Innovation Unleashed: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

LSI's Innovation Partnership targets deadly diseases through novel ...

U-M Health System News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
The LSI Innovation Partnership uses philanthropic gifts to bridge the critical funding gap -- known to biomedical researchers and venture capitalists as the ...
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AC/DC Excels

Reuters - USA
Last week, the video won the 2009 MediaGuardian Innovation Award for Best Advertising Campaign. Don't know whether to rock out or geek out? ...
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Airwide releases Service Innovation Module to drive operator-side ...

GoMo News - Rheinboellen,Germany
Airwide Solutions today launched its Service Innovation Module, designed to help operators launch and modify applications. The service comprises three core ...
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First ARC Forum to address packaging innovation

Packaging World - Chicago,IL,USA
What the packagers appreciated most was the actionable nature of the sessions, which centered on specific innovations, collaboration with materials ...
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Don't Stop Now: Maintaining IT Innovation Will Secure the Future

Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA
But sacrificing on innovation surrenders the future to the past. Far too many initiatives that can improve customer service and retention, ...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

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Lorain County Community College's Innovation Fund gives $125K to ...

Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria,OH,USA
ELYRIA --- Lorain County Community College 's Innovation Fund gave away $375000 Friday to six Northeast Ohio companies, two of which are based in the ...
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J. Peter Lark: BWL stands by its efficiency, innovation

Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA
As a publicly owned utility that is vital to the fabric of our community, the Lansing Board of Water and Light values the relationship it has with its ...
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TechFlash | Could laid off Microsoft workers spark a new ...

TechFlash - Seattle,WA,USA
Could laid off Microsoft workers spark a new innovation wave? By John Cook on March 29, 2009 at 9:41 PDT Microsoft is accustomed to seeing people leave the ...
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Innovation Will Lead Recovery if Patent System Allows

IPWatchdog.com - Leesburg,VA,USA
I was reading the March 30, 2009, edition of Fortune magazine today and there is an article titled After the Panic, Innovation, written by Glenn Hutchins, ...
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Innovation: Searching For The Next Big Thing

Hoosier Ag Today - Clermont,IN,USA
That is the concept behind the Innovation Contest, sponsored by the Indiana soybean and corn checkoff programs. The program is a contest for Purdue students ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

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China Sun Group High-Tech Co.'s Latest Energy Innovation Receives ...

FOXBusiness - USA
DLX' new lithium iron phosphate product has been declared "The 2009 Innovation Project," and was named a key national project by the Chinese government. ...
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Innovation Fund at Lorain County Community College grants $375000

MedCity News - Cleveland,OH,USA
Twenty-four companies have received grants of $1.8 million from the Innovation Fund, which aims at getting technology companies off the ground. and oh, ...
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STS Installs Cluster Tool at MiPlaza

FOXBusiness - USA
The site offers world-class research facilities, services and expertise to facilitate innovation and create a value network for high tech organizations in ...
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GPhA Statement on the Introduction of the Bipartisan Senate ...

FOXBusiness - USA
Let's fulfill our promise to patients and to strengthening our health care system by passing the 'Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine ...
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Sigma is Named as Creative Agency for Viante Home Products Company ...

FOXBusiness - USA
Viante brings meaningful product innovation to consumers who desire style, performance, quality, durability and ease-of-use. Viante Home Products Company is ...
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Five Companies Chosen to Showcase Innovation on Stage at Web 2.0 ...

FOXBusiness - USA
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo, Web 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Summit, ...
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Procter and Gamble Deepens Corporate Commitment to Sustainability

FOXBusiness - USA
Develop and market at least $50 billion in cumulative sales of "sustainable innovation products" (SIP), which are products with a significantly reduced ...
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Green Modular Builder Epoch Homes Nominated for SBANE Innovation Award

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
Epoch Homes, a New Hampshire based leader in Custom Prefab Green Building has been nominated for a Small Business Association of New England Innovation ...
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Merger with innovation at its heart

Financial Times - London,England,UK
However, the project's working title was 'Innovation University' -- an indication of its central role in formalising the links and working practices that ...
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How Crisis Shapes the Corporate Model

New York Times - United States
Innovation in management, after all, is adaptive. Management is not a science, like physics, with immutable laws and testable theories. ...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

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Project Innovation tour takes to the air on land

Marconews - Marco Island,FL,USA
Turner, the company's CEO, president and founder, is all about innovation. 'We are innovating. We want to do more parts,' he said during a community tour of ...
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Editorial: Use school stimulus money for innovation

The Detroit News - Detroit,MI,USA
The aim is to build in an incentive to use the money on innovations in education, rather than simply shoring up the status quo. Many Michigan districts want ...
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Panel: Biopharma innovation key to state's work force

Indianapolis Star - United States
By Shari Rudavsky With national health-care reform potentially on the horizon, a group of Indiana industry and political leaders has formed to spotlight the ...
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Florida's unemployment rate tops nation

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... the same time last year and the highest since April 1976, when the rate also was 9.4 percent, according to the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...
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Is growing food the next green-tech innovation?

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
But to Parker, those technologies--most of which focus on addressing climate change--are still just a sliver of the innovation needed to address the world's ...
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Gillings funds four 'innovation labs' at UNC

WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Chapel Hill, NC --- Quintiles Transnational Corp. founder Dennis Gillings and his wife have funded four more "innovation laboratoriesandquot; at the University of ...
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Miami faculty members recognized for innovation

Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA
OXFORD --- Three Miami University faculty members met with Ohio Gov.Ted Strickland and were recognized by members of the General Assembly for their efforts to ...
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Innovation Fund in Lorain County awards $375000 to six technology ...

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
ELYRIA - The Innovation Fund in Lorain County wants to recreate the entrepreneurial atmosphere that existed in Northeast Ohio after World War II. ...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

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Direct Energy and Exceptional Innovation Partner To Develop ...

FOXBusiness - USA
HOUSTON, March 25, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Direct Energy and Exceptional Innovation will unveil a new energy management solution for reducing ...
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Cleveland Clinic Recognizes Circulating Tumor Cell Technology as ...

