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Breakfast Brunch Café Announces 2019 Franchise Opportunity with a Family (Franchisee) First Strategy

Breakfast Brunch Café Announces 2019 Franchise Opportunity with a Family (Franchisee) First Strategy

Pay royalty fee of 6.0% for the first 5 years, then 4.0% after for the life of the partnership (compare to industry 6.5%). - December 05, 2018 - Breakfast Brunch Cafe

AAA Storage City in Ridgeland, SC - Sold

AAA Storage City in Ridgeland, SC - Sold

AAA Storage City in Ridgeland, SC, was sold in late November to a national private equity group. Dale C. Eisenman, CCIM of Midcoast Properties, Inc. represented the seller and had the listing to market the facility. - December 05, 2018 - Midcoast Properties, Inc.

Anna Schmookler Recognized as a Woman of the Month for November 2018 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

Anna Schmookler of Brooklyn, New York has been recognized as a Woman of the Month for November 2018 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of construction safety. Each month they feature women to... - December 05, 2018 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized

Azpen Innovation Debuts Qi Wireless Charging Station with the Google Assistant

Azpen Innovation Debuts Qi Wireless Charging Station with the Google Assistant

Azpen Innovation, an award winning developer of wireless charging products for Qi enabled devices, will launch an innovative Qi Wireless Charging Sound Hub with the Google Assistant at CES 2019. The DockAll Assist model G600 is an all-in-one docking station with Qi Wireless Charging and Google... - December 05, 2018 - Azpen Innovations

Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers Commemorated as a Professional of the Year for Five Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers Commemorated as a Professional of the Year for Five Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers of Tinton Falls, New Jersey has been commemorated as a Professional of the Year for five consecutive years by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of education. About Maureen E. - December 05, 2018 - Strathmore Worldwide

Long-Term Care Insurance Association to Expand Efforts Into Critical Illness Insurance

Efforts to heighten awareness about critical illness insurance protection was approved to be undertaken by the board of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. The efforts will focus on consumers according to AALTCI diurector Jesse Slome. - December 05, 2018 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance

GoLookUp Has Launched a New City-Base Public Records Search Service

GoLookUp Has Launched a New City-Base Public Records Search Service

To provide a more accurate and advanced service, GoLookUp has launched a city-based Public Records search service. Now users can find census data as well as background information about each person in the US based on their residence. - December 04, 2018 - Lucky2Media, LLC

Annual Thanksgiving Celebrations of CommLab India – 2018

CommLab India, one of the most sought-after global leaders for rapid eLearning solutions celebrated its annual Thanksgiving by feeding 8000 underprivileged people in the bustling city of Hyderabad. - December 04, 2018 - CommLab India

Brent Hagar's State Farm Agency, Serving the Tulsa Community, Has Received the Company’s Prestigious President’s Club Award

Brent Hagar's State Farm Agency, Serving the Tulsa Community, Has Received the Company’s Prestigious President’s Club Award

This top award recognizes the agent’s outstanding sales ability, plus honors agents who align their business with the long-term direction of the company and who act as advocates for their customers. Only 50 agents a year are granted this award for being a top agent in a particular line of... - December 04, 2018 - Brent Hagar, State Farm Insurance Agent

Thames Valley Communications Announces the Launch of GIG Internet

Thames Valley Communications Announces the Launch of GIG Internet

Thames Valley Communications Internet, Cable & Phone, one of the area’s leading broadband providers, today announced the availability of TVC’s GIG Internet in Groton, Gales Ferry, Mystic, Pawcatuck and Stonington. Upgrading to TVC GIG Internet will be easy for existing Thames... - December 04, 2018 - Thames Valley Communications

Sherwood Valley Casino Employees Donate to Northern California Fire Relief Efforts

Sherwood Valley Casino Employees Donate to Northern California Fire Relief Efforts

