IKEA Installs Largest Solar Energy System In Florida, Continues Commitment To Sustainability
The leading home furnishings retailer, IKEA shines brightly among businesses around the world when it comes to finding ways to reduce its carbon footprint on the environment. Globally, the company has dedicated $1.8 billion to investments in renewable energy through 2015. Furthermore, by 2020, it plans to be completely energy-independent, signaling that it plans to...
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Capital One Sets Aside $500K to Aid in Small Business Start-Ups
Capital One Financial is partnering with Kiva in an effort to boost small businesses. The bank has announced that they will be putting aside $500,000 for loan matching through Kiva's "microlending Web platform." The small-business owner must come up with half of the finances necessary for...
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WellPoint Launches Nationwide Campaign Encouraging Senior Citizens to Take Prescription Medication on Time
Studies suggest that about half the patients who are prescribed medication do not take it properly. Sometimes patients do not take medication with or without food as prescribed; other times, they deliberately heighten dosage to speed recovery or lower dosage because they feel cured. But the number one reason for failure to...
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Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Node Strives to take Ideas from the Lab to the Market
The University of Maryland, George Washington University, and Virginia Tech are working together to initiate a regional Mid-Atlantic Innovation Corps (I-Corps) node. These highly ranked universities are striving to turn $60 billion in federal research funding into profitable new...
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OPower Celebrates Major Milestone—Two TWhs of Energy Saved
Since being founded in 2007, OPower has been a leader in promoting energy efficiency among utility providers and individual customers. This year, the company celebrated the second terawatt hour (TWh) of energy that it has saved its clients...
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Uber Working Hard to Reinvent Transportation
After years of legislative debate, Uber Technologies is finally able to pave the way across the country utilizing its digital dispatch transportation services. Uber has taken a new approach for obtaining public transportation in large cities by creating an application that allows consumers to rely on them to find a “ride with a licensed car and driver closest to their location...”
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