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'Commerce of Caring' Podcast Series Highlights the Untold Stories of Children in Need, and the People of Retail Answering the Call
(Marketwired) - A young woman from New Jersey rushes headlong into the Liberian Ebola crisis when most westerners are racing to get out. A Congolese wife and mother has the chance to leave one of the most impoverished and dangerous communities in the world, to join her family in the U.S., but stays to build a future for orphaned children.
Weather and Agronomic Data Improves Decision-making for Millions of Smallholder Farmers
aWhere™, an American provider of agricultural intelligence data for farmers, commercial growers and policymakers, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a plan to expand access to its daily weather and agronomic information service to millions of smallholder farmers (50 percent of them women) across Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
Electronics Industry Supports Student Workers
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of leading electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, today announced the results of a vocational school credentialing pilot program in China and other recent efforts to ensure student workers’ rights are protected.
Cox Enterprises Spurs Entrepreneurship Through Partnership with Techstars
As part of its commitment to drive innovation and entrepreneurship, Cox Enterprises today announced it will launch Techstars Atlanta, an accelerator program for technology startups. Located at Ponce City Market, Techstars Atlanta will annually select a group of 10 startups to participate in a three-month program that provides expertise, funding and office space to help them accelerate their businesses.
Globe Powers Education into the 21st Century Through the Launching of The Mind Museum App
Globe Telecom, in partnership with The Mind Museum, launched the Mind Museum mobile app that aims to bring to life the wonderful experience of being in a world-class science museum to more Filipino educators, students and parents.
Globe Starts Elevating State of Internet in PH
In line with its commitment to provide ICT support for nation building, leading telecommunications provider Globe Telecom took on the critical task of delivering high speed broadband connectivity for the recently concluded APEC 2015 meetings, showing proof that state of internet connectivity in the country has improved significantly.
AT&T Commits to Goal Accelerating Technology’s Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions
AT&T* today announced its goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of its operations by 2025. By enhancing the efficiency of its network and delivering low-carbon customer solutions, AT&T supports the use of technology as a method to address and reduce carbon emissions.
UC San Diego and EVgo Form Partnership to Support Innovations in Electric Vehicle Charging and Energy Storage Solutions
EVgo, America’s leader in Electric Vehicle DC Fast Charging Solutions, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of California, San Diego to help support developments in sustainable energy technology.
The agreement formalizes an already strong collaboration focusing on the intersection of electric vehicles and energy storage.
EVgo is leading two projects at the university.
Arrow Electronics Sponsors Third Annual Cardboard Engineering Challenge
Battleships, life-sized chess boards, a functioning catapult, a spinning carousel—even a Roaring Twenties flapper dress— all made with cardboard and a little imagination. These were just a few examples of the innovation on display near Denver at the third Cardboard Engineering Challenge sponsored by Arrow Electronics, Inc.