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CapApex Shares 6 Steps to Improve Business Performance

It's tough trying to figure out why your company is not performing as it should. You have probably implemented policies and procedures specifically designed to improve business performance. Your employees surely are working as hard as anyone possibly could. And still the results are not there. What... - October 05, 2013 - CapApex

Laura Powers Promoted to Chief Marketing Officer of Furia Rubel Marketing and Public Relations

Bucks County, Pennsylvania integrated marketing agency promotes VP to CMO. - October 05, 2013 - Furia Rubel Communications

ATA Engineering Strengthens Ties with Brüel & Kjær

Engineering consultancy company ATA Engineering, Inc (ATA) has strengthened its ties with instrument and solution provider, Brüel & Kjær, with the procurement of a PULSE Data Acquisition and Analysis system - October 05, 2013 - Bruel & Kjær UK

Baby Deedee Launches Its New Toddler Duvet Blanket

Baby deedee introduces the sleep quilt, its new toddler comforter. It is one of the few toddler blankets on the market that is oversized with 39x52” dimensions and covers the entire crib/toddler bed. Like the baby deedee sleep nest baby sleeping bag, it is super soft and fluffy, and has a... - October 05, 2013 - Baby deedee LLC

GIA White Paper Explains How to Turn Data Into Insight

Sixty-four percent of companies with world class market intelligence functions centralize their intelligence functions, compared to 57 percent in