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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's premier energy efficiency conference returns to the heart of American policy today. Headlined by the Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus, Whirlpool CEO Jeff Fettig, and Senator Mark Warner, the Alliance to Save Energy's sixth annual EE Global Forum opens this morning at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100203/ALLIANCETOSAVEENERGYLOGO) Attracting more than...

LONDON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading pan-African current affairs magazine, New African, has just published its May edition, guest edited by the internationally renowned Ghanaian designer Ozwald Boateng, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and founder of the Made in Africa Foundation. This new issue looks at a Future Made in Africa and, in a 60 page supplement, celebrates the Organisation of African Unity's (now the AU's) golden jubilee. It has a...

SINGAPORE, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Hitrader, a social investing network that has attracted worldwide attention since its inception early this year, recently won the Award of the most potential in global development of social investing network at the headquarter of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna. Carlos Magarinos, Former UNIDO Director General and Honorary Global Chairman of the Global Alliance of SMEs, presented the award to...

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have entered into a partnership to develop effective global competitiveness policies. Their common goal is to promote sustainable economic growth, high-value business activity focused on innovation, and scientific and technological collaboration. "We are proud to announce this partnership with UNIDO as we...