DS-Concept, a German-Based Import/Export Trade Credit Firm Established Fourteen Years Ago, Has Announced Several Recently Closed Transactions With Customers All Over the World • Four European textile retailers from the Netherlands, Germany and the UK will be using a DS-Concept Factoring trade financing facility to fund their imports mainly from Turkey, South Asia and China. DS-Concept has provided each of these companies with a facility line of up to 4 million Euro and will be opening letters of credit on...

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As part of the EU research project KHRESMOI, a team of experts from the University Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the MedUni Vienna is building up a search engine that will enable radiologists to retrieve precedence cases within seconds and thus compare the results with their current finding. It will give radiologists the ability to very quickly access a database of images and at the same time look at literature on specialist problems in radiology. The project brings...

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PHA’s First-Ever Partnership with an Animated Series Emphasizes Nutrition Education and Healthy Eating Choices for Kids WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2014) – In the first-ever agreement between the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and an animated series, the action-packed, adventure-fueled NUTRI VENTRES: THE QUEST FOR THE 7 KINGDOMS will be made available for free to all U.S. public school systems in a commitment announced today. Nearly 60,000 elementary schools nationwide will have free access to 29 episodes from NUTRI VENTURES...

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Despite enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act almost four years ago, final rules implementing Section 954, the clawback provision, remain a work in progress. The clawback provision will require public companies to disclose their policies on incentive-based compensation and to adopt policies for recovery of compensation, such as bonuses, from their executives in certain instances. Intended to discourage the types of excessive risk taking that contributed to the financial crisis, the provision has been...

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Following on its success in Mexico, GRANITO expands exporting by bringing Italian SMEs in the Made in Italy food product sector into North-East Africa and South America. In partnership with Massimo Iacono & Partners (MI&P), a consultancy and general management firm having a leading experience in global marketing and venture management, GRANITO will support Italian companies in expanding into non-traditional and emerging markets in areas such as Columbia, Sudan and North-East Africa, who are requesting  Made in Italy  food products. Together, GRANITO and MI&P...

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