In an effort to help those who have lost everything due to the devastating Northern California fires, employees of Sherwood Valley Casino went into action over the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving Day, collecting cash, diapers, water and wet-wipes to aid those directly impacted by the Camp Fires. All donations were exclusively made by employees of the casino or tribal businesses. - December 04, 2018 - Sherwood Valley Casino

Meadows Bank Ranks #1 in Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) and 504 Lending

Meadows Bank announced that it finished the U.S. Small Business Administration fiscal year ending 9/30/18 as the #1 lender in SBA 7(a) and 504 loans in Nevada (ranked by dollar volume). “Meadows Bank continues to demonstrate its dedication to the local Nevada economy by being named... - December 04, 2018 - Meadows Bank

Daniel Wilhelm Named Account Manager at RT New Day

Daniel Wilhelm Named Account Manager at RT New Day

Daniel Wilhelm has been named an account manager in RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice. He is responsible for supporting new business and marketing efforts as well as coordinating the renewal process for clients from solicitation to quoting... - December 04, 2018 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice

SolarCraft Completes Solar Power Installation at Sonoma Community Center - Local Community Center Goes Solar & Saves

SolarCraft Completes Solar Power Installation at Sonoma Community Center - Local Community Center Goes Solar & Saves

Novato and Sonoma based SolarCraft recently completed the installation of an 87 kW DC solar installation at Sonoma Community Center in Sonoma, CA. The photovoltaic (PV) system is expected to offset over 70% of their utility bills, helping the Center save over $26,000 in electrical costs every year. - December 04, 2018 - SolarCraft

Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication Recognizes New Members

Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication Recognizes New Members

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide of Farmingdale, New York is proud to recognize their newest members who will be included in their next edition for their contributions and achievements in the many fields listed. About New Members Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide is pleased... - December 04, 2018 - Strathmore Worldwide

New Marketing Academy Teaches Profit Growth and Influence

New Marketing Academy Teaches Profit Growth and Influence

With many established businesses closing, Stern LLC launches Stern Marketing Academy to teach SEO, Media Marketing, and Influence. - December 04, 2018 - Stern LLC

Priscilla A. Chansky Honored as a Professional of the Year and a VIP for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Priscilla A. Chansky of Olathe, Kansas has been honored with early admission as a Professional of the Year for 2019 and as a VIP Member for two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding achievements and high level of success in the... - December 04, 2018 - Strathmore Worldwide

Thomas J. Snee Recognized as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years and Honored with an American Achievement Award by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide

Thomas J. Snee Recognized as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years and Honored with an American Achievement Award by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide

Thomas J. Snee of Burke, Virginia has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for two consecutive years, 2018 and now 2019, and honored with an American Achievement Award, early admission for 2019, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Publication for his outstanding contributions... - December 04, 2018 - Strathmore Worldwide

Rebecca H. Mitich, Partner with Husch Blackwell LLP, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges Explored Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Rebecca H. Mitich, Partner with Husch Blackwell LLP, will speak at The Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and... - December 04, 2018 - The Knowledge Group

P. Quinn Moss, Partner with Orrick, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges Explored Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that P. Quinn Moss, Partner with Orrick, will speak at The Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges... - December 04, 2018 - The Knowledge Group

Vicky Kustov Was Featured in the Massachusetts Edition of Top Agent Magazine

Vicky Kustov Was Featured in the Massachusetts Edition of Top Agent Magazine

Victoria Kustov of EXIT Premier Real Estate was featured in the Massachusetts Edition of Top Agent Magazine in December 2018. - December 03, 2018 - Victoria Kustov, Realtor, Elite Realty Experts

San Diego Community Acupuncture Clinic Throws Major Fundraiser Party for School for Homeless Kids

San Diego Community Acupuncture Clinic Throws Major Fundraiser Party for School for Homeless Kids

