Archive for January 21st, 2012
FDA clears more orange juice imports
WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:02pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health regulators cleared more orange juice imports from five countries after testing for the fungicide carbendazim, but made no mention of samples from top grower Brazil, which accounts for half of U.S. juice imports. The Food and Drug Administration said 19 of the 45 [...]
Power of Europe’s boardooms captured in new book
By Liza Foreman LOS ANGELES | Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:30pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For 15 years, New York-based Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink has been making her mark with global art projects, covering subjects as diverse as Haute Couture fitting rooms in Paris, the gardens of Kyoto and the boardrooms of Europe’s leading [...]
Travel Picks: Top 10 rooftop pools
NEW YORK | Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:23pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s cold and gloomy for the parts of the planet experiencing winter, so what better time to consider a rooftop pool for catching a few rays now or to put in the plans for your next sunny holiday. To help you select [...]
KB Home Now Offering Net-Zero Energy Homes in Colorado
MORRISON, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation’s premier homebuilders, unveiled its first net-zero energy home in Colorado during a special event held today at its Bear Creek Meadows community in Morrison. At the event, KB Home employees and Donald Rosier, Chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, hosted a group of [...]
Texas Schools Invited to Apply for Free Salad Bars
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Texas schools can apply to receive free salad bars from Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools by applying at www.saladbars2schools.org. Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools is a public health initiative that donates salad bars to schools across the country to help improve child nutrition through increased fruit and vegetable consumption. The program supports [...]
