11 December, 2014 – InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s largest hotel chains by number of rooms, kicked off their participation in the national Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative with a cleanliness drive in the heritage city of Jaipur yesterday. Translated to mean “Clean India Mission”, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a campaign initiated by […]
INDIANAPOLIS (December 11, 2014) – CEDIA has finalized the format and presenters for the first CEDIA Business Xchange set to take place at the Hilton NASA in Houston April 29 – May 1, 2015. The event will center around two half-day workshops and unconference sessions. “The Business Xchange is not about sitting and listening to […]
December 11, 2014 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide – one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the U.S. – announced today that it will return to the Super Bowl as an advertiser for the first time since 2007. “We’ve had a big year. We unified our brand under the iconic […]
State Farm® releases first of its kind vehicle recognition app Bloomington, IL (December 11, 2014) — Today State Farm announced its latest mobile app CarCapture™, available for iOS and Android. Through object recognition technology CarCapture is designed to allow the consumer to capture a picture of the back of a vehicle and instantaneously obtain detailed […]
PALMDALE, Calif., Dec. 10, 2014 – In a series of U-2 flight tests, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] integrated multiple Air Force Open Mission Systems (OMS) payloads using the Skunk Works® Enterprise Open Systems Architecture (E-OSA), demonstrating the ability to rapidly modernize the aircraft’s mission systems architecture. The flight tests conclude a five-month research and development […]
DENVER, Dec.10, 2014 – This year marked the 10th anniversary of the first operational deployment of the Command Control, Battle Management & Communications (C2BMC) system, the critical part of the ballistic missile defense system that integrates globally deployed sensors, radars, satellites and interceptors into a unified network. C2BMC gives commanders a unified picture of missile […]
American to fly nearly 1,800 children and spouses of fallen military to Dallas/Fort Worth for holiday fun and friendship FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — On Thursday, Dec. 11, nearly 1,800 children and spouses of fallen military will travel to Dallas/Fort Worth onboard American Airlines flights for the ninth annual Snowball Express weekend. […]
Upon transaction close, Chairman James Skinner to become Executive Chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance and Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman of Alliance Boots, to serve as Acting CEO, pending board search for successor William Foote will serve as the lead independent director of the Walgreens Boots Alliance board of directors DEERFIELD, Ill., December 10, 2014 – […]
New fund helps millennials invest for retirement December 10, 2014 – King of Prussia, Pa. – Nationwide has added a 2060 fund to its target date mutual fund series, which provides investors with an all-in-one investment strategy for retirement. The Nationwide® Destination 2060 Fund (Institutional Class: NWWUX) is designed for millennial investors who are just […]
MOORESVILLE, N.C. December 10, 2014 – Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) and The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) announced today that HGTV HOME™ by Sherwin-Williams brand paints will be available at Lowe’s stores and on Lowes.com beginning in March 2015. The HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams product line will feature a new and improved interior and exterior paint […]