Dec. 16th Source Empowered Wellness is hosting a huge fundraiser for the Monarch School as a way to give back to the San Diego community for its 3 year anniversary. There will be live bands, amazing speakers, free Boochcraft and a raffle lottery to win $100's in prizes. - December 03, 2018 - Source Empowered Wellness

Retired Boeing Executive Lawyer Joins Free Wheelchair Mission Board of Directors

Retired Boeing Executive Lawyer Joins Free Wheelchair Mission Board of Directors

Marjorie A. Terner, J.D. joins Free Wheelchair Mission Board of Directors. - December 03, 2018 - Free Wheelchair Mission

Internet Ad Competition to Name Best Alexa Skills

Internet Ad Competition to Name Best Alexa Skills

Demand for Internet enabled voice devices, like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, continues to explode and the Web Marketing Association will now be the first to name the best Voice Skills or Actions used in advertising as part of their Internet Advertising Competition Awards. - December 03, 2018 - Web Marketing Association

Load King 60-Ton Lowboy Trailer Receives 2018 Construction Equipment Magazine’s Top 100 New Products Award

Load King 60-Ton Lowboy Trailer Receives 2018 Construction Equipment Magazine’s Top 100 New Products Award

Construction Equipment Magazine (CEM) has named Load King’s 60-Ton Lowboy Trailer as one of the Top 100 New Products of 2018. Since 1991, CEM’s Top 100 New Products list has been the longest-running, and most respected award program of its industry. Each year, CEM editors evaluate... - December 03, 2018 - Custom Truck One Source

Persistence is The Key Celebrates the Holidays with Giveaways

Persistence is The Key Celebrates the Holidays with Giveaways

Houston nonprofit celebrates the holiday season by making charitable donations to those in need. - December 03, 2018 - Persistence is The Key

Musotica Launch Strap and Harness Trend Lingerie for Christmas 2018

Musotica Launch Strap and Harness Trend Lingerie for Christmas 2018

Musotica has launched their latest lingerie collection in time for the holiday season, dominated by the strap and harness trends of 2018. The latest collection includes an array of new lingerie items, including bondage themed teddies, babydolls, catsuits and sets. There are presented alongside a... - December 03, 2018 - Musotica Wear

Blockchain and Natural Gas Markets: US CFTC, BP, Intercontinental Exchange, Ernst & Young Debate Industry Impact at Alpha Insight's Blockchain in Natural Gas Conference

BP, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Ernst & Young, The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and others will meet next week to discuss how blockchain’s distributed ledger technology could be adopted into the natural gas... - December 03, 2018 - Alpha Insight

Silicon Prairie Investment Crowdfunding Portal First to Offer Self-Directed IRA Funding Option

Silicon Prairie Investment Crowdfunding Portal First to Offer Self-Directed IRA Funding Option

Silicon Prairie Online (https://sppx.io), the first investment crowdfunding portal company to link blockchain based distributed ledgers under an Initial Crowd Offering model is pleased to announce the ability to invest with a Self-Directed Individual Retirement Account (SD-IRA) through an... - December 02, 2018 - Silicon Prairie Portal & Exchange

Best Online Video Advertising Campaigns to be Named by Web Marketing Association

Best Online Video Advertising Campaigns to be Named by Web Marketing Association

Online video has exploded in popularity over the past few years as a form of advertising and the Web Marketing Association judges will select the best online video advertising in 86 industries as part of their 17th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards. - December 02, 2018 - Web Marketing Association

Disney Inspired Fashion Line Raises $10,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs

Disney Inspired Fashion Line Raises $10,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs

The Disney inspired fashion company raises funds to benefit underserved children through unique “virtual races.” - December 01, 2018 - Design Force Media

Invitation from James Drinkwater Chairing the 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast Conference

Invitation from James Drinkwater Chairing the 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast Conference

The 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast conference is returning to the Battery Wharf Hotel, Boston, USA on April 10th and 11th, 2019. - December 01, 2018 - SAE Media Group

Greenline POS Announces Release of One-Click Compliance Reports for Cannabis Retailers

Greenline POS, a Canadian cannabis dispensary POS and inventory management solution is proud to announce one-click compliance reports for cannabis retail. Acquiring and maintaining provincial cannabis retail licenses is the foundation for all cannabis businesses. Accurate, punctual monthly... - December 01, 2018 - Greenline POS

Matthew S. Campbell, Shareholder with Hall Estill, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges Explored Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Matthew S. Campbell, Shareholder with Hall Estill, will speak at The Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and... - December 01, 2018 - The Knowledge Group

Darryl Steinhause, Partner with DLA Piper, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges Explored Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Darryl Steinhause, Partner with DLA Piper, will speak at The Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Opportunity Zones: Opportunities and Challenges... - December 01, 2018 - The Knowledge Group

The Enterprise File Fabric Now Facilitates Files Stored on S3 Compatible Object Storage and Other Storage Systems to be Edited Using Microsoft Office Online

More than 60 storage and data clouds are securely integrated into enterprise ecosystems, allowing users to securely collaborate in real-time editions of document formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. - November 30, 2018 - Storage Made Easy

Regenlab’s Patent Infringement Case Against Eclipse to Proceed in New York

Regenlab’s Patent Infringement Case Against Eclipse to Proceed in New York

District Court rules in favor of RegenLab to find venue over Eclipse in New York. RegenLab will continue its efforts to resolve allegations of infringement of its patent rights by manufacturers and distributors of the Eclipse PRP product. - November 29, 2018 - RegenLab

Cloudwick to Preview Its New Serverless Self-Service Data Lake SaaS for Amazon SageMaker Machine Learning at AWS re:Invent 2018

Cloudwick to Preview Its New Serverless Self-Service Data Lake SaaS for Amazon SageMaker Machine Learning at AWS re:Invent 2018

Cloudwick, the Amazon cloud data lake software-as-a-service and managed service provider, will be previewing at AWS re:Invent its serverless data lake for Amazon SageMaker on Thursday November 29th from 1- 4pm at the AWS Experience Hub at the Aria West, Level 1, Pinyon Ballroom. Cloudwick is a... - November 29, 2018 - Cloudwick

Program to Stimulate Student Entrepreneurship Launched in Ukraine – Lucky Labs

Program to Stimulate Student Entrepreneurship Launched in Ukraine – Lucky Labs

Twenty-three Ukrainian higher educational institutions have already joined the initiative of the network of academic business incubators YEP!, the IT company Lucky Labs and the Ministry of Education and Science. - November 29, 2018 - Lucky Labs

China-Based Manufacturing Firm TedPack Announces Launch of Onsite Ultimate Guide to Packaging Pouches

China-Based Manufacturing Firm TedPack Announces Launch of Onsite Ultimate Guide to Packaging Pouches

Many choices can be made when a company decides on what packaging to use. To help make things easier Chinese packaging manufacturer TedPack now features a deeply informative Ultimate Guide to Packaging Pouches on their growing website. - November 29, 2018 - TedPack Company Limited

Goodbit Announces Launch of New Website

Goodbit Announces Launch of New Website

The new website is an all-in-one starting point for anyone trying to learn about, or interested in investing in, cryptocurrencies. - November 29, 2018 - Goodbit

Leading Deal & Coupon Platform for Jewish People JDeal Announces New Free “Submit Your Deal” Service to Restaurants and Bars

Leading Deal & Coupon Platform for Jewish People JDeal Announces New Free “Submit Your Deal” Service to Restaurants and Bars

Businesses who want to reach out and connect to the Jewish community have a unique opportunity. JDeal has launched a free “Submit Your Deal” service where a restaurant, bar, or cafe can submit a deal or coupon quickly and easily to their huge number of subscribers. - November 29, 2018 - JDeal

State of the Art At-the-Pump Advertising Solution Achieves Patent

State of the Art At-the-Pump Advertising Solution Achieves Patent

Outta the Box Dispensers recently achieved U.S patent for The Pumpsider™, a point of sale product to make fuel pump advertising effective by driving fuel customers into the store. The Pumpsider provides an unparalleled opportunity for brands to advertise on the side and top of fuel... - November 29, 2018 - Outta the Box Dispensers LLC

API Renewable Energy PLC to Launch Ethiopia’s First Commercial Biodiesel Plant  Renewable Energy Industry Transforming East Africa

API Renewable Energy PLC to Launch Ethiopia’s First Commercial Biodiesel Plant Renewable Energy Industry Transforming East Africa

API Renewable Energy plans to launch Ethiopia’s first commercial-scale biodiesel refinery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Adama Industrial Zone in the first week of December 2018. The goals of API are to rehabilitate degraded lands, create large-scale employment, generate wealth in East Africa and improve the region's environment. - November 29, 2018 - African Power Initiative

Aaron Jackson Named CEO of Won.House and Its Waterless Kinetic Colorization™

Aaron Jackson Named CEO of Won.House and Its Waterless Kinetic Colorization™

Aaron Jackson, former director of raw material innovation at Lululemon, has been named the CEO of Won.House, a textile and apparel R&D and Think House based in Tao Yuan, Taiwan. "This past four weeks has been very special with the successful installation or the KC2.2 machine and the first... - November 28, 2018 - Katmandu Inc.

Nation’s Home Health Leaders Visit Capitol Hill in Support of Legislation to Refine Medicare Home Health Payment Reforms

Bipartisan legislation modifies Patient Driven Groupings Model to ensure consistent patient access to home healthcare before 2020 implementation. - November 28, 2018 - Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare

The White Law Group Announce Securities Fraud Investigation Into OptionSellers.com

The White Law Group Announce Securities Fraud Investigation Into OptionSellers.com

The White Law Group announces a securities fraud investigation involving OptionSellers.com and INTL FCStone. - November 28, 2018 - The White Law Group, LLC

BCAST Labs Launches "Video-Validate" - a Mobile/Web E-Commerce Authentication and Verification Platform Leveraging Short Form Video for Consumers and HR Professionals

BCAST Labs Launches "Video-Validate" - a Mobile/Web E-Commerce Authentication and Verification Platform Leveraging Short Form Video for Consumers and HR Professionals

Reston, Virginia-based BCAST Labs announced that it has launched Video-Validate (“Vv”), an internet-based platform using video designed to fight online fraud, misrepresentation and cat-fishing. Concurrently, BCAST is launching "VideoValidate-Recruiter," a similarly functioning portal with additional features for recruiters and HR professionals. http://videovalidate.org - November 28, 2018 - BCAST live

82 Year Old Writer to Publish "BLIP," a NYC Hate Crime Novel Idrian Resnick’s Book Features Race, Hate Crimes, Cops, and Even Love

"BLIP" is a New York hate crime story. White teens beat a young black law student into a coma then try to find him to finish him off. His friend, a retired NYPD Jewish detective, hunts the bad guys. New York blows up in a paroxysm of racial hate and vengeance. The cop falls in love with the kid’s sister. Hopeless! Unless . . . - November 28, 2018 - Idrian N. Resnick Publishing

2018 Best Startup Ideas Awarded to SkyHi, OOTify and Chronus at TiECON Southwest Conference

2018 Best Startup Ideas Awarded to SkyHi, OOTify and Chronus at TiECON Southwest Conference

TiECON Southwest 2018 is TiE Southern California’s signature annual entrepreneurship conference bringing together nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors, multi-disciplinary leaders and technologists. As is tradition, TiECON judges evaluated startups pitching at the conference. Out of the 14 companies that were selected to pitch for Best Startup Idea, the winners were SkyHi, OOTify, and Chronus. - November 28, 2018 - OOTify, Inc.

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