FOXBusiness - USA
The technology used to measure circulating tumor cells was ranked as the top medical innovation for 2009 at Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit, ...
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Michael Dell: IT-Driven Innovation a Key to Economic Recovery

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
'Leaders will continue to tap into IT for innovation and efficiency, and doing so now will help organizations set themselves apart as the global economy ...
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Frost and Sullivan Accolade for Ferring Pharmaceuticals

FOXBusiness - USA
"Through its innovation in no-needle devices, and clinical evidence showing the high level of childrens' preference for no-needle hgh administration, ...
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Web2CRM Released by CRM Innovation

TMCnet - USA
By David Sims CRM Innovation has released Web2CRM a Software + Services application for Microsoft (News - Alert) Dynamics CRM 4.0. ...
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Home equals BB Rumor Central equals BB Freightliner Debuts the Innovation Truck ...

Automobile Magazine - USA
Freightliner unveiled the Innovation Truck at the Mid-America Trucking Show, its latest attempt to create a fuel efficient semi-truck. ...
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Governor Jindal Creates Louisiana Innovation Council

Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
Governor Bobby Jindal, yesterday, issued an executive order creating the Louisiana Innovation Council, whose mission is to establish a comprehensive ...
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Founder of Grand Rapids technology startup champions faster ...

MLive.com - MI,USA
by Sven Gustafson | Michigan Business Review Detroit's auto industry probably doesn't get enough credit for innovation, but one industry veteran-turned ...
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Energy Chief Seeks Global Flow of Ideas

New York Times - United States
'Why would we invest $1.5 billion a year in innovation that just slips through your fingers?' he said. 'I mean, why would anybody invest in anything that ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

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The Future of Firefox: Interview With Mozilla's Chief Innovation ...

ReadWriteWeb - CA,USA
Among others at the organization, I spoke to Chris Beard - Mozilla's Chief Innovation Officer and the person overseeing its efforts to bring new concepts to ...
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Pelosi Remarks at 15th Annual Coalition for National Science ...

FOXBusiness - USA
"In 2005, Democrats sought out the best possible ideas on how to secure America's place as the world leader in innovation. We went outside of Washington, ...
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Huntsman Innovation Wins Top Award at Paris JEC Show

FOXBusiness - USA
Andre Genton, President of Huntsman's Advanced Materials division, commented: "At Huntsman, our commitment to innovation provides a rich pipeline of new ...
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BIOSTART and YourEncore Form Partnership to Accelerate Innovation ...

FOXBusiness - USA
Founded by the Procter and Gamble Company, Boeing, and Eli Lilly and Company in 2003, YourEncore will help BIOSTART's clients accelerate innovation by ...
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Orange County Innovation Reinforces Mission, Sets Course for 2009

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a year where most economic forecasts point to nationwide declines in employment and revenues, Orange County Innovation (OCI) has ...
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Direct Energy and Exceptional Innovation Partner To Develop ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
HOUSTON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Energy and Exceptional Innovation will unveil a new energy management solution for reducing energy consumption and ...
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GDC: Blizzard's Pardo: 'We Sometimes Value Innovation Too Highly'

Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA
"I think we sometimes value innovation too highly," said Pardo of the game development community. "We really don't teach lessons of execution enough. ...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Orion President and CEO Speaks At the White House About Innovation ...

GlobeNewsWire (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
"Innovation in clean-energy technology is the driving force at Orion and we are well-positioned to be part of our country's economic recovery by providing ...
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Game Developers Conference Carries On Innovation

ChannelWeb - Manhasset,NY,USA
Regardless of economic ups and downs, the pace of creativity apparently won't stop and will continue to spur more innovation. "Like every industry, it's a ...
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Innovation Property Formalizes Partnership with Paul Davis Restoration

FOXBusiness - USA
The formalized partnership expands Innovation Property's network to over 500 contracting companies nationwide. "Paul Davis Restoration enjoys an outstanding ...
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Atos Origin Wins VMWare Innovation Award

FOXBusiness - USA
HOUSTON, March 23, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Atos Origin, an international IT services company, received a prestigious innovation award 'EMEA North ...
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BRIEF-Innovation gets possible offer at 15 pence/share

Forbes - NY,USA
Neither the Subscriber nor Thomson Reuters warrants the completeness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of the Service as a trading aid and ...
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Owens Corning Twintex(R) Reinforcement Application in Vinyl ...

FOXBusiness - USA
... awards in Paris tonight during the Innovation Awards presentation at the JEC Composites Show, the world's largest exhibition for composites materials. ...
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Logica Selects Appear as Overall Winner of the Global Innovation ...

FOXBusiness - USA
Logica announced today that Appear was this year's winner of the Global Innovation Venture Partner Programme (GIVPP) 2009, a key global event that occurred ...
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Innovation Group gets possible offer at 15p/shr

Reuters - USA
By Purwa Naveen Raman BANGALORE, March 24 (Reuters) - British software firm Innovation Group Plc (TIG.L) said on Tuesday it received an expression of ...
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Just Say No To 'Innovation'

Fast Company - USA
BY Gadi Amit Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:24 AM Promoted as the "in" word in design circles in recent years, 'innovation' has become a mantra devoid of meaning. ...
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Indiana Checkoff Invests in Innovation

Hoosier Ag Today - Clermont,IN,USA
by Gary Truitt Edible cupcake liners, biodegradable cork, and toilet tissue, all made from corn and soybeans were just a few of the innovations that came ...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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Innovation Property Formalizes Partnership with Paul Davis Restoration

SYS-CON Media (press release) - Montvale,NJ,USA
Innovation Property equals AE , Innovation Group's fast-growing managed network of contractor and mitigation services for the Property and Casualty Insurance ...
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Belgacom Explains Mobile Innovation Strategy

Wall Street Journal - USA
BT) announced last week that it is acquiring a 40% stake in Tunz, a mobile payments specialist, the Group explained its innovation strategy on mobile ...
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Obama links budget to environment

The Associated Press
Facing some political pressure to scale back all of his priorities, the president said energy innovation cannot wait. Progress itself can take years, ...
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Order Optimizer Selected as Finalist in the MS-HUGS Healthcare ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) - Montvale,NJ,USA
Order Optimizer has been selected as a finalist in the MS-HUG Healthcare Innovation Awards of 2009 in the category of Clinical Records, Inpatient focus, ...
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The New Frontier for Innovation in Software-based Product Lines

Visual Studio Magazine - Irvine,CA,USA
The IBM BigLever SPL Solution opens new frontiers in innovation, economy of scale, competitive advantage and profitability, impacting the fundamentals of ...
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Obama Calls Innovation Critical To The Economic Future

RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
Speaking to a gathering of academics and green business owners in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Monday, Obama said that innovation would ...
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BGI Co-Founders Receive Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation ...

