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MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/10 -- QinetiQ North America (LSE: QQ) announced today that it is working with Brewer Science and Applied Systems Intelligence on a program to develop an autonomous, self-deploying sensor that will serve as a roving, early-warning detector of biological warfare activity. The program is being funded by the U.S. Army Research Office. Work on the project will be performed primarily at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) at Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., and the Waltham, Mass., office of QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group. All three companies involved in the project are members of JVIC. Dr. Ryan Giedd, the executive director of JVIC, said, "The development of this mobile early-warning robot sensor in Sp... (more)

AT&T/JA Job Shadow Student Wins Trip to Support Team USA(TM) at Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

DALLAS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To provide additional opportunities for students involved with the AT&T/JA Worldwide Job Shadow Initiative, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is honoring the winner of an essay contest with a trip to Vancouver to attend the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. 16-year-old Badr Raissi, a junior from Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, NJ, was chosen for his o... (more)

CoaLogix Expands Environmental Services for Coal Power

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CoaLogix Inc. announced today that its subsidiary CoaLogix Tech LLC has signed an agreement with FLSmidth to provide SO3 and mercury remediation technologies to the coal fired power generation market. With this agreement, CoaLogix Tech becomes the exclusive partner for selling and executing FLSmidth's leading SO3 reduction technology i... (more)

MasterCard Foundation and Equity Group Foundation Launch Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Financially Disadvantaged Kenyan Students

$4.6 million partnership will benefit 676 secondary school students NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The MasterCard Foundation and the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) today launched a program that will provide $4.6 million in comprehensive educational support to 676 secondary students in Kenya over the next five years. Reeta Roy, President and CEO of The MasterCard Found... (more)

Customer Service Agents in High Demand for Upcoming Decade

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (BLS), there will be a large spike in customer service representatives positions during the next 10 years. This news should translate to even greater growth opportunities for U.S. contact centers like Ryla Inc., a leading domestic provider of outsourced call center and customer contact solutions. In fact, Ryla greatly benefitted from this growth... (more)