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Re-inventing Finance: Anthemis Group Arrives in New York

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

NEW YORK, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Anthemis Group SA is pleased to announce the creation of Anthemis (Americas) Corporation. Based in New York and led by Managing Director Sam Johnson, Anthemis (Americas) will play a key role in supporting the Group’s continued growth and ambition to re-invent financial services. Founded in 2010, Anthemis is [...]

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Art of Golf Event Tees Up New American Partnership Celebrating Rich Treasures of Scottish Heritage

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Sep 28, 2012) – History has shown the Scots to be both inventive and creative people. Best known for inventing the game of golf and whisky, they’ve also provided the world the decimal point, radar, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, logarithms, anesthesia, the steam engine, James Bond, the pneumatic tire and the [...]

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Inventing the Modern World

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

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Re-inventing Finance: Anthemis Group Arrives in New York

Friday, September 28th, 2012

NEW YORK, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Anthemis Group SA is pleased to announce the creation of Anthemis (Americas) Corporation. Based in New York and led by Managing Director Sam Johnson, Anthemis (Americas) will play a key role in supporting the Group’s continued growth and ambition to re-invent financial services. Founded in 2010, Anthemis is [...]

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Sac State Professor Inventing New Lenses That Could Eliminate Bifocals

Friday, September 28th, 2012

Getting old is no fun, and having to wear glasses to read can sometimes be a hassle. Imagine eliminating the need for bifocals and trifocals. A Sacramento State professor is inventing new lenses that could someday change the way you see. Rochelle Bowman needs clear vision to do her job as a parking enforcement officer. [...]

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Style classics: Chanel jacket

Friday, September 28th, 2012

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:37 GMT, 27 September 2012 | UPDATED: 08:54 GMT, 27 September 2012 She was famously credited with inventing the little black dress, but Coco Chanel is also responsible for another wardrobe staple — the little black jacket. Hip-length and boxy in style, the Chanel LBJ was originally launched in 1954 [...]

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Broncos pass rush specialist Elvis Dumervil inventing new moves as he draws more attention

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – So Elvis Dumervil doesn’t have any sacks through the first two games. Hardly a big deal this early in the season. Or so the Denver Broncos defensive end thought. His mom recently called and asked him very matter-of-factly, “Why don’t you have any sacks yet?” So maybe this was a little bigger [...]

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Press Release

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

The North West Fund for Biomedical, the £25million fund managed by SPARK Impact, has invested £350,000 into a drug discovery company which could lower the cost of inventing new medicines. Molplex Ltd has developed automated decision making systems using predictive chemistry and biology software which incorporate critical decisions made by drug development professionals during the [...]

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Re-inventing Finance: Anthemis Group Arrives in New York

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

NEW YORK, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Anthemis Group SA is pleased to announce the creation of Anthemis (Americas) Corporation. Based in New York and led by Managing Director Sam Johnson, Anthemis (Americas) will play a key role in supporting the Group’s continued growth and ambition to re-invent financial services. Founded in 2010, Anthemis is [...]

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Man who inventing snow boarding and got it recognised as a sport dies aged 61

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

TOM Sims, is widely credited with inventing the snowboard; he became a world champion at snowboarding and persuaded ski resorts to recognise it as a sport. He was also a prominent manufacturer of snowboards and their precursor, the skateboard . Sims was already a skilled exponent of the skateboard when in 1963, aged [...]

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