CSRwire.com (press release) - USA
Pinchot and Bamburg were jointly granted the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award for their significant impact on the institute and local region ...
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Obama and Energy Chief Push Innovation

New York Times - United States
By Andrew C. Revkin In a two-pronged push, President Obama and Steven Chu, the secretary of energy and Nobel laureate in physics, spent the middle of the ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

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County Poised for Innovation, State Official Says

Washington Post - United States
"The strategy around science, technology and innovation in general rests on just a few pockets of innovation in the commonwealth because so much of this ...
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Chinese Premier urges upgrading, innovation to tackle economic woes

Xinhua - China
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on enterprises and officials to place priority on industrial upgrading and innovation, ...
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McKinsey maps the world's innovation clusters

Core77.com - New York,NY,USA
McKinsey Digital has released a new innovation study of the worldand#39;s leading cities, grouping them into one of four different categories -- "hot springs," ...
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Wen urges innovation to fight crisis: state media

AFP
BEIJING (AFP) --- China's Premier Wen Jiabao has urged businesses to focus on upgrading and innovation to help ride through the global financial crisis, ...
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CIIE encourages innovation in renewable energy

Times of India - India
Ahmedabad: The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has joined hands with ...
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MTV Seeks Online Partners and Innovation in Lean Times

Beet.TV - New York City,NY,USA
TV at SXSW, caught up with David earlier this David also told Whitney that during these lean times, innovation is essential. Here's Daisyand#39;s report on ...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

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Birmingham's Innovation Depot has expansion plans

The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
Bill Pautler, chief executive of Blue Ocean technologies, stands at the central stairway at Innovation Depot, the Birmingham business incubator. ...
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Business groups join coalition to promote Colorado bioscience research

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
"New advancements in medicine, countless jobs and steady economic growth have all resulted from strong and sustained support for medical innovation," Tom ...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

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Innovation in willow wicker products in Kashmir

DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Srinagar, Mar 20: In order to gain market at a large scale, artisans of willow wicker in Jammu and Kashmir have brought some new and innovative changes to ...
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Raser Technologies to Participate in the Geothermal Innovations ...

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The inaugural Geothermal Innovation and Investment conference will be opened by a keynote address from Ed Wall of the Department of Energy and will bring ...
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Project Innovation: Community leaders develop 6 goals to improve ...

Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
NAPLES --- The moderator's cry at the fifth community session for Project Innovation sounded a bit like Johnny 5, the robot star of 'Short Circuit. ...
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Freightliner bundles new technology in Innovation Truck

Fleet Owner - USA
A predictive cruise control that can anticipate changes in road grades is among the market-ready technologies highlighted by the Innovation Truck concept ...
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Explosion in Orange County Kills 2, Injures 2

LAist - Los Angeles,CA,USA
When they went outside just after 11:30 pm last night, they discovered that an explosion occurred at Solus Industrial Innovation, a plastics manufacturing ...
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Does Cisco + Flip equals Consumer Innovation or Enterprise Video Tool

ZDNet Blogs - USA
The $590 million question, though, is whether Cisco ownership will drive continued consumer innovation for the Flip (pitting Cisco against Apple in a war ...
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Session will discuss trends, innovations

San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA
Innovations ... Solutions For 2009. The event, presented by Technolink, will be held from 11:30 am to 2 pm at the Athenaeum Club at Caltech, ...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Commission for innovation in education

Times of India - India
Gandhinagar : The state government is all set to form a new Gujarat Educational Innovation Commission with an aim to promote India's spiritual knowledge and ...
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Gennum a Finalist in EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards Competition

MSNBC - USA
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO - Gennum Corporation (TSX: GND) has been selected from hundreds of nominations to be a finalist for this year's EDN Innovation Awards ...
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Richard N. Foster's Innovation Recipe

Forbes - NY,USA
An eternal student and teacher of capital markets, disruptive innovation and technological change, Dick Foster may be the smartest, most knowledgeable ...
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African aid 'feeds corruption, stymies innovation'

ABC Online - Australia
MARK COLVIN: From World Bank economists to rock stars like Bono and Bob Geldof, it's remarkable how many of those who talk about starvation and the economic ...
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Innovation strategy narrows focus to three areas

Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Developed by the Sonoma County Innovation Council during 2008, the plan was approved by county supervisors on Jan. 13. The strategic plan involves ...
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Newark Mayor Salutes Innovation Fuels In State Of The City

Power Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
Innovation Fuels, the renewable energy company with shovel-ready projects in New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin that manufactures, markets, and distributes ...
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Apes wins $750K government contract

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The engineering and analysis firm plans to use some of the contract proceeds, which will come from a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from ...
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Innovation: Robotic faces equals 85 for humans

New Scientist - UK
The design of prosthetic limbs has taken huge strides in recent years -- sometimes literally . Modern prosthetics incorporate "mechatronic" elements borrowed ...
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Boise company looks to spur Idaho innovation

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
Chief Executive Miles Mahoney says Invest Idaho Innovations LLC will help create new companies and jobs in Idaho by making it possible for public research ...
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Getting innovation from the mind the market

