Press Releases on April 28, 2015

cVEND Secure Contactless Payment System Nominated Most Innovative Smart Payment Technology

New FEIG cVEND contactless payment and ticketing system for municipal fare collection nominated for Cartes America SESAMES Award ATLANTA, GA, USA, April 28, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today FEIG Electronics, a leading global supplier of RFID readers and …

Coastal Supplements Embraces Crowd Funding Site Ingiegogo to Raise Funds for a New Supplement Line

On April 27 2015, Jay McLynn and Lehman Hailey launched Indiegogo Campaign for Coastal Supplements , a natural and safe line of dietary health supplements. YONKERS, NY, USA, April 28, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- "At Coastal Supplements, we strive to …

Is Islamic Banking Good for Growth?

Summary: The rapid growth of Islamic banking has attracted much attention lately in the economic literature. At the same time, a mature body of the literature has shown that financial development is broadly conducive to economic growth, which raises the …

Obama Administration Announces Eight Additional Promise Zones to Build Community Prosperity

Release No. 0116.15 Contact: USDA Office of Communications 202-720-4623 Cameron French HUD Office of Communications 202-708-0685 Printable version Email this page   Obama Administration Announces Eight Additional Promise Zones to Build Community Prosperity …

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Making Progress: U.S. Prevention of Mass Atrocities

Thank you very much, Ambassador Daalder, for your warm welcome to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. You are certainly missed at the State Department. I join you this afternoon to mark the third anniversary of the Atrocities Prevention Board, but first …

Equistar Chemicals, LP – Equistar Pipelines wins API Distinguished Safety and Environmental Award

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2015 – Today API awarded its 2014 Distinguished Safety and Environmental Award to Equistar Chemicals, LP – Equistar Pipelines. This is API’s highest safety and environmental performance award for pipeline operators and was presented …

Interfaith Alliance Calls on Supreme Court to Rule for Marriage Equality

WASHINGTON – Following today’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges – in which Interfaith Alliance joined 25 religious organizations in an amicus brief urging the court to overturn state same-sex marriage bans – Rabbi Jack Moline, …

Counting All Costs, Berkeley Lab Researchers Find that Saving Energy Is Still Cheap

What does it cost to save electricity? Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have conducted the most comprehensive study yet of the full cost of saving electricity by U.S. utility efficiency programs and now have an answer: 4. …

Zimbabwe: First Review Under the Staff-Monitor Program—Staff Report

Summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context. The Zimbabwean authorities have made progress in implementing their macroeconomic and structural reform programs, despite the economic and financial difficulties. During 2015, the authorities’ policy reform agenda will …

Spotlight Innovation Closes $2.5 Million Financing

WEST DES MOINES, IA - (NewMediaWire) - April 28, 2015 - Spotlight Innovation Inc. (the "Company") (OTCQB: STLT) announces that it has closed on an unsecured convertible promissory note in the gross principal amount of $2,500,000, exclusive of …

Energy Department to Provide $75 Million for ‘Fuels from Sunlight’ Hub

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $75 million in funding to renew the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub originally established in 2010 with the goal of harnessing solar energy for the …

New Student Discovery Sets for Tablets

Press contact: John Sayers, Office of Communications (202) 707-9216 Public contact: Stephen Wesson, Educational Outreach (202) 707-2239 Website: Student Discovery Sets Library Releases New Student Discovery Sets for Tablets Sets Cover the Industrial …

Utah High School Students Watch and Discuss Baby Delivery and C-Section

Innovative program address potential future shortages of healthcare workers SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, April 28, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With frequent national reports of potential shortages of healthcare workers in the future, what can be done to …

Three Dream Homes Built by Dev in The Sims FreePlay

The Dream Homes update is here in The Sims FreePlay! Featuring exciting new build mode options including patios, basements, balconies and over 100 new items you can use to decorate your abode! You can now build a dream home for your Sims in The Sims …

University of Alabama Students Score With Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship Program

James Ha’s parents instilled in him a hunger for a life bigger than they had known. As Vietnamese immigrants with very little education, his parents worked hard most of their lives to get to America, in search of greater opportunity for their children. …

American Heart Association cancels conference due to violent Baltimore protests

(NewMediaWire) - April 28, 2015 - DALLAS - With increasing violence and a state of emergency in Baltimore, the American Heart Association is cancelling the 2015 QCOR conference that was scheduled in the city this week. “Your safety and well-being are our …

Study: Oil and natural gas stocks outperform other assets in state pension funds

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2015 — Returns on state pension funds from investments in oil and natural gas companies continue to provide strong earnings for public pension retirees, including America’s teachers, firefighters and police officers, according to a …

TODAY: EPA Administrator to Give Keynote Address at Columbia University’s Global Energy Summit in NYC

Jagged Row Releases New E.P. "Battle Cry"

The Row is rocking' across North America in support of fourth studio release DALLAS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, April 28, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Jagged Row, long known in their native Texas for an unmatched high-energy rock and roll stage show, unique …

$2 million research award announced to improve heart failure care in the emergency department

(NewMediaWire) - April 28, 2015 - DALLAS - A three-year, $2 million research study on heart failure care in the emergency department has been awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to a joint research team from Vanderbilt …