The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK national charity dedicated to protecting the marine environment and its wildlife. In addition to lobbying governments and educating the public on the plight of the seas, the conservation organization annually publishes its Good Beach Guide, which rates British beaches on the cleanliness and quality of their water. Marine Conservation Society created a dust-up in 2004 with the publication of its annual Good Fish Guide, which recommended that Brits stop eating such fish as cod and haddock, and switch to pollock and flounder, in order to ensure future availability of the species that are traditionally consumed in the UK's favorite fast food, fish and chips. MCS was formed in 1983.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass offers more than just an incantation to get your wrecked car back on the road. With about 100 company-owned and franchised shops in a dozen states, the company provides collision repair services as well as paintless dent removal and glass repair. The majority of ABRA's stores are in Colorado, Georgia, and Minnesota. Almost all of the company's services are paid for by insurance companies. Insurance agents can earn continuing education credits for ABRA's classes on issues relating to car repair. Founded in 1984, ABRA Auto Body & Glass is owned by investors and employees.

Monitor Group aims to do its work, then keep watch as its clients' businesses grow. Through its operating units, Monitor provides a variety of management consulting and advisory services related to issues such as strategy, marketing and pricing, innovation, and organization and leadership. In addition, the firm offers financial advisory services and software and services designed to help clients develop their capabilities. Monitor operates from about 30 offices in more than 20 countries worldwide. Chairman Mark Fuller helped found Monitor, which began operations in 1983.

Hitwise Pty. Ltd. is an online competitive intelligence service that measures how an organization's Web site compares with those of online competitors by collecting Internet usage information. Branded product lines include Hitwise Competitive Intelligence Service, Hitwise Research Store, Hitwise Rankings, Hitwise Clickstream, and Hitwise Demographics, among others. Hitwise Pty. Ltd. publishes Internet traffic information (containing a sample size of 25 million people worldwide) for some 1,500 clients, which include marketers, ISPs, Web portals, and search engines. Credit-reporting agency Experian Group owns Hitwise, which was founded in 1998.

BAM is America's oldest continuously operating performing arts center, founded in 1861. BAM is a not-for-profit organization reliant on contributions to fulfill its mission. BAM presents or produces up to 220 stage performances each year, many of international origin. BAM has a four-screen cinema, open 365 days a year, presenting new releases and BAMcinématek repertory films. - During its first century, BAM hosted political events, speeches, and rallies on the pressing issues of the day. Speakers included Henry Beecher Stowe, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Gertrude Stein, Langston Hughes, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Amelia Earhart. - BAM hosts The Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the largest commemoration event to Dr. King in New York City.

East Nippon Expressway (NEXCO-East) is expressly committed to getting drivers where they need to go. The company provides toll-road services, highway maintenance, and new highway construction in the areas of the Tokyo metropolitan area as well as Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, and the Niigata and Toyama provinces of Japan. Its highway network covers about 2,100 miles. Formerly known as Japan Highway Public Corp., NEXCO-East was privatized in 2005 alongside two regional sister companies -- West Nippon Expressway and Central Nippon Expressway. NEXCO-East diversified its operations by selling lunchboxes with to-go meals at its roadside expressway stops as well as operating bed-and-breakfast hotels.

Corporate executives who bargain with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) don't like to hear the words, "IAM going on strike." The labor union represents some 730,000 active and retired members through more than 5,000 contracts with employers in the US and Canada. The organization represents workers in about two dozen industries, although primarily in the air transportation, aerospace, metalworking and machinery, manufacturing, and automotive industries. In addition to negotiating wage, paid time-off, job security, and work environment issues, the union provides a pension plan and a healthcare plan.

Sixt is riding high as Germany and Austria's largest car rental company. The firm has about 1,875 company-owned rental stations in more than 100 countries, including about 525 in Germany. Worldwide, it has a rental fleet of some 124,500 vehicles; Germany accounts for more than 48,000. Sixt also leases cars, as well as selling its older inventory; its Autoland unit is one of Germany's largest used-car dealers. The company also provides professional fleet management, and its e-Sixt business platform allows customers to reserve a car, buy a used car, or even manage an entire fleet over the Internet. Chairman Erich Sixt, and family, own about 57% of the company, which his grandfather founded in 1912.

The Conservation Fund aims to protect and conserve land and water resources in the US through buying property and giving it to local groups to manage. The Conservation Fund also assists landowners in sustainable programs for sensitive lands, and helps other not-for-profit groups promote conservation. Since its founding in 1985, The Conservation Fund and its partners have protected more than 6 million acres of wildlife habitat and watersheds, working landscapes, and community open-space in all 50 US states. The Conservation Fund finances its real estate purchases with grants from foundations and trusts, corporate gifts, and individual donors.

Mouchel is a consulting and business services group that provides many of the design, managerial and engineering services that support modern society. We work with government agencies, local authorities, government-regulated industries and the private-sector to provide safe, reliable roads and railways, well-managed education and civic infrastructure, clean water, and cost-effective energy. Mouchel’s name is synonymous with great relationships – with clients, suppliers and staff. We’re building a business that’s in tune with the society it serves, finding new ways to deliver public services and infrastructure efficiently and profitably through partnerships between the public- and private-sectors.

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