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
The Invest Idaho Innovation Fund, a source of seed money and venture capital for new and growing companies. The fund also will pursue real estate ...
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Innovation Alliance Day Set For Statehouse

Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Purdue and Indiana universities are taking their hopes of funding the Indiana Innovation Alliance directly to state lawmakers. ...
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Boise company looks to spur Idaho innovation

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
Invest Idaho Innovations LLC, called I-Cubed, will help create new companies and jobs in Idaho by making it possible for public research institutions and ...
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Stimulate US: Funding innovation in science

WalletPop - VA,USA
While many pundits bemoan the loss of manufacturing jobs, I'm more concerned about our nation's long-term plan to promote innovation. ...
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Princeton innovations named top emerging technologies for 2009

Princeton University - Princeton,NJ,USA
by Steven Schultz and Chris Emery Technology Review magazine has named two innovations by Princeton researchers -- a method for dramatically improving Web ...
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Biotech center helps boost drug innovation center

The Herald-Sun - Durham,NC,USA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- Planning for a virtual Center of Innovation that aims to get products from research labs to market more quickly is getting started ...
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Convergent Insurance Services and ISCS Sign Agreement With CEM ...

MSNBC - USA
based ISCS offers the company's flagship product, SurePower Innovation, the only web-based policy administration system using SOA to automate personal and ...
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Tony Gilroy: How Spying Can Trump Innovation

Fast Company - USA
We're here today because we find ourselves in a world where Duplicity and theft are tested daily as replacements for innovation and perseverance. ...
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SME unveils annual list of manufacturing innovations.

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA
DEARBORN, Mich., March 16, 2009 - Innovation is the new buzzword and, some would say, the tech media darling for fixing the economy. ...
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Domestic and international influences shape the politics of RandD ...

Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
There exists a better understanding how domestic institutions shape RandD and innovation rates. However, the global system of production is rapidly changing, ...
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Do we need more talk about innovation?

BusinessWeek - USA
John Kao recently launched the Institute for Large Scale Innovation. Parsons student Natalya Sverjensky asks BusinessWeek's Bruce Nussbaum: "Do we really ...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

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Celebration of Innovation at Clarion University March 26

Clarion University News - PA, United States
... 'Celebration of Innovation,' a program recognizing the opening of three new facilities at Clarion University and the 100th anniversary of Becht Hall. ...
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AandD Medical Devices Receive Health Innovation Award, Ranked Most ...

MSNBC - USA
AandD Medical received a 2009 Health Innovation Award from Health and Beauty Care Executive magazine for their UA-851THW Wireless Automatic Blood Pressure ...
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InfoPrint Solutions Company Establishes Global Leadership in ...

MSNBC - USA
This is via the opening of InfoPrint Innovation Centers, coupled with running TransPromo pilot promotions to demonstrate the business benefits of its use. ...
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Korea Ranks 2nd in Innovation Leadership

Korea Times - South Korea
By Kim Jae-kyoung Korea ranked second among 110 countries in the global innovation index measuring business outcomes of innovation and governments' ability ...
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NORWAY'S INDUCT(TM) SOFTWARE NAMES FORMER FAST EXECUTIVE AS CEO

MSNBC - USA
"Companies are spending billions of dollars per year on innovation, but customizable systems to manage the entire innovation process have been missing. ...
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Patent Reform Debate Opens in Congress

eWeek - New York, NY
Tech companies claim excessive infringement damages are killing innovation while large manufacturers and pharmaceutical firms contend large damage awards ...
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Kalamazoo Innovation Center completes first phase of expansion

MLive.com - MI,USA
by Mark Sanchez | Business Review Western Michigan Completing the first phase of a $3.5 million expansion gives the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center the ...
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IBM To Launch First Innovation Center In Philippines

AHN - USA
Manila, Philippines - (AHN) - IBM Philippines announced over the weekend that it is planning to put up its first Innovation Center in the country at the ...
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Speed of Knowledge impact innovation rate

Examiner.com - USA
by Karin Piper, Colorado Charter Schools Examiner I have concluded that education reform is not a destination, but an endless and evolving journey. ...
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Digital Fuel, "Innovation Of The Year" Finalist, To Compete For ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The ITIL Innovation Of The Year award, part of Pink Elephant's ITIL Awards event, recognizes a product or service developed by the vendor community that has ...
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EV Innovations (OTCBB: EVII) Unveils Newly Designed Inizio, a One ...

CNNMoney.com - USA
EV Innovations, Inc. (OTCBB: EVII) www.evinnovations.com, developer and builder of American made, 100% plug in, Super Sports Cars will debut its flagship ...
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Oscar winners, ceremony aim for innovation

MSNBC - USA
AP By CHRISTY LEMIRE LOS ANGELES - In a year when the top film at the Academy Awards, "Slumdog Millionaire," represented innovation and immediacy, ...
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CII session on success through innovation

Times of India - India
VADODARA: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised a corporate brain-storming session on Success through innovation' as part of its annual day in ...
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Digital marketing firm Innovation Interactive names head of London ...

InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Yancey will oversee efforts to drive Innovation Interactive's growing business in Europe, according to Will Margiloff, chief executive officer. ...
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NetSquared Mobile Innovation Challenge 2009

Inventorspot - USA
If you have a solution for a mobile application, and think you know how to make it work, you should enter the N2Y4 Mobile Innovation Challenge, sponsored by ...
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Taylor Made's Innovation Test

BusinessWeek - USA
Chief Executive Officer Mark King calls the company's lickety-split rollout schedule "relentless innovation." It's an idea he imported from Japan, where, ...
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Frost and Sullivan Recognizes Novagali Pharma for Innovation in ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) - Montvale,NJ,USA
Frost and Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and ...
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Mobile Innovation at the Crossroads

InternetNews.com - New York,NY,USA
The mobile market is primed for innovation, but it won't all be led by the hip, cutting edge devices like the iPhone, BlackBerry and other well-known ...
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Sun Microsystems a longtime leader in innovation

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Scott Duke Harris (HD Video) Vinod Khosla gives a speech during the California Clean Tech Open competition held at City Hall in San Francisco on ...
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Microsoft Calls for 2009 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences ...

