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LEED: Changing the face of green business

Eco-Office Gals

s Green Building Act, which requires that all non-residential buildings larger than 50,000 square feet in the district be LEED certified, was passed in 2006, the act was not enforced until January 1 of this year. Right now, voting on LEED v4, which was originally called LEED 2012, is set to take place on June 1, 2013.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

To reach that level, to be named the youngest self-made woman on Forbes ’ “World’s Billionaires” list in 2012 and No. The Oprah factor Spanx reached its $1 billion valuation in 2012 without spending a penny on advertising. I needed the income and the security and the insurance and the health benefits and all that.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

She has more than 20 years experience in business, healthcare and education with master’s degrees in Health Services Administration, Education, and Human Organizational Systems. Along with 100 people he is collectively raising £1,000,000 ($1,350,000) for a mental health charity by running 10km every single day in 2022. Paul Epstein.

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Generative AI Expert Mike Koenigs Is Using Cutting-Edge Tech Tools to Make Everyone’s Life a Little Easier

Success

Founded by Koenigs’ wife, Vivian, in 2006, Just Like My Child has delivered programs in health care services, education, microenterprise, social justice, leadership and empowerment to more than 200,000 people in rural communities of central Uganda and Senegal.

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

This will mean that the Treasury will not see a penny their additional tax from this band until 31 January 2012. Therefore, any employee earning more than £150,000 per annum, will be taxed at 40%, with the balance (10% on the amount over £150,000) being collected by direct self-assessment in the tax return. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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12 documentaries and series that will give you an up-close look at climate change — and some solutions

Ideas.Ted

But all that changed with the 2006 premiere of An Inconvenient Truth, 90 minutes of surprisingly moving home movies and news clips about US politician Al Gore’s uphill battle against climate change inaction. Earth: The Operator’s Manual , 2012, directed by Geoff Haines-Stiles. Meltdown , 2021, directed by Fredric Golding.

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