Grant Enterprises, through its subsididary, involved in the sale of and the vending service of the Kinjoy Shiatsu Massage System. The System is marketed to...
For many nonprofits, an important category of risk emerges when an agency applies for and receives restricted grant funding. The tremendous competition for grant funds increases the risk that a nonprofit will make promises the organization is unable to keep. Such promises may include overly ambitious goals for client services,...
Chiquita Brands International lost $49 million last year, and so CEO Fernando Aguirre got no cash bonus. Nonetheless, he managed to nearly double his total compensation for the year to $5.4 million, according to documents filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That comes thanks...
Both public and private sector organizations award grants routinely, almost always for a specific project or purpose. For example, a grant might be awarded to help a business develop a new product, buy equipment, run a training program, or research a specific problem. A typical grant is a one-time payment...
Rixan Associates and Millersville University partnered in 2004 to improve the development and design of the automation lab and control systems curriculum at Millersville University. Through this partnership Millersville University has gained a state-of-the-art industrial robotics facility that is essential to their Control Systems Industrial Technology programs. Rixan Associates has...
The National Grants Partnership was established to bring together government and non-government representatives to improve the grants process in the United States. As noted by GAO, the Federal government has had mixed results in engaging non-Federal grants stakeholders in grants streamlining efforts, resulting in less progress than anticipated. This white...
This paper, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign arc, presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants. The report presents a framework that conceptualizes the relationship between research inputs, process, output and outcomes. The researchers make several conclusions, including that there is a diversity of...
This paper, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign arc, presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants awarded by arc in the early 1990s. The main objective was to develop a system for evaluating arthritis research, with a view to allowing arc to stimulate and...
Under what conditions should grants be preferred to loans? To answer this question, this paper presents a simple model and shows that, for any given level of developmental assistance, the optimal degree of loan concessionality is positively associated with economic growth if countries are poor, have bad policies, and high...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA is the lead federal agency responsible for improving the quality and availability of prevention and treatment services for substance abuse and mental illness. The upcoming reauthorization review of SAMHSA will enable the Congress to examine the agency's management of its grant...
The SEC recently approved changes to Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange listing standards that will require shareholder approval for almost all equity-based compensation plans, material revisions to plans including repricings and individual non-plan grants. These new rules were put into effect on an accelerated basis on June 30, 2003,...
The reporting method for funds received and collected from or on behalf of another governmental agency depends upon the receiving agencies' influence over these funds. Pass-through grants, as referred to in this accounting policy statement APS, are characterized by either administrative or financial involvement. Federal and state grants received from...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Monsanto Commits to Double Yield in Three Major CropsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Monsanto Company announced a three-point commitment to help increase food production in the face of growing demand, limited natural resources and a changing climate. It pledged to work...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RECENTLY I attended a presentation by a famous scientist and Olympic gold medallist. It promised to be an interesting motivational address, but was marred by several errors which could have been easily avoided if there had been more preparation and rehearsal. First, the chairperson's...
Q: I found the enclosed spent bullet in the state forestland near Chautauqua, New York, and I've never seen anything like it. I've shot benchrest, varmints, big game, wing and small game, so I am reasonably informed. Using a metal detector, I've found Minie bullets, slugs and musket...
THE CORE OF ATLANTA'S ROTATION FROM 1993-2002 WERE. STILL MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO their clubs in 2008. John Smoltz recorded his 3,000th strikeout, all of them with Atlanta; Greg Maddux became the ninth pitcher to notch 350 career wins, and Tom Glavine's 305 victories were fourth all time among left-handers. During...
ONE OF THE FEW RANGERS TO PLAY IN 56 OF THE TEAM'S FIRST 57 GAMES THROUGH JUNE 1 is one Ranger who entered the season supposedly needing significant monitoring of various ailments. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] So far, so good for Josh Hamilton. "I think I...
Officers of SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE: SOI) are pleased to announce an option agreement with a private exploration company to explore the ESCALE Gold Property. The new SIRIOS' partner shall be granted a 50% interest in the property for exploration expenditures totaling one million canadian dollars over four years...
Raytec Metals Corp. (the "Company") (TSX-V: RAY) is pleased to announce the receipt of its first exploration permitfrom the government of Saskatchewan on the Company's KP441 Potash claim incentral Saskatchewan. The company is now in the process of awarding acontract for the commencement of 2D and 3D seismic work...
H2O Innovation (2000) Inc. ("H2O") (TSX VENTURE: HEO)(ALTERNEXT:MNEMO:ALHEO) has announced changes to its board of directors, the appointment of new company officers, and the granting of 532,000 stock options. As part of organizational restructuring following the recent acquisition of Itasca Systems Inc. ("Itasca") announced July 3, and considering the fact...
