Research and Markets: US Health Fundraising Organizations Report: 2,000 Organizations such as American Cancer Society with Combined Annual Revenue of About $15 Billion
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0637d8/health_fundraising) has announced the addition of the “Health Fundraising Organizations” report to their offering. The US health fundraising industry consists of more than 2,000 organizations with combined annual revenue of about $15 billion. Major organizations include the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, March of Dimes, and Muscular [...]
World To Have 9 Billion People By 2050
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer New York, United States (AHN) – The world’s population will increase to about 9.1 billion in 2050 from the current 6.5 billion and India is predicted to become the most populous nation, according to a report of the United Nations’ Population Division. The population increase will happen in [...]
Flight Delays Cost U.S. Economy $33 Billion
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Berkeley, CA, United States (AHN) – According to a University of California, Berkeley study, domestic flight delays costs the U.S. economy $33 billion. The study commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration found that most of that cost is borne by airline passengers. Researchers analyzed data from 2007 and [...]
Electronic Payment Solution Processes $6 Billion
Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer Charlotte, NC, United States (AHN) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch says its ePayables solution continues to post significant growth, with a compound annual growth rate of 43 percent over the last two years. More than $6.1 billion in payments were processed using ePayables in 2009. Since ePayables was [...]
Cubans Say U.S. Embargo Did $751 Billion in Damage
Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent New York, New York, United States (AHN) – The Cuban government recently prepared a report saying the U.S. embargo has cost the island nation $751 billion since it started in 1961. The Cubans prepared the report to present to the United Nations next month before its vote on whether [...]
Police Seize Almost $2 Billion In Assets From Mafia Businessman
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Rome, Italy (AHN) – Anti-Mafia police in Italy on Tuesday seized $1.92 billion worth of assets from a Sicilian businessman who has ties with a Cosa Nostra boss. The assets of 40 companies of wind farm businessman Vito Nicastri, 54, were the largest ever sequestered from the organized [...]