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Awarded annually, Microsoft noted, the Microsoft Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Awards provide an opportunity for pharmaceutical and life ...
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Nashville-area schools to spend stimulus cash on jobs, innovation

The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
By Jaime Sarrio * THE TENNESSEAN * March 19, 2009 A tough choice awaits Tennessee school districts --- whether to spend federal stimulus money to save jobs or ...
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Foodmakers tout innovation to battle imitation

Reuters - USA
"Brands typically talk to consumers about that innovation and spend a lot of marketing money on that innovation," said BandG Foods Inc (BGS. ...
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A chance for open source to prove its innovation mettle: Online video

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
While we've had Mozilla Firefox and other projects to demonstrate open-source innovation, the feeling persists. One way to crush the idea completely is for ...
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Obama's Visits Pomona, Announces Funding for Electric Vehicle ...

LAist - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Americans back to work," President Obama said. "It positions American manufacturers on the cutting edge of innovation and solving our energy challenges."
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Inside look at new Wegmans Culinary Innovation Center

WROC-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
The Wegmans Culinary Innovation Center recently opened. The $36 million center is where all of the grocery store's marinade meats, sauces and prepared items ...
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TechFlash | Seattle: It's your choice where the innovation economy ...

TechFlash - Seattle,WA,USA
By John Cook on March 19, 2009 at 2:49 PDT What type of innovation clusters is Seattle or Silicon Valley or Boston? That's the question that consulting ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Small Business Innovation: Don't Forget The Technology

bMighty.com - Manhasset,NY,USA
Defining Small Business Innovation -- a research brief released today -- once again drives home the point that small businesses must innovate to survive. ...
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CBS's 'March Madness' Mobile App Forgoes Ad Innovation

ClickZ News - New York,NY,USA
By Ken Liebeskind, ClickZ, Mar 17, 2009 If you're a college basketball fan, you've likely watched NCAA Championship basketball games on CBS and ...
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DPS moves 2 schools closer to innovation

Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Manual High School and Montclair Elementary became the first Colorado schools to seek "innovation status" under a law introduced last year by state Senate ...
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Projects Bolster Innovation Valley Claim as World-Class Research ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Economic development officials throughout the Innovation Valley are counting on extensive DOE investments in the project, including federal stimulus money ...
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Bellingham waterfront innovation zone gearing up for business

Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
The zone center is one of 11 Innovation Partnership Zones created by Gov. Christine Gregoire to foster partnerships between higher education and industry in ...
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Nixon continues tour of energy innovation sites

News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
Jay Nixon continued touring Missouri sites that are leading in energy innovation with a stop at the Watts Radiant factory in Springfield today. ...
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US barely in top 10 as far as innovation

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
That's where the US ranks in a new report comparing 110 countries on innovation leadership. The rankings were based on a survey of manufacturing executives, ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Eureka! workshops focus on innovation

Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA
"What are the innovations that companies can't figure out a way to manufacture, can't figure out a way to distribute, can't figure out how to get investment ...
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My View: From crisis comes hope for innovation

Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Given the burst of creativity and the desire for change, California is becoming an incubator for innovation in state government. ...
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Machiavelli, innovation, and charter schools

Examiner.com - USA
by Karin Piper, Colorado Charter Schools Examiner Much has been made in the news lately about charter schools--the good the bad--especially the ugly. ...
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Somerville health care staff celebrated by Partners HealthCare

Somerville Journal - MA, USA
Partners Healthcare: Mary Auge, operational efficiency; Natalie Boutin, leadership and innovation; Allan Harris, leadership and innovation; Rita Lane, ...
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NHS graduate participates in Collegiate Innovation Challenge

Indianapolis Star - United States
Noblesville High School graduate Mike Beer participated in the third annual I-69 Collegiate Innovation Challenge at Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth, ...
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Unisys to spur innovation at Army logistics center

Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
By David Hubler Unisys Corp. will provide information technology services to the Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) under a three-year task order that ...
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Lowcountry Innovation Center opens on Navy Yard

Charleston Regional Business - Mount Pleasant,SC,USA
The company announced recently that it has officially completed the Lowcountry Innovation Center at the Navy Yard in North Charleston. ...
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Innovation in a squeeze, says entrepreneur

EETimes.com - USA
An increasingly risk averse climate---even in Silicon Valley---and an overburdened patent system are threatening innovation in electronics. ...
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SPIE Looks to Innovation, New Markets

Semiconductor International - USA
Speakers at the opening session of the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference described new opportunities in solar, LEDs and flat panels, while warning that ...
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Magna buys European operations of bankrupt Cadence

Reuters - USA
TO) agreed to acquire the European operations of bankrupt US-based rival Cadence Innovation LLC, Magna said on Tuesday. Cadence Europe, which reported sales ...
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Orange and UMA Today Announce Second Annual UMA Innovation Awards

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Winners of the UMA Innovation Awards 2009 will be announced in a ceremony at 17:30 on Tuesday, 17 February, at the Orange stand (CY-03) during the Mobile ...
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Tech Innovation in Tough Times: QandA with Scott Anthony

BNET - San Francisco,Ca,USA
But cutting back on the innovation seems like a potentially dangerous move. So I spoke with Scott Anthony, president of consulting firm Innosight, ...
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Power Efficiency Receives Frost and Sullivan 2009 Technology ...

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Each year the Frost and Sullivan Award for Innovation of the Year is presented to the company that has demonstrated excellence in new products and ...
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Microsoft: 10000 patents, but not much to show for them

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Microsoft's chief patent counsel goes on to dub patents "the currency of innovation in our industry," but it's unclear what that currency buys Microsoft. ...
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A New Paradigm in Energy Innovation: Energy Discovery-Innovation ...

