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03-05-07
Alcoa and Etcetera Edutainment Develop Innovative Safety Tool for Industrial Loading Dock Environments
NEW YORK- March 5, 2007- Alcoa (NYSE:AA), a world leader in safety performance, announced today that it has teamed with Etcetera Edutainment in Pittsburgh to develop a cutting-edge safety training tool that uses gaming technology to simulate hazards associated with operating...
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03-05-07
New Research Centre Will Seek Ways to Reduce Water Use in Oil Sands
March 5, 2007- Water use in oil sands development is currently a significant concern for Albertans and Canadians, particularly as the industry develops and grows over the next 20 years. An innovative research centre at the University of Alberta is poised to tackle this issue...
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03-05-07
ReportAlert.info - Novo Nordisk A/S Publishes Annual Report 2006
March 5, 2007- Novo Nordisk, the Danish-based healthcare company, has published its 2006 Annual Report, backed by an online version (available via www.reportalert.info/ra/NovoNord050307.htm), wit...
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03-05-07
Office Depot Named One of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises for Sixth Straight Year
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) today announced its annual listing of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world class suppl...
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03-05-07
VeriFone Achieves Compliance with "China RoHS" Mandate
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) today announced that it has achieved compliance with the "Administrative Measures on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products" - commonly referred to as China RoHS...
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03-05-07
Lawson to Help Companies Use Information Technology to Manage Green and Social Responsibility Initiatives
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced a new initiative to provide organizations and companies software-based options to help them manage their growing array of environmental and social programs. Lawson's Corporate Soci...
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03-05-07
World Waste Technologies Applies for Patent Covering the Production of Alcohol, Including Ethanol, Through Gas Process
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2007--World Waste Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:WDWT) today announced it has filed a provisional patent covering an energy self sufficient process for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) into the production of mixed alcohols (includi...
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03-02-07
National Groups Thank Regulators for Proposing Stronger Standards for Dangerous Subprime Loans
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007--The devastating reign of "exploding" adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) in the subprime market may soon be over. Today federal banking and credit union regulators proposed to clamp down on these risky loans by requiring depository in...
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03-02-07
$33 Million Donation from Lorry Lokey Will Go Toward Stem Cell Institute Building at Stanford
STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a passionate supporter of education and science, will give a minimum of $33 million to help build a home for Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
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03-02-07
Celebrated Author and "True American Hero" Will Share story of Building Schools, Providing Opportunity for Afghan and Pakistani Youth at Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat
LEAVENWORTH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2007- Sleeping Lady Foundation is pleased to sponsor a benefit lecture by Greg Mortenson, co-author of the New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace ... One School At A Time. Sleeping Lady ...
