FedEx and NFWF Target Urban Restoration

The Five Star Restoration Program grants will fund a range of projects, from restoring ocean-side bluffs in Golden Gate National Park to re-planting neglected urban forests in Philadelphia. Additional project locations include Boston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Oakland, and the greater Los Angeles area.

Children International Expedites Relief to Poor Children Around the World and Reduces Operational Costs With New Donations Management System

The platform helps Children International manage their product donations more efficiently. Items such as clothes, textbooks, school supplies, shoes, hygiene items and medical supplies needed to help children and families living in poverty around the world are donated by Children International corporate partners through the website. The new web platform will also provide Children International and its international agencies throughout Latin America, Asia, Africa and the United States the ability to post their needs on the Aidmatrix Network and share them with all the members.

Surge in paints and coatings market - a boon for LANXESS India

Rise in spending power leads to increase in consumption of paints and coatings LANXESS manufactures pigments and preservatives for the paints and coatings industry

Amdocs Announces Eli Gelman to Succeed Dov Baharav as President and CEO in Early Calendar 2011

Amdocs Limited (NYSE: DOX) today announced that Dov Baharav, President and CEO of Amdocs Management Limited.

Malayalam Nominations for Lux Sandal Southscope Cine Awards 2010 announced

Films Pazhassi Raja, Bhramaram, Evidam Swargamanu, Paleri Manikyam nominated for the Best Malayalam film; Mammootty, Jayaram, Mohanlal and Prithviraj nominated for Best Actor Award while Swetha Menon, Kaniha, Mamta Mohandas and Priyanka for Best Actress.

British trawler prosecuted for going wrong way in Traffic Separation Scheme

At a hearing on Friday 27 August at Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owner/skipper of a UK Registered fishing trawler was prosecuted following an incident in the Traffic Separation Scheme off Texel, Netherlands on the 9 January 2009.

The Independent Commission on Banking met on Friday 27th August 2010.

The meeting took place at the Royal Society.

Search resumes after missing kayak located

Early this morning a red Avocet kayak answering the description of the one used by missing female kayaker, Elizabeth Ashbee, a member of Shrewsbury Kayak Club, was found on the beach at Morfa Nefyn on the Lleyn peninsular. There is no apparent damage to the craft. It has now been confirmed that the craft was the one being used by Ms Ashbee.
The North Wales Police were informed who have now inspected the vessel and the maritime search and rescue operation has now resumed. The family of the missing woman has been informed.

Packed and plucked pigeons seizure baffles border officials

UK Border Agency officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle a mysterious brief case full of dead pigeons into the UK.

September alert for Employers

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to employers who use its Employer CD-Rom to help run their payroll systems.

New Safety Advice Issued on Electric Gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates.

Copyright agreement between China and Britain signed

British companies doing business in China will be helped by a new agreement between the two nations on copyright.

Minister announces appointment of two trustees to the NESTA board

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today announced the appointment of two new Trustees to the board of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

Reckless directors of financial franchise disqualified following Insolvency Service investigation

Mr Christopher Lake and Mr Stephen Knight, the directors of a group of companies which claimed to sell financial and other business opportunities to people with poor credit histories have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a total of 16 years following an Insolvency Service investigation.

Movies on Pay TV investigation

Issues statement and timetable

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