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...Civic at the garage. Though he said the rate reduction would probably not induce people to switch vehicles, he said that the initiative “definitely increases awareness of environmental issues.” Though Benjamin J. Muchler, a Boston resident who owns a Volvo SUV, will not benefit from the discount, he said he supported the hotel’s decision. In addition to parking discounts, The Charles is honoring Earth Day by opening a “juice bar” in the garage, where customers can charge their hybrid and electric cars for free. The hotel...
...order to deliver the greatest benefit to at-risk populations in the developing world, OTD’s strategy focuses on two areas that act as force multipliers: infectious disease (the leading cause of preventable infant and child mortality in poor countries) and diagnostic technologies. A single dose of vaccine may confer upon its recipient a lifetime of immunity against a deadly infectious disease. A diagnostic test that can be adapted for use in a challenging field environment outside of the traditional “high-tech” clinical laboratory setting stands to deliver the greatest benefit...
...from private industry. It has taken the lead in developing a new conceptual framework. It has spearheaded the implementation of innovative practices and agreements that serve the public interest and aims to ensure that even the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged will receive a tangible benefit from new inventions and discoveries arising from Harvard’s research enterprise—a fact of which I am, and the greater Harvard community should be, justifiably proud...
...Bloom's collaboration is upcoming. Obama, in putting new conditions on any more billions being handed to Detroit, gave Chrysler 30 days to strike a partnership with Fiat and GM 60 days to avoid bankruptcy court. Rattner will have to browbeat intransigent bondholders. Bloom will have to force major benefit cuts on the unions. And both will have to sell management on a radical reordering of their companies, one in which both capital and labor take a serious hit in order to keep the machine running...
...same time, Shumsky acknowledges that about 10 designers have pulled out of the fashion show this year because of a huge deficit in corporate sponsorships. "The smaller designers are feeling it the worst. It's logical, because their production level is much less, so they can't benefit from economies of scale," says Troika Dialog's Grankina. (See pictures of the Russian Czars' fashions...