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What Asbestos Did in One Town

Once, residents of Ambler, Penn., considered manufacturer Keasbey & Mattison Co. the town’s most respected corporate citizen. The company provided well-paying jobs for Ambler residents, and even contributed some of the town’s public buildings. Unfortunately, the company also contributed something else—enough tons of asbestos  waste and pollution to transform sections of Ambler into Superfund sites. The case of Ambler is so high profile, the University of Pennsylvania has secured

Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates “Israel Can Live with a Nuclear Iran” at Kaufman Center, January 16th

NEW YORK (December 20, 2012) – On January 16th, Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) will open its Spring 2013 season with the debate “Israel Can Live with a Nuclear Iran.” Over the summer of 2012, despite increased international pressure and economic sanctions, Iran doubled the number of nuclear centrifuges installed in its underground Fordow site, stopping just short of the capacity to produce nuclear fuel.   President Obama has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call to draw a “red line” that would trigger U.S. military action.  What are the costs and benefits of military action?

Dartford school student produces 200 Christmas puddings

Would-be chef mixes186 kilos of Cucina festive pud13 year-old Levi Bartley, a year 8 student at Leigh Technology Academy was hard at work  before and after school last week, to help make 200 Christmas puddings in his school kitchen. Levi, who dreams of becoming a chef when he is older, has been working in a 2-man workforce with Ian Morgan, Executive Chef of school catering company Cucina. When Morgan needed an extra pair of hands to get his company Christmas puddings made and out on time, Levi was the obvious choice: “Young Levi is just so keen on being in the kitchen,” said Morgan.

Water Balz Toys Recalled Over Ingestion Hazard

Santa won’t be packing his sleigh with Water Balz this holiday season. The water-absorbing toy that can grow almost 400 times its original size was recalled by Dunecraft Inc. for posing an ingestion hazard to small children, according to an announcement  from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada. Dunecraft Inc. voluntarily recalled around 95,000 Water Balz, Growing Skulls, H2O Orbs "Despicable Me," and Fabulous Flowers toys in the U.S .and Canada, according to regulators. In August 2011,

Fortum to invest in a new biofuelled combined heat and power plant in Stockholm, Sweden

FORTUM CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 20 December 2012 at 18.00 EETFortum Värme, Fortum's subsidiary co-owned together with the City of Stockholm, has decided to invest in a new biofuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Värtan, Stockholm. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 500 million and it is included in Fortum's current capital expenditure guidance. The new plant will replace some of the existing heat production with the less expensive biofuel alternative as well as increase Fortum Värme's total electricity production by approximately one third. The construction

Don’t miss the boat!

Stena Line sees bookings rise as Christmas rush kicks in LEADING ferry company Stena Line is experiencing a ferry busy Christmas period as people make last minute bookings to travel home to Northern Ireland for the festive season. With many of its sailings across all routes already at full capacity, the company is urging people to organise their Christmas and New Year travel as soon as possible.  From December 20[th] – January 5[th] inclusive, almost 113,000 passengers and 38,000 cars will travel with Stena Line on the Irish Sea with almost 60,000 of these passengers and over 16,

Independence Blue Cross’s new Find a Doctor Tool Empowers Better Health Care Choices

New online tool enables members to find and review doctorsPhiladelphia, PA- December 20, 2012 – Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is launching a new online Find a Doctor tool  to give its members even more capabilities to find doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals who meet their personal health care needs. The new, expanded Find a Doctor tool — IBC’s most frequently used online resource — now has a more robust search capability and an updated look, and now offers members the opportunity to write reviews of their doctors and read others’ reviews.

