs"

April 2009

• Facebook Podcast:
  Jack Kosakowski of Junior Achievement discusses the results of the 2009 Teens and Personal Finance Poll. (Look for the "MP3 Player" box.)
• New Poll Shows Economy Forcing Teens to Downsize College Plans
• JA interviewed for Wall Street Journal article: Tight teen summer job market will foster entrepreneurship

March 2009

• Teens Experiencing Layoffs, Reduced Hours, Job Scarcity and Forced Frugality According to New Junior Achievement/Allstate Foundation Poll

February 2009

• Junior Achievement Launches New Award with HP to Encourage Social and Environmental Responsibility in Business
• Barclays and Junior Achievement Launch Three-Year, Youth Work-Readiness and Entrepreneurship Initiative
• Manpower Inc. and Junior Achievement Team to Teach Young People Career Success Skills
• Poll: Most Teens Think They Can Make Ethical Business Decisions, Yet Many Also Believe it is Okay to Lie and Cheat

January 2009

• Poll Shows less interest in "Business Person" careers
• 2009 U.S. Business Hall of Fame Laureates Announced

December 2008

• New Poll Reveals Teens Think Violent Behavior Acceptable

November 2008

• New Poll Reveals Fewer Teens Interested in Entrepreneurship
• Junior Achievement Surpasses Nine Million Students Reached Worldwide, the Most Ever in One Year
• Junior Achievement and Deloitte Open Fifth Annual College Scholarship Contest
• Economic Downturn Hasn't Dimmed Teens' Holiday Season Consumer Confidence

October 2008

• AT&T, Junior Achievement Launch Nationwide Job Shadow Initiative to Help Prepare 100,000 Students for the World of Work

September 2008

• JA Worldwide Honors Local Dignitaries Hybl and Wendelken

August 2008

• Santa Clarita, Calif., Student Wins Global Ethics Essay Contest
• HP and Junior Achievement Announce Lithuania as Winner of 2008 HP Global Business Challenge
• JA Worldwide Receives Special Status from United Nations
• Winners Announced in FedEx/JA Regional International Trade Challenge

July 2008

• Junior Achievement of Greater Owensboro's Douglas Honored with National Award
• JA of South Dakota's Fiegen Receives Top National Honor
• Connecticut Student Wins National Junior Achievement/Deloitte Essay Contest
• MetLife Foundation Honors Eight Junior Achievement Operations for Innovation
• State Farm's Rutrough Named Chairman of Junior Achievement USA
• Junior Achievement's John Box Promoted to Senior Vice President, Education
• "JA Banks in Action" North American Tournament Champions Named

June 2008

• Program Launched to Teach Financial Skills to Young Children

May 2008

• Cold Economy Frosts Teen Summer Job Prospects
• Gas Surpasses Clothes as Number One Teen Expense
• JA Student Gets Full Scholarship From Disney
• 2008 Excellence through Ethics Essay Contest Winner Awarded $5000 Scholarship
• Achievement Foundation Awards Boston Junior Achievement Student Sweeny Scholarship
• Achievement Foundation Awards National Scholarship
• HCA and JA prepare 21st Century Students for Future Careers
• Most teens optimistic they’ll have ideal job one day according to Junior Achievement poll

April 2008

• Financial Literacy "Day on the Hill"

March 2008

• Uncle Sam Wants You to Weigh in on Important Financial Literacy Issues!
• JA Provides Volunteer Opportunities With USA Freedom Corps

February 2008

• Business People Who Love Their Job Share That Passion With Young People
• NASCAR Champ Darrell Waltrip to Emcee JA Business Hall of Fame

January 2008

• Excellence Through Ethics Essay Contest
• JA's Kosakowski Appointed to President Bush's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
• JA To Induct Six Business Leaders Into Its Hall of Fame

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