New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including technology employees. The Immigration ...
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Facilities Managers or supervisors looking for incentives to kick off energy efficient lighting projects in 2013 will have not one but five incentive to consider: 1. Utility Rebates: most local utility companies offer energy efficient ...
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U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal, has finalized the acquisition of CanAm Yarns LLC — its 50-percent-owned yarn-spinning joint venture with Frontier Spinning Mills Inc., Sanford, N.C. — and is investing approximately $85 million ...
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US-based Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the Coca-Cola foundation have announced a call for applications for the 2013 Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program. The Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program, funded through a $300,000 ...
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Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and The Coca-Cola Foundation today announced a call for applications for the 2013 Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program, a program designed to expand and support recycling in communities across America. The ...
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Epic Sciences, a developer of diagnostic tests, has received a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of a lung ...
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Noribachi has completed an expansive lighting improvement project for the City of Manhattan Beach, California. One of L.A.’s chic ocean front cities, Manhattan Beach draws tens of thousands of visitors annually to its waterfront ...
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) contract to Epic Sciences for the development of a lung cancer diagnostic blood test. The ...
Following a successful fundraising campaign, one of the region’s premier cultural attractions has announced an investment of £2.25 Million for an ambitious re-development programme which will begin this month and continue until ...
Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is making a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, reports said Thursday. The event to take place in Zuckerberg's home in the California city of ...
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Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (Grassroots) and Columbia are proud to recognize dynamic local conservation projects and people who share our passion for the outdoors through the Columbia/GOA Belay Program. This program, established in 2012, ...
Three Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) students are recipients of the 2013 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) awards. Ziyan Gong, a Fashion Design student from Staten Island, NY, and Fashion Merchandising Management majors Alexis ...
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The government has set up a £1m funding competition for robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) technology in the UK. The investment by the Technology Strategy Board is for feasibility studies to accelerate the development of RAS ...
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Related Media USDA whistles past the Pigford graveyard Breitbart and Pigford: Fraud claims and farmer lawsuits Tired of waiting for resolution of Pigford II, the Memphis-based Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association (BFAA) is ...