It's Getting Hot In Here - Washington,DC,USA
The Brookings Institution officially unveiled a new proposal yesterday calling for 'a new paradigm in energy innovation' at an event at the National Press ...
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Solarvest Receives Atlantic Innovation Fund Award of $1.9 Million

Market Wire (press release) - USA
This project, with total estimated costs of $3.3 million will receive up to $1.9 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund over a four year period. ...
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UCC - Innovation propels seminaries through transitional waters

Worldwide Faith News (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Innovation propels seminaries through transitional waters Written by Gregg Brekke February - March 2009 Academics and practice integrate for relevant ...
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Strategyn Announces Innovation Program That Drives Corporate ...

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
This program provides Fortune 1000 firms and others with the world's most advanced innovation process and the education, software tools and support needed ...
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Sony and Comcast to jointly open retail store tomorrow

BetaNews - USA
"We're thrilled to have this unique space anchor our corporate headquarters as a clear demonstration of innovation. It's also a terrific, hands-on way for ...
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In Small Business It's Innovate or Die

Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Words and spin department: small business innovation. It's happening all the time, but we use different words to describe it: But rather than calling it ...
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Sony, Comcast Partner For Retail Store

ChannelWeb - Manhasset,NY,USA
"Innovation has been the cornerstone of all that we do at Comcast, and this new interactive space is the perfect showcase for our current and future ...
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Innovation: Singapore is No. 1, Well Ahead of the US

BusinessWeek - USA
The US has the culture to support innovation: the best universities, the biggest venture capital funds, the most supportive financial markets. ...
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Innovation: Learning from China's Banking System

BusinessWeek - USA
Likewise, the US could set up banks that focus on specific US policies such as job growth through innovation. Innovation bank branches could be opened ...
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Innovation: Shimano's Bicycle Parts Get Smart

BusinessWeek - USA
By Kenji Hall Last April, a team of Japanese engineers from Shimano flew to France to test a prototype derailleur (an electronic gear shifter for a bicycle) ...
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Detroit school board president: District needs innovation

DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... of dollars if teachers, parents and others aren't open to innovation, such as reworking contracts so schools can be open longer hours and on weekends. ...
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Shared Service Solutions for Creating Efficiency and Promoting ...

TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
Alsbridge, Inc. provides shared service solutions for creating efficiency and promoting innovation in the area of Information Technology, Human Resources ...
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Students Compete At Regional Robotics Event

WISN.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
"I am seeing a resurgence in people focusing on the fact that it is innovation and real innovation; real engineering not financial engineering is got to be ...
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Health chief can make her mark by prioritizing

Indianapolis Star - United States
We need a next-generation payment system that rewards innovation, quality, prevention and improved patient outcomes -- with incentives for good care, ...
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Proctor and Gamble Jump on the Social Media Innovation Bandwagon

Social Computing Magazine - New York,NY,USA
They created Facebook pages for some of their brands, and quickly had thousands of fans - unfortunately it seemed a vast majority of those "fansandquot; were ...
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Four pioneering web innovations

BBC News - UK
Here are four companies flying the flag for UK digital innovation. The Filter is a recommendation engine that can be used to find music and video that ...
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Project Innovation: Snapshot of Collier County's economic future

Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
As Project Innovation leaders look to find new solutions to expand the county's economic base, they first must decide who they are. ...
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UCD and TCD Innovation Alliance is about nurturing nation's talent

Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
UCD president Dr Hugh Brady and Trinity College Dublin provost Dr John Hegarty at the launch of the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance in Dublin on Wednesday. ...
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TCS extends Innovation Lab network

Manufacturing Business Technology - Oak Brook,IL,USA
Indian IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has extended to Chile its network of Innovation Labs, the country operations manager of TCS ...
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Elizabeth Cannon Reappointed to the Board of Directors of the ...

MSNBC - USA
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), ...
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'33 Variations': Beethoven's Innovation

New York Times - United States
It took me back to a graduate seminar in 1964 at Washington University, where the Viennese musicologist Paul Pisk discussed the equals 9iabelli' Variations. ...
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A launchpad for innovation

Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
(RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ) LOUISVILLE --- People who come up with out-of-this-world innovations frequently have a hard time putting their ideas into ...
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Why Bad Times Nurture New Inventions

New York Times - United States
But some economists and historians point out that such fallow ground can make a fertile bed for seeds of innovation and invention. What kinds of businesses ...
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Riding the recession the HP way

BBC News - UK
"Innovation is not for the next quarter, it is for the next two years, five years from now. The key is to invest in innovation that truly matters. ...
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50 Top Growth Companies Seeking Combined Total of Over $1 Billion ...

MSNBC - USA
These are the companies that have invested in innovation, and now InsideVenture is innovating the investment process to support their continued growth. ...
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National Business Group on Health Honors Outstanding Leaders for ...

MSNBC - USA
"The research, innovation and leadership that these two outstanding visionaries share will go a long way toward advancing this extremely important field of ...
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CBM News: Microsoft Updating, SAP and Sybase Almost Marry ...

Customer Think - Burlingame,CA,USA
... Marketing and Sales, Customer Support and Innovation. andquot;Social Business Software is the new way to get work done," said Dave Hersh, CEO, Jive Software, ...
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Science You Can Believe In

RealClearPolitics - Chicago,IL,USA
Investing and embracing science and innovation will not only help cure terrible diseases, but, it is inextricably linked with getting Americaand#39;s economy back ...
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Innovation Will Drive Automotive Infotainment Chip Industry, Study ...

TMC Net - Norwalk,CT,USA
... multimedia and communications service report titled: 'Infotainment Semiconductor Demand Forecast: Innovation Will Drive Growth' that estimates stat that ...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

ZEN INNOVATIONS DEPLOYS DATA PROTECTION SOLUTION FROM ZMANDA TO ...

Linux PR (press release) - Darien,CT,USA
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Agency Contact: Diane Miller Barrett Marketing Inc. 253-839-9027 diane@barrettmarketing.com ZEN INNOVATIONS DEPLOYS DATA ...
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US ranks eighth in innovation

OhMyGov! - Washington,DC,USA
The report discusses not only country performance but also what countries are and should be doing to spur innovation, including tax incentives and policies ...
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An Innovation Action Plan for Obama

NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
By Thomas D. Kuczmarski University-based executive education programs would teach the practical skills of innovation. Like leadership and management, ...
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Farmer to be honored for innovations

Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg,WV,USA
His innovations are what have earned him Friday's honor. Mock is one of three agriculturalists who will receive awards as part of this year's Forum for ...
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The US Is A Failure At Innovation.

