ATLANTA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is awarding over $179,000 to three organizations for the restoration of the Proctor Creek Watershed in Atlanta, Ga. Nationally, $2.1 million was awarded to 36 ...
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Two non-profit organizations in Kansas City, Mo., have been selected to receive a total of $119,940 in funding from EPA’s Urban Waters Small Grants Program for projects focused on improving areas around the Middle Blue River through ...
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A newly formed alliance seeks to serve as a global source for information, guidance and knowledge on indoor environmental quality. A memorandum of understanding creating the Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance was signed Sunday, ...
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The National Retail Federation releases the statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay, praising the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety’s progress over the past year. NRF CEO Mathew Shay comments, “The National Retail ...
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One of the world's leading international fashion retailers MANGO, will extend its online presence on Myntra.com from August 2014. Through this association, Myntra.com has taken one step further in making international fashion accessible to ...
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Swedish high-technology engineering and steelmaking group Sandvik has announced that it has signed a new five-year strategic alliance agreement with the global pipe and tube producer Tenaris on the exclusive joint supply of ...
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One week ahead of its annual Board meeting, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (ABWS) announced it will extend compensation benefits to workers from two months' to up to four months'wages for workers displaced as a result of factory ...
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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is working to develop an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) with smart grid technologies. EPRI is carrying out the project in partnership with eight automakers ...
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the three months to June 30, 2014. Operating profit rose to 122.6 billion yen for the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, representing a 5% margin on net revenues that ...
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Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol: DAI) is continuing along its path of profitable growth. In the second quarter of 2014, the Group achieved new record levels of unit sales and revenue and significantly increased its operating profit from ...
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UK car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has entered into administration with the loss of 1,244 jobs. KPMG's Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston have been appointed as joint administrators. The administrators have sold part of ...
Vita Coco, one of the fastest-growing beverage brands globally and the U.S. leader in coconut water sales, announced plans to bring the coconut water brand to China for the first time. The new distribution comes through an exclusive ...
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eBay wss one of the world's largest e-commerce giant, entered the Chinese C2C market in 2003. Due to lack of localization strategy and mismanagement, it defeated to Taobao in China, and given up the C2C market in 2006. Recently eBay has a ...
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The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK has welcomed the latest figures, which it said was equivalent to approximately 425,000 tonnes of cartons recycled, and also showed the total recovery rate was now 71% across the ...
Technology has changed the way Americans live, work and communicate, and home furnishings marketing executives must stay one step ahead of those changes to connect with today's consumers. "The ability to see around the bend and anticipate ...
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