Fairphone has received enough orders to start production on what it says is a smartphone that will be built according to ethical standards, designed and produced with minimal harm to people and the planet. The Amsterdam-based company ...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Renault a 400 million euro ($544 million) loan to aid research and development of its next generation of affordable, environmentally friendly vehicles. Announced at the Renault Group’s ...
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Guinea-focused miner Bellzone said it has sold a bulk-carrying ship due to the iron ore production forecasts reduced. According to the Forecariah, a joint venture with china International Fund, forecasted it should produce 800,000 to ...
Less than two weeks remain for Warren Getchell to see his dream of erecting a 155-foot stained glass billboard depicting the historic Market House become reality. A fundraising effort, spearheaded by Getchell, is taking place at ...
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New York City-based private equity company Southport Lane has acquired Imperial Management Corporation along with its subsidiary, Imperial Fire & Casualty, in an all-cash transaction. Headquartered in Louisiana, US, Imperial Fire & ...
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The Wuhan branch of Industrial Bank (SHSE: 601166), together with United Investment Group and Ping An Bank (SHSE: 000001), co-sponsored a CNY 5 billion insurance fund for Hubei Province's intercity rails, the largest such a fund in the rail ...
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The International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund (IPAT) has settled its suit filed last year against Alden, N.Y.-based CBO Glass, along with two companies affiliated with CBO, Seneca CBO Glass LLC And South Buffalo Glazing ...
Upholstery manufacturer United Furniture, is expanding operations at its facility here, according to a press release from local government officials. The expansion will create at least 100 new jobs and represents an investment of ...
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LUXeXceL Group, the inventor of the proprietary Printoptical Technology, announced today the completion of the A-round by a Dutch Venture Capital company Chrysalix SET and the US based Turnstone Capital Management. The proceeds of this ...
The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Palmdale School District in California for the Palmdale Aerospace Academy charter school. Here, Deb Noe, HR manager at PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) aerospace manufacturing facility in ...
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Interface Food & Drink (IFD) has granted £75,000 to fund three collaborative projects between Scottish food and drink companies and Scottish universities to accelerate research and innovation in Scotland’s food and drink ...
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Ford employees displaced by the impending closure of the company’s Victorian manufacturing plants will benefit from an additional $25.1 million thanks to fresh support pledged by the car maker and the Federal Government. In a joint ...
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The AidPod for ColaLife has all the right components to become the packaging system that definitively demonstrates to the world that packaging can not only add value to consumers' lives, but it can actually save lives. Recently garnering ...
Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...
US-based dairy company HP Hood is set to increase ultra-high temperature production capacity at its facility in Frederick County, Virginia, with an investment of $84.6m, a move which will create 75 new jobs. According to the Governor Bob ...
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