Kevin Dunleavy College teams turning to NFL stadiums to increase revenues With more than 80,000 and 70,000 seats respectively, FedEx Field in Landover and M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore are becoming increasingly popular venues for college football teams willing to give up a home game for the promise of heftier …
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On June 16, the Mississippi RiverKings joined FedEx employees for the Operation Feed golf tournament. The event was hosted by FedEx and its Customer Experience Network and Express Business Solutions Department, and took place at Memphis National Golf Club in Collierville, where RiverKings staff and players joined other companies and …
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Nearly 900 Ideas From 83 Countries Vie for eBay Social Innovation Funding in …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Public voting begins today at Changemakers.com to select the ten finalists in the Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works competition, co-hosted by eBay Foundation and Ashoka's Changemakers. …
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