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Dani Flaming’s home-based business is growing quickly both in terms of sales and prestige.
A popular massage therapy chain in Ammon has undergone a series of changes.
Battelle Energy Alliance announced Wednesday that it is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2019 Community Giving and Technology based Economic Development campaigns.
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The City of Idaho Falls has been named one of the nation’s best affordable mountain towns, according to the online website, Livability.com.
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A new haunted house is opening in Idaho Falls, aimed at providing residents their “fix of fear” as fall looms around the corner.
Idaho National Laboratory has been honored with two Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards in 2018 in the Far West Region.
BOISE —A multinational agricultural company based in Idaho has acquired gene editing licensing rights that could one day be used to help farmers produce more crops and make grocery store offerings such as strawberries, potatoes and avocados stay fresher longer.
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KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.
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KEMP, Texas, Dec. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Larson Electronics, a Texas-based company with over 40 years of experience spearheading the industrial lighting sector, announced the release of rechargeable mini LED light tower with the capacity to illuminate up to two acres with 21,600 lumens…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A real estate investment firm co-founded by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is betting big on the administration's Opportunity Zone tax breaks but isn't that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the…
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PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protesters occupied dozens of traffic roundabouts across France on Sunday even as their movement for economic justice appeared to be losing momentum on the fifth straight weekend of protests.
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PARIS (AP) — A protest movement that has brought the French into the streets for five Saturdays in a row in a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron lost momentum in its latest nationwide outcry, but the smaller crowds pushed fervently for one of their expanding demands, a citizen's re…
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KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigations now entangle Donald Trump's White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business. For Trump, the political, the personal and the deeply personal are all under examination.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A real estate investment firm co-founded by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is betting big on the administration's Opportunity Zone tax breaks but isn't that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the…
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PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protesters occupied dozens of traffic roundabouts across France on Sunday even as their movement for economic justice appeared to be losing momentum on the fifth straight weekend of protests.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2018--SHUAA Capital, the UAE’s premier financial services Group, is pleased to announce the commencement of its post-acquisition integration and consolidation efforts with Kuwait based Amwal International Investment Company (“ Amwal ”), f…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge's ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who've seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul's core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical cond…
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Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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IHT THIRD FISCAL QUARTER OPERATING RESULTS IMPROVE
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Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two important actions took place this week that will help provide relief for America’s families, businesses, farmers and ranchers, and small communities.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 14, 2018--Dr. A. Wesley Burks, who has served as executive dean for the UNC School of Medicine and as a member of UNC Health Care’s senior leadership team, has been named CEO of UNC Health Care, Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, and Vice Chancellor f…
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KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2018--It's the season of giving again! Are you thinking of the loved ones and making a gift list? According to the latest survey, 56% of Americans were disappointed with the Christmas gifts that they received over the holidays. You’d rather get yourse…
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RAS AL KHAIMAH, Emirados Árabes Unidos--(BUSINESS WIRE)--dez 15, 2018--A Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Comission on Colleges (SACSCOC) anunciou oficialmente a certificação da American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) na sua Reunião Anual de 2018, realizada em Nova Orleans,…
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RAS AL-KHAIMA, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dez 15, 2018--Die Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) gab auf ihrer Jahrestagung 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, offiziell die Akkreditierung der American University of Ras Al Khaimah…
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RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 15, 2018--The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) officially announced the accreditation of the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) at its 2018 Annual Meeting which was held in New …