SANTA BARBARA, California, May 25 (TNSpp) -- Direct Relief issued the following news: * * * As bigger storms hit small countries and territories, Direct Relief's 2023 hurricane strategy is region-wide. * * * While Hurricanes Eta and Iota both landed along Nicaragua's coast in November 2020, the destruction they wreaked spanned all seven Central American countries. Increasingly, the larger and more dangerous storms spawned from warming oceans are crossing international borders and threatening  more

HONG KONG, China, May 26 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has launched FedEx Innovation Lab (FIL) to cultivate and collaborate with rising early-stage digital start-ups in the key market of India as well as the wider region. FIL will make early-stage investments in these partnerships and bring additional value in terms of capabilities and speed to market to start-up firms through the FedEx network, resources, and global customer base. These collaborations wil  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 26 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is harnessing scan data from its unparalleled global logistics network to enhance customer access to emissions information with the U.S. launch of a new tool, FedEx(R) Sustainability Insights. Created by FedEx Dataworks, this revolutionary cloud-based engine uses near-real time FedEx network data to estimate CO2e emissions for both individual tracking numbers and FedEx.com accounts. Users can view hi  more

SINGAPORE, May 22 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world's largest express transportation companies, was awarded the highest accolade of 'Premium band' in the Trade Facilitation and Integrated Risk-based System (TradeFIRST) by Singapore Customs. With the Premium band status, FedEx will enjoy more streamlined processes for customs facilitation than shippers in lower bands for three years, through 2026. This  more

MALIBU, California, May 23 (TNSper) -- Pepperdine University issued the following news release: Farzin Madjidi (MBA '88, EdD '91), who has served as the interim dean of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) since August 2022, has been named the dean of the school. Madjidi will assume his new role August 1, 2023. "Dr. Madjidi's commitment to equipping our students for exceptional service to their community has been evident since the beginning of his Pepperdine career," says pre  more

BANGKOK, Thailand, May 24 -- The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: The US-ASEAN Business Council (the Council) attended the 15th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) Meeting. This 15th ACCMSME meeting was the first meeting conducted in-person after the COVID-19 pandemic. The last in-person meeting was at the 9th ACCMSME Meeting in October 2019 before it was shifted to virtual during the pandemic. During the m  more