BusinessWeek - USA
Dependence on financial innovation instead of real innovation; The result? Financial crisis equals Adjusting to a world with slower expected innovation. ...
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Health Care Industry Poised for Disruptive Innovation

Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
A new Harvard working paper* projects a revolution in the health care industry driven by disruptive innovation. American health care's challenges are not ...
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GPhA Statement on the Introduction of the Bipartisan Biogenerics ...

Reuters - USA
Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) for working together to introduce this consensus bill that achieves the balance of fostering pharmaceutical innovation while also ...
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Innovation Group names non-executive chairman

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Mr Roberts replaces David Thorpe, currently interim chairman of the group, who will remain as a non-executive director of Innovation. Mr Roberts started his ...
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Innovation Trickles in a New Direction

BusinessWeek - USA
The term for this new approach is trickle-up innovation. The process turns conventional product development on its head. Over the years, multinationals have ...
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Innovation Award Winner: Joule

Seattle Weekly - Seattle,WA,USA
Joule's strength lies in its refusal to be defined, and that's why Seattle Weekly has chosen to give Yang and Chirchi the Innovation Award this year. ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Red Hat Announces Third Annual Innovation Awards

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the launch of its third annual Red Hat Innovation awards to ...
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Plan to lift uni innovation

The Age - Melbourne,Australia
INCREASING universities' national and international co-operation is at the heart of a Federal Government plan to dramatically boost innovation and research ...
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CLEAN POWER WINS SUSSEX EXPRESS BUSINESS AWARD FOR INNOVATION

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Clean Power was shortlisted against three other promising firms for the Innovation in Business award; one of 13 categories presented during the evening. ...
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Energy tech innovation threatened by economy

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
The outpouring of technology innovation in green technologies could be stymied without healthier financial markets and significant changes to government ...
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Florida: Cellphone firm blocking calls to unemployment hot line

MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
They urged jobless workers Monday to use land lines if possible to call the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Officials found out last week that Alltel and ...
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Fla.: Some cell calls blocked to jobless hot line

Forbes - NY,USA
They urged jobless workers to use land lines if possible to call the Agency for Workforce Innovation's toll-free number - 1-800-204-2418. ...
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S'pore tops in innovation

Straits Times - Singapore
The survey took into account two types of innovation output: new products or knowledge that is easily quantified; and new ways of doing business that result ...
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An Innovation Action Plan for Obama

BusinessWeek - USA
The President must help the US get back into the innovation game. Here's a seven-point plan he should follow By Thomas D. Kuczmarski President Barack Obama ...
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Monday, March 9, 2009

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Innovate with SOA (Part 2)

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
By Roger Strukhoff One way for IT execs (and their business-line compadres) to get a handle on innovation is, first to inventory all their existing assets. ...
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An Interview with Federal CIO Nominee Vivek Kundra

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
More important, however is the relentless focus on performance and innovation to support performance. Beside rethinking these notions of governance Vivek ...
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Snowflake Garners 'Innovation of the Year' Award from Frost ...

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The award is given yearly to a company or individual who has begun research resulting in innovations expected to bring or that have brought contributions to ...
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UMASS Lowell puts new science center on hold

NECN - Newton,MA,USA
The Emerging Technology and Innovation Center was expected to create up to 500 jobs and launch start-up technology firms.
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China Travel Innovation Summit 2009 opens registration

TravelBizMonitor - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
By TBM Staff | Mumbai TravelDaily will partner with PhoCusWright to host the China Travel Innovation Summit 2009 which will be held at the Hotel New Otani ...
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Nike: Banking on Asia

Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
The answer is innovation and Asian countries. Let's dig a little deeper. Innovation is particularly important for Nike in matured markets such as North ...
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New Innovation Campus centre will reshape world

Illawara Mercury - Illawarra,Australia
BY EMMA SHAW Today's opening of the latest building at the University of Wollongong's Innovation Campus will herald a new era for international scientific ...
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5 Ways to Stimulate Innovation and Restructure the Economy

Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Here are 5 concrete ideas for stimulating innovation and restructuring the economy for the next century. 1. Focus investments and don't spend to preserve ...
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Florida's unemployment rate touches a 17-year high in January

TopNews United States - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA
According to Agency for Workforce Innovation figures, the full percentage point leap in Florida's jobless rate -- from 7.6 percent in December to 8.6 percent ...
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UMass-Lowell shelves science center project

Boston Globe - United States
The university had hoped to begin construction on the Emerging Technology andamp; Innovation Center this spring, but will have to abandon the project unless funds ...
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4M Wireless Named Top Innovator at the GSMA's 2009 Mobile ...

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition is organized by the GSMA and is aimed at selecting and showcasing the most innovative products and services ...
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Telecommunications Industry Authorities Host Webinar on "Mobile ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Parsippany, NJ (PRWEB) March 7, 2009 -- Registration is open for the upcoming web event "Mobile Innovation: Fueling the Competitive Enterprise for 2009". ...
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Political advisor urges innovation to tackle downturn

Xinhua - China
Li, also vice chairperson of the CPPCC National Committee, said innovation is a must in China's fight against the financial crisis. The country should build ...
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Economy, health care are themes of weekly videos

USA Today - USA
That's why real competition is the key -- it encourages innovation so that the health care treatments and services available to you are the ones that you ...
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Polk's jobless rate flirts with 10%

News Chief - Winter Haven,FL,USA
According to the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation in Tallahassee, 27016 people were out of work in Polk County last month, compared to 23754 the ...
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Team or Dictator Driven Innovation?