Nobina to list corporate bonds

Nobina Europe AB (publ) (Nobina) will list corporate bonds on NASDAQ OMS Stockholm. The bonds will be traded under the ticker NOBA.On October 25, 2012, Nobina announced that the company had made a decision to issue a bond loan of approximately 550 MSEK. The duration of the bond is five years and the annual coupon is 11% with the option for the issuer to redeem it at nominal amount throughout the duration. The bonds can as of tomorrow 21 December be traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. In connection with the listing of the bonds on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Nobina has prepared a prospectus that

Viking Supply Ships has entered into a sale- and leaseback transaction with Norseman Offshore AS

Viking Supply Ships A/S (VSS) has entered into a sale and leaseback transaction with Norseman Offshore AS for the AHTS vessel Odin Viking. In the transaction the vessel is priced at MUSD 52.85 and a seller’s credit of MUSD 5.4 has been granted. Viking Supply Ships will record an accounting loss of around MUSD 2.5 and an improvement in liquidity of around MUSD 25 as a result of this transaction. The bareboat agreement with Norseman Offshore AS has duration of 8 years with purchase and put options in the charter period. VSS will be responsible for all operating and maintenance costs

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company donates teddy bears as part of its 30th anniversary celebration

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company, a general contracting, design-build and construction management firm in Southwest Florida, continued its year-long 30th anniversary celebration with a donation of 30 Build-A-Bear Workshop®teddy bears to the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The only comprehensive child healthcare facility between Tampa and Miami, the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida provides vital healthcare for the region’s children, from infancy through age 18. The donated bears, each with its own birth certificate and “cub condo” house, will be given to ill

Write-down of loans and shares in respect of Perimeter Protection

The  Gunnebo group’s result in the fourth quarter 2012 will be burdened by a write-down of loans amounting to 4.6 MEUR related to the divestment of Perimeter Protection (“Perimeter”) to Procuritas Capital Investors IV carried out during 2011. In addition, the Group’s shareholding in Perimeter will be written down, which will negatively impact the result with 0.5 MEUR. The total effect on the result of 5.1 MEUR will be accounted for as a financial cost. After the divestment of Perimeter 2011 to Procuritas Capital Investors IV, Gunnebo maintained a shareholding of 10%, together with a

NBC4’s OPEN HOUSE Features Kristi Nelson’s Tips on Color, Texture and Design Ingenuity

Designer Takes you Behind the Gates of a San Juan Capistrano RenovationLos Angeles, CA—December 20, 2012 … NBC’s hit design show OPEN HOUSE featured Kristi Nelson sharing design tips throughout several rooms of a San Juan Capistrano renovation project by KMNelson Design, LLC, on Saturday, December 15, 2012. In this Designer Living episode , Nelson takes viewers inside what OPEN HOUSE calls “a beautiful home” to show how high impact style can be accomplished even in the most challenging project.

MTG completes acquisition of remaining shares in TV 2 Sport in Denmark

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 49% of the shares in the Danish joint venture company TV 2 Sport A/S (‘TV 2 Sport’) from TV 2 DANMARK A/S (‘TV 2 Denmark’). The completion follows the receipt of regulatory approval from the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority. The payment for the shares comprises an undisclosed cash consideration and the transfer of the exclusive Danish broadcasting rights to the European Handball Championships for 2016 and

FDA Warns on Tainted Tissue Implants

A Florida firm is under scrutiny by federal regulators for providing human tissue implants contaminated with bacteria, fungi, and other potentially dangerous organisms to its roster of U.S. and global clients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a warning letter  sent to RTI Biologics Inc. stating that there was pervasive contamination throughout a facility in Alachua, Florida, operated by the biological implant provider, reports NBC News 

Invitation to SCA’s Year-end Report 2012

SCA’s Year-end Report for 2012 will be published on Thursday, 24 January 2013, at approximately 12:00 CET. This will be followed by a press conference at 13:30 CETMedia and analysts are invited to a press conference at which the report will be presented by Jan Johansson, President and CEO. Press conference:Date: Thursday, 24 January 2013Time: 13:30 CETVenue: Lundqvist & Lindqvist, Klarabergsviadukten 90, Stockholm, Sweden The press conference will be available through a live webcast at www.sca.com. You can also participate by telephone. To participate, call +44 (0)20 7162

Festive snow report and fun off the slopes in Tirol

With less than a week to go until Christmas the skiing conditions in the Austrian Tirol are simply wonderful. The Tirol video team visited the newly connected Ski Jewel Alpbachtal Wildschönau ski area yesterday, 19th December and here’s the latest video report from the new ski area: Snow Video Report from Ski Jewel Alpbachtal Wildschönau From 17th – 18th December 2012, up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow fell in the Tirolean mountains, with a further 15 cm reported yesterday, 19thDecember. (Source: Tirol Avalanche Warning Service)* Fun off

Loomis is expanding its co-operation with Bankomat AB – now responsible for 2,000 ATMs

Loomis has expanded its co-operation with bank-owned, Bankomat AB, in Sweden, meaning that Loomis will manage all of Bankomat AB’s approximately 2,000 ATMs. Loomis already had the responsibility for managing approximately 1,000 ATMs on the basis of a four-year agreement signed during autumn 2011. This new, extended agreement, runs for a further four years. In addition to replenishing the ATMs and the counting of cash, Loomis will also provide certain emergency servicing of the machines. The value of this new agreement is approximately MSEK 100 per year, which means that the total order

New order for further development of systems for Air Traffic Management and airbases for the Swedish Armed Forces

Sweden’s Defence Procurement Agency (FMV) has taken up an option in the earlier contract ‘Systems Support for Air Traffic and Airbase Systems 2011-2012’ which Saab signed on 5 September 2011.The total order value for this option comes to about 152 MSEK and it covers continued systems and integration work on equipment for Air Traffic Management in the Swedish Armed Forces. “Among other things the contract includes continued adaptation of Saab’s SIGMA product family for military Air Traffic Management. Over time, this means that Swedish military control-towers will acquire extremely

Company Announcement No. 120, 2012 – EURIBOR3, Fixing of coupon with effect as from 1 January 2013.

The coupon for the ARM listed below will be changed taking effect 1 January 2013. The new coupon will be in force from 1 January 2013 – 31 March 2013. ARM without interest rate cap, EURIBOR3: ISIN-codeDK0002017078, maturity 2018, new coupon as per 1 January 2013: 0.1855% p.a.                        Questions can be directed to René Boesen phone no. +45 33 33 25 26.  Yours faithfully Nordea Kredit Realkreditaktieselskab

St. Croix Giant King Grass-Fueled Electric Power Plant Design Approved by Public Services Commission

Walnut, California, - VIASPACE Inc . (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the St. Croix Public Services Commission (PSC ) voted to approve Tibbar Energy's facility design for a 6MW anaerobic generator that uses VIASPACE's proprietary Giant King™ Grass as the source of continuously renewable green energy fuel. The story was carried by the "St. Croix Source" publication on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 and is quoted below: “A plan to grow 1,500 acres of hybrid Giant King Grass on St. Croix 

Company Announcement no. 119, 2012 - Fixing of coupons with effect as from 1 January 2013

The coupons for the ARMs listed below will be changed taking effect 1 January 2013. The new coupons will be in force from 1 January 2013 - 30 June 2013. +--------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|ARMs without interest rate cap, CIBOR6: | |+--------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|DK0002025683, maturity 2013, new coupon as per 1 January 2013:|0.51 % p.a. |+--------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|DK0002027622, maturity 2015, new coupon as

Advances in Campus LAN Products Continue Rapid Growth

IT Connection Blog by Mike FrattoSummary Bullets: · Campus LAN networking has been evolving for years without receiving as much of the limelight as other technologies.  That is going to change. · Technologies such as SDN and multi-path Ethernet are making their way into the campus LAN and offer similar benefits. While data center networking has been getting the lion’s share of press and analyst love in the last few years, campus networking has been undergoing a rather quiet and steady revolution that is just as compelling as data center networking, and it’s getting more so.  The

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