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Global IT consultancy attracts and retains some of the brightest minds in tech through a challenging, empowering and vibrant work environment CHICAGO, July 22 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — ThoughtWorks, Inc., a global IT consultancy focused on enterprise Agile software development, announced it was named one of “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For,” by the National Association of Business Resources (NABR). ThoughtWorks has more than 250 employees working from its Chicago headquarters, with over 1,000 additional employees located at offices around the globe. “At ThoughtWorks we strive to provide an environment and culture that leads to both technical innovation and personal growth,” said Craig Gorsline, managing director Americas

DETROIT/GOTHENBERG/NINGBO (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – It was a miserable winter day in January 2007, the kind that makes auto executives in the Motor City wonder why they hold the Detroit Auto Show at the most inhospitable time of the year. Li Shufu, a farmer’s son from China’s Zhejiang province who last week become the unlikely chairman of Volvo Cars, was looking for some cheer from Ford Motor Co’s (F.N) finance chief Don Leclair in his office at Ford’s glass-sheathed headquarters. A year earlier, a new model made by his company Geely, which means auspicious in Mandarin, had made an unfortunate debut at the Detroit show.

Today’s remarkable investigation describes the asbestos trade in the countries where it is still flourishing: India, where asbestos use is booming among the rural poor; Brazil, where one federal inspector has battled the industry for a quarter-century; Russia, which produces nearly 1 million tons of asbestos each year; and China, the world’s biggest asbestos consumer . A leading industry group, the Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers’ Association , said in the report that the only type of asbestos that is currently used — chrysotile, or white asbestos — is much safer than brown or blue asbestos, which were commonly used in the past.

HOUSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK and CHICAGO, July 19 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — An investor group led by affiliates of Paine & Partners, LLC (“Paine & Partners”) and Tinicum Capital Partners announced today that R360 Environmental Solutions (R3 Treatment Inc. d/b/a R360 Environmental Solutions), a recently formed environmental services company, has completed the acquisitions of U.S

FARNBOROUGH, England – Boeing Co.’s long-anticipated 787 jet touched down on British soil Sunday, tipping its wings to the crowd and building buzz at the Farnborough International Airshow, the industry’s premier event. The arrival of the blue-and-white 787 after years of delay underlined hopes that the two-year downturn in the aviation and defense industry is nearing a bottom

FARNBOROUGH, England – Plane manufacturers, airlines, government ministers and military top brass were gathering Sunday for the Farnborough International Airshow amid hopes that the two-year downturn in the aviation and defense industry is nearing a bottom. The arrival of Boeing Co.’s long-awaited — and long-delayed — 787 jet at Farnborough’s airfield on Sunday helped generate a buzz for the start of the industry’s premier event “This is the way planes are going to be built for the next 80 years,” Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney told reporters after the jet landed

WASHINGTON – The once-popular ethanol industry is scrambling to hold onto billions of dollars in government subsidies, fighting an increasing public skepticism of the corn-based fuel and wariness from lawmakers who may divert the money to other priorities. The industry itself can’t agree on how to persuade Congress to keep the subsidies, which now come in the form of tax credits worth about $6 billion annually. One industry group, Growth Energy, made the bold move Thursday of calling for the tax credits to be phased out completely in favor of spending the money on more flex-fuel cars and gasoline pumps that support ethanol

NEW ORLEANS – BP shut all three valves to close a new cap over its busted Gulf of Mexico well Thursday, stopping the flow of oil into the water for the first time since April. What’s next

SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has commissioned an independent health and safety review of its semiconductor factories in South Korea after employee illnesses and deaths raised fears of cancer risks. The yearlong investigation will be carried out by an independent team of leading occupational health and safety experts “who will be given complete access to Samsung’s semiconductor manufacturing facilities,” the company said in a statement. Samsung Electronics Co.

ROCKFORD, Ill.–(CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM)–QuEST Global Engineering, a leading pure play engineering services provider, announced the inauguration of its dedicated engineering centre in Rockford, Illinois for Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. This dedicated facility, located adjacent to Hamilton Sundstrand, will provide office space for QuEST’s current staff of 50 engineers with intent to more than double, focusing on aerospace design and engineering services. Mr.