Logistics Management - Newton,MA,USA
Most companies use the team approach to new design and innovation. They bring in their engineer, someone from marketing, a consultant or two, with a manager ...
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INNOVATION IN OCEAN ENERGY.

Green Energy News - Baltimore,MD,USA
Given the subject matter of this publication it would be nice if those innovations were in green energy. All segments in the industry that includes clean, ...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

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US Xpress Awarded for Innovation in Business Process Management ...

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cordys, the leading provider of software for business process innovation, today announced that US Xpress has been awarded the 2008 Silver ...
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Venture Capitalists Gather to Explore New Arenas of Innovation

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
BEAVER CREEK, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/04/09 -- Hundreds of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and others in the early stage investment eco-system, ...
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* Southwest Michigan Innovation Center to celebrate: incubator has ...

MLive.com - MI,USA
The anniversary of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center is to be marked Thursday afternoon with a ceremonial dedication of an 11000-square-foot ...
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ISPIM Innovation Symposium New York City

EVLiving - USA
The 2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium Stimulating Recovery The Role of Innovation Management will be held in New York City, USA on 6-9 December 2009. ...
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'Mother' uses eclectic past for church's innovation

Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
By Devon Lash Mother Julia Anne Fritts, a newly ordained priest, leads a meditation service Tuesday at St. John's Episcopal Church in Stamford. ...
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Pascal Levensohn, Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist, Warns ...

Market Wire (press release) - USA
"Innovation and entrepreneurship, the crucial growth engines of the US economy, are at risk of stalling out," said Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture ...
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Nanotechnology: Will It Drive a New Innovation Economy for the US?

Nanotechnology and Development News - Washington,DC,USA
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) is hosting a conference, andquot;Nanotechnology: Will It Drive a New Innovation Economy for the US? ...
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American Innovation In Crisis

Private Equity Hub - Boston,MA,USA
I do not use the words 'American Innovation in Crisis' lightly. As a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, and an American, I am very concerned about the ...
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Guest Post: Monsanto Company's View on Patent Reform -- Protect ...

Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA
This is why Monsanto Company, as a global leader for innovation and technology in agriculture, is joined by trade unions and countless other groups who ...
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Venture Capitalists Gather to Explore New Arenas of Innovation

MSNBC - USA
BEAVER CREEK, CO - Hundreds of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and others in the early stage investment eco-system, including 24 presenting companies ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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LI-NING Innovation Helps Pole Vault Queen to Write Skyline

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Meanwhile, General Manager for Footwear Division and the USA design team of Li Ning also briefed Li Ning's capabilities in product innovation and RandD. ...
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Deloitte Sponsors Dr. John Kao's Pioneering Non-Profit Innovation ...

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Innovation Leader Dr. John Kao Launches Institute for Large Scale Innovation to Support Development and Coordination of Worldwide Innovation Capability SAN ...
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paidContent.org - Twitter Investor Says There's 'No Rush,' To Make ...

Washington Post - United States
But outsiders can speculate about Twitter's business model all they want, according to Spark Capital founder Todd Dagres, who told Innovation Economy that ...
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Walgreens neames innovation exec

Chicago Tribune - United States
... was named to the newly created post of senior vice president of pharmacy innovation and purchasing at the parent company's pharmacy services group. ...
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Twitter VC Laughs at the Doubters

New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
'We think it's kind of funny,' Mr. Dagres recently told Innovation Economy. 'We know how we're going to do it, and we're very confident about how we're ...
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Snowflake Technologies Awarded 'Innovation of the Year'

SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Memphis-based biometrics company Snowflake Technologies today announced it was awarded the 2009 Frost and Sullivan Technology Innovation of the Year Award in ...
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IMEC presents innovation in the next 25 years of science and ...

Nanowerk LLC - Honolulu,HI,USA
This year, the Forum will highlight the theme of science and technology innovation for the next 25 years to recognize IMEC's quarter-century anniversary. ...
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Shrunk CeBIT conjures innovation

EETimes.com - USA
She, as the entire industry, hopes to benefit from the fame of California as the world's innovation engine, impersonated by Schwarzenegger. ...
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IDS Scheer to Preview the Latest ARIS Business Process Management ...

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
For the first time, IDS Scheer will also unveil innovation initiatives of its research and development team, giving insight into the future product roadmap ...
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Ubuntu 'stagnation' is really innovation

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Matt Asay Linux guru Keir Thomas, in a blog post for PC World, argues that the Linux distribution and Mozilla's Firefox browser have forgotten themselves ...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Ghazi preaches virtues of creativity

New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
They form a learning laboratory to show how innovation has influenced the development of products today. In one corner, there is a big boxy electronic ...
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Moen Looks to Nature for Design Inspiration

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... footsteps of such famous biomimics as DaVinci and the Wright Brothers -- exploring nature-inspired innovation to create its Inspire line of showerheads. ...
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Batibouw exhibition of construction and innovation

People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Batibouw, the exhibition of construction, decoration and innovation with a history of half a century, was opened to public on Saturday. ...
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Innovation in Baby Carrying Products. Let Your Baby Sleep In and ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
New on the market latest luxury innovation in baby carrying products. The "Clip'n'Sleep" Baby Sling. It is the first sling on the market that allows a ...
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The challenge and the beauty of innovation on the Redwood Coast

Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
Innovation, resourcefulness, and creative problem -- solving have long been characteristics of our most successful businesses. ...
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Top Grade Construction Honored for Innovation and Commitment to ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
"It was our honor to recognize Top Grade Construction and their Chief Operating Officer, Brian Gates, for their innovation and commitment in the local ...
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Grants aim to spark Michigan start-ups

Detroit Free Press - United States
$1.5 million to the Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a consortium of 15 public universities, to accelerate the movement of ideas ...
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Sen. Crapo: Big government won't help America, taxpayers ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
Competition has the potential to help keep health care costs down, and innovation keeps companies producing state-of-the-art health care solutions. ...
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Report: Self-innovation key for China's industrial modernization

Xinhua - China
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China should focus on self-innovation rather than over-reliance on technology imports to achieve the industrial modernization, ...
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