OTTAWA, March 21, 2013 /CNW/ – The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) is very pleased with measures announced in the Economic Action Plan 2013 released today in Ottawa. “The measures announced in the 2013 Economic Action Plan constitute an excellent short-term response to the Aerospace Review report released in December,” said Jim Quick, President & CEO of AIAC. The Action Plan specifically addresses several Emerson Report recommendations in what the government qualifies as “early actions in response to the Aerospace Review.” These include: The government also committed to additional action over the coming year to “improve the focus and coordination of federal programs and practices.” “AIAC and its member companies look forward to supporting this government work, particularly with respect to the space industry,” said Mr Continue reading
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Liberty Global Opens Voluntary and Conditional Cash Offer for Telenet
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global or LGI) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Binan Investments B.V. (Binan) has opened its voluntary and conditional cash offer (the Offer) for the outstanding shares and other securities giving access to voting rights of Telenet Group Holding NV (Telenet) (Euronext Brussels: TNET) that it does not already own or that are not held by Telenet. Continue reading
Manhattan's biggest hotel gets even greener
/green_building/article/44531 A new living green roof and a super-energy-efficient heat and power system are the latest eco-upgrades at Hilton New York, the city’s largest hotel. The 16,000-square-foot green roof system is planted with vegetation from an upstate New York farm Continue reading
Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development
Public release date: 9-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Joseph Caspermeyer Joseph.Caspermeyer@asu.edu Arizona State University Infectious diseasesboth old and newcontinue to exact a devastating toll, causing some 13 million fatalities per year around the world. Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens and now Kathryn Sykes and Stephen Johnston, researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, along with co-author Michael McGuire from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are using clever functional screening methods to attempt to speed new vaccines into production that are both safer and more potent. Continue reading