In 2005 there were more green residential projects than commercial,said Harvey Bernstein,vice president,industry insights and alliances,McGraw Hill Construction(MHC)during MHC's Annual Outlook Executive Conference held last week in ...
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Whole Foods Market raised its full-year sales and profit forecast after booking a 32% increase in third-quarter earnings. The US natural and organic retailer said net income rose to US$116.85m from $88.47m last year in the 12 weeks to 1 ...
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Back in 2006,USDA's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture published a report predicting what U.S.and world agriculture might look like in 2015.That's basically two years away from now,close enough to apply a ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Semprus BioSciences' vascular access catheter, designed to provide peripheral access to the central venous system. Using Semprus Sustain technology, the ...
Illinois-based insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) has completed the purchase of VEBA Service Group, a Spokane-based health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) consulting firm. As part of the acquisition, VEBA general manager ...
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Let's face it: offices aren't health clubs. We spend eight-plus hours a day crouched over a keyboard, swilling coffee and eating high-fructose corn syrup in hopes of staving off the lethargy only fluorescent lights and corporate art can ...
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TAMARAC, Fla. -- City Furniture has opened an employee Health & Wellness Center at its company headquarters here, a new perk designed to help cut health-related expenses for both employees and the company. Keith Koenig, left, and Doreen ...
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As anyone who reads the news knows by now,sitting all day long is killing us.Even if we work out,the effects of slouching behind our monitors will eventually catch up to us.New office furniture,like treadmill desks and the like,promise some ...
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