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Fed Issues New Card Rules To Limit Late Fees, Require Rate Review

The U.S. Federal Reserve issued a new set of rules that are aimed at protecting credit-card users from being charged with late-payment fees and requiring issuers to review their latest increases in interest-rates.

The new rules, which take effect on Aug. 22, forbid issuers of credit-cards from charging users more than → Read More

US Airlines Upbeat About Travel Forecast

Second-quarter gains of up to 20 percent are being eyed by Delta Air Lines Inc. and American Airlines, the largest carriers in the U.S., based on a benchmark for industry revenue.

Amid rising fares pushed by increasing demand for travel, both companies see a 20 percent increase in passenger revenue for each → Read More

Walgreens Prescription Text Alerts Released.

More and more people are using text messaging and smart phones as primary forms of communications in their everyday lives. Now, Walgreens is advancing the use of this technology with the launch of several new features including Prescription Text Alerts, which notify customers via text message when their prescriptions are ready. Walgreens → Read More

FDA Orders Recall of Colleague Infusion Pumps.

FDA Infusion Pump Recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on May 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (Colleague pumps) currently in use in the United States. This action is based on a longstanding failure to → Read More

Nevada – 1st Block of Solar panels Activated

Sempra Generation announced today that the first 8-megawatt (MW) block of solar panels at its Copper Mountain Solar facility has been installed, and is delivering renewable electricity to the power grid.

Construction on the 48-MW photovoltaic solar installation located in Boulder City, Nev., about 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas, began in → Read More

New Efficient Waste Heat System for Canada Games Centre

The City of Whitehorse has partnered with the Government of Canada and Yukon government on a joint investment in an expanded waste heat recovery system at the Whitehorse Canada Games Centre.

The Waste Heat Recovery Project will expand the existing system and conserve the Canada Games Centre’s use of electricity and diesel → Read More