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Teachers enter contest by Feb. 12 to win trip to learn more about Lincoln

2/6/2012 2:00 PM EST  -   The Horace Mann Companies
Teachers—we want to treat you like a celebrity. We want your brain to overflow with knowledge because you’ve learned more about Abraham Lincoln in a week’s time than you have in your lifetime. We want you to find a new sense of motivation that re-ignites your passion for learning and teaching our nation’s youth.
Springfield, Ill., February 1, 2012 - We know schools don’t always have money to give teachers...

Invitation to financial presentation

2/6/2012 1:00 PM EST  -   Unibet Group plc
Unibet Group plc will publish its Year end report for the 2011 financial year

on Wednesday 15 February 2012 at 07.30 (CET).

In connection with this, Unibet’s CEO Henrik Tjärnström will host a presentation in English at FinancialHearings, Operaterrassen in Stockholm at 09.00 (CET).

Please go to www.financialhearings.com to sign in, in advance.

The presentation is web casted live on www.unibetgroupplc.com.

For...

Singularity University Announces New Corporate Partnership with Genentech to Exp...

2/6/2012 12:33 PM EST  -   Singularity University
World Leading Biotechnology Company to Support SU Programs Aimed at Solving Humanity’s Grand Challenges
Mountain View, California (February 6, 2012) – Singularity University (SU), the only educational institution uniquely focused on the impact and opportunities presented by exponentially advancing technologies, has announced a new high-level partnership with Genentech, one of the...

Actor Kevin Bacon Issues Philanthropic Challenge to UMD Students

2/6/2012 12:17 PM EST  -   University of Maryland, College Park
'Do Good' Challenge Marries American Idol and the Pure Joy of Giving
February 6, 2012

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Film star Kevin Bacon is challenging University of Maryland students to "Do Good" in the Washington, D.C. area, and as a carrot, he's dangling some very "cool prizes for you and your favorite cause."

Bacon and an American Idol-style celebrity panel will meet in College Park next April to pick the...

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT: Take your fair-trade step with DR BRONNER’S Magic Soap

2/6/2012 12:08 PM EST  -   The Spa PR Company
Between the 27th February and 11th March, Fairtrade Fortnight will be celebrated. An annual event designed to bring awareness to ethical trading and values, Fairtrade Foundation creates opportunities for those who have been economically disadvantaged and marginalised by the conventional trading system.

Fairtrade standards relate to three areas of sustainable development; Social Development, Economic Development and...

Tips for home-workers from Endsleigh Insurance

2/6/2012 12:08 PM EST  -   Endsleigh
The current job market is encouraging many people, especially working mums, to try self-employed life for the first time.  Endsleigh Insurance provides tips for people setting up their own businesses.

Kate Jenner Commercial Team Manager of http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/ commented:  “We’re getting more and more enquiries from people setting up in business on their own for the first time.  The internet has made it...

Dealers squeezed between rising  values and volume reductions

2/6/2012 11:56 AM EST  -   CAP
February 2012 – for immediate release
RISING used car trade values will increase the squeeze on dealer profitability in February and beyond, according to the independent benchmark used car pricing guide CAP Black Book.

Healthy dealer margins will be threatened by an anticipated reduction in stock availability, increasingly forcing them to buy cars requiring more investment in refurbishing to retail standard,...

International passenger traffic, operations set records at Hartsfield-Jackson

2/6/2012 11:50 AM EST  -   Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
ATLANTA, FEB. 6, 2012 — International passenger traffic hit record heights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2011. According to year-end statistics, international passengers increased by nearly 8 percent year over year — from 9.14 million to 9.86 million.

The new high eclipses the previous record, set in 2008, of 9.18 million international passengers.

“This is substantial growth in an...

Halton signed an agreement with Skanska Healthcare to supply indoor climate syst...

2/6/2012 11:45 AM EST  -   Halton Group
Halton delivers indoor climate systems for the New Karolinska Solna university hospital in Sweden. The new hospital will be one of the largest and most innovative healthcare facilities worldwide.
The New Karolinska Solna University Hospital (NKS) will be one of the largest and most innovative health care facilities in the world. It offers specialized medical care and will be a center for research and...

Micron Technology terrà una conferenza per gli analisti

2/6/2012 11:44 AM EST  -   Micron Technology, Inc.
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Micron Technology terrà una conferenza per gli analisti

BOISE, Idaho, 6 febbraio 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Micron Technology, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MU), ospiterà una conferenza per gli analisti Venerdì 10 febbraio
2012. Mark Durcan, Amministratore Delegato (CEO) della società, insieme ad
altri dirigenti presenterà la strategia di Micron e fornirà un aggiornamento
sulle attuali condizioni di...