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Boston Foundation assets top $1 billion, donors make $112 million in grants in 2014 fiscal year
Boston – announced today that for the first time in its 99-year history it had net assets totaling more than $1 billion, and that the Foundation and its donors shattered Foundation records for grantmaking with $112 million in grants paid out in the 2014 fiscal year, which ended June 30.
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Judge Approves $2.4 Million EEOC Settlement with Four Hawaii Farms for over 500 Thai Farmworkers
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi in Hawaii has approved settlements between the U.S.
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IU Physics team receives $1.2 million to help build most precise particle detector
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A team of physicists from Indiana University’s Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter has been awarded $1.2 million to help develop a new, highly precise particle detector that will be used to investigate the fundamental properties of elementary particles.
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Finland Donates €29 Million Over Four Years To Provide Life-Saving Food In Crises
Greeting (former) President Halonen, who hosted a special dinner debate, with civil society leaders, on the eve of Ertharin Cousin's first visit to Finland. Copyright WFP/Caroline Hurford
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Professor Wins $750,000 Engineering Prize for Mobile Medical Tool
AUSTIN, Texas — Yuebing Zheng, a mechanical engineering assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected for the prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award.The $750,000, four-year award will support Zheng’s efforts to develop a powerful, palm-sized device that could bring health care monitoring -
Halliburton to Pay 1.1 Billion in Damages for Its Role in Largest Oil Spill in U.S. History
Washington D.C., United States of America – Halliburton, North America’s largest oilfield services provider has reportedly reached a $1.1 billion settlement for the majority of claims related to its role in contributing to the BP (formally British Petroleum) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. -
Top pension fund assets hit $15 trillion
LONDON. Tuesday 2 September, 2014 - Total assets of the world’s largest 300 pension funds grew by over 6% in 2013 (compared to around 10% in 2012) to reach a new high of almost US$15 trillion (up from US$14 trillion in 2012), according to Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson research.
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NAVFAC Southeast Awards $110 M Contract for Nuclear Power Training Facilities at Joint Base Charleston
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.
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Medical Disposables Market is Expected to Reach USD 193.89 Billion Globally in 2018: Transparency Market Research
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. -
SingTel raises over S$800,000 at charity golf event
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).
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USDA to Invest $45 Million to Improve Water Quality in Lake Champlain
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.
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GE Capital Provides $850 Million in Senior Credit Facilities to Sotheby’s
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 joint book runner on the facilities.
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NCOA Leads Effort to Help 5 Million Food Insecure Seniors By Healthy Groceries
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.
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Smart Card Shipments to Rise by 2.1 Billion Units by 2019
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)
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£2.6 million gift to create a new centre leading the University’s contribution to the global challenge of creating a more sustainable world
- 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 Granth
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Alstom to increase energy highways with €800 million of HVDC contracts
Alstom Grid has won three major High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) contracts with a total value of €800 million (approximately half of this amount was booked in Q1 of the current fiscal year, the other half will be booked in Q2).
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Recent Study: Global Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Market Expected to Reach $79.11 Billion by 2020
San Francisco, California, USA., August 25, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) - The global market for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is expected to reach USD 79.11 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing construction and infrastructure spending in emerging markets of Asia Pacific and Latin America is expected to remain a key driving factor for global PVC demand.
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Vikings Add $46 Million to Stadium Budget but $0 for Bird-Safe Glass
Bird mortality from window collisions, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Employment: Commission proposes €570,945 from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Ford and its suppliers in Belgium
The European Commission has proposed to provide Belgium with €570,945 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 479 workers made redundant by Ford in Genk (Belgium) and its suppliers to find new jobs. The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.
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Miramax Completes Securitization for $250 Million
Miramax Film NY, LLC (“Miramax”), today announced the successful completion of the company’s Film Library Asset-Backed Notes offering (“Notes”). The securitization transaction included the issuance of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 3.34% Notes due 2026, as well as a $25 million revolving credit facility, which was undrawn at closing.
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Department of Energy Announces $5.9 Million Funding Award Opportunity for Southern Research Institute
Birmingham, AL - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Southern Research Institute has been selected for negotiation for an award of up to $5.9 million to advance production of high performance, low cost carbon fibers from biomass.
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More than 1.6 Million Worldwide to Benefit from USDA International Assistance Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service today announced funding for seven international projects through the 2014 Food for Progress Program. In total, more than 1.6 million people will directly benefit from the program this year.
