Sustainable Landscape Rating Pilot Program Introduced

WASHINGTON — A new national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance has selected over 150 test sites to participate in a two-year pilot program.
 
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), a partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden, provides voluntary guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable landscapes of all kinds, with or without buildings.
 

SABIC Innovative Plastics to Make its Q2 2010 Results Available

BERGEN op ZOOM, The Netherlands–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SABIC Innovative Plastics Holding B.V. plans to make its second quarter 2010 results available on or before August 27, 2010 to holders of its 9.5% senior notes due 2015. The company will host a call with these investors to review second quarter financial results at 9:00 a.m. EDT on August 31, 2010. Senior note holders may secure a copy of the …

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Medical Devices Business Raised USD 40 Million from Private Equity To Speed Up Business Development in China

HONG KONG, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Golden Meditech Holdings Limited (“Golden Meditech” or the “Group,” 801.HK), China’s leading integrated healthcare enterprise, is pleased to announce that its medical devices business has successfully raised USD 40 million from a number of renowned private equity investors where the proceeds will fund the construction of new production lines for …

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