JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $110 million firm-fixed-price contract August 20 to Caddell Construction Co. of Montgomery, Alabama, for construction of nuclear power training facilities for Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Charleston at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.
The contract calls for the construction of a new multi-story, training [...]

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “Medical Disposables Market (Drug Delivery, Wound Management Products, Non-woven Medical Disposables) – Global and U.S. Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 – 2018,” the global medical disposables market was valued at USD 144.67 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow [...]

From laboratories to the marketplace, a new UA program will help companies find success.
The Catapult Corporation – dubbed “Cat Corp” – will provide early-stage capital to promising startup companies emerging from UA researchers and students. (Photo credit: Paul O’Mara)
Our modern world is changing faster than we can conceive and universities are at the forefront of [...]

SINGAPORE, 29 August 2014 – With the generous support of business partners, over S$800,000 was raised at SingTel’s annual charity golf event held today at Tanah Merah Country Club. The funds will go to the six beneficiaries adopted by the SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF).
Mr Yuen Kuan Moon, Chairman of the STLF and CEO Consumer [...]

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that up to $45 million will be provided to protect and improve soil and water quality in the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont over the next five years.
“We are dedicated to protecting and improving this beautiful and unique natural resource,” Vilsack said. “This historic USDA investment will help [...]

GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it is providing auction house Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) with $850 million in senior credit facilities. The new facilities include a $250 million credit line increase and will be used for general working capital and to support the company’s business strategy. GE Capital Markets served as joint lead arranger and [...]

Washington, D.C. — Nearly 5 million – or close to one out of every 12 – seniors will experience hunger this year, with even more at risk.
But there is assistance available. Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can help food insecure seniors pay for nutritious food.
That’s why during Hunger Action Month in September, [...]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Aug. 27, 2014 – The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), announced that its 2014 “Innovation Generation Grants” will support over 90 organizations in the United States and Canada. These programs ignite student interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as STEM-related careers [...]

Global unit shipments of smart cards are expected to rise by 2.1 billion from 2014 through 2019—about equal to the combined populations of China, the United States, Indonesia and Brazil, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS)
Smart card shipments in 2019 will rise to 10.9 billion units, up from 8.8 billion in 2014, as shown in [...]

Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment donation the largest individual gift received from an alumnus in the last decade
New centre will build on the University’s world-leading research into sustainability through Project Sunshine
Twenty Grantham Scholars will be recruited tackle challenges such as food and energy security and play an active role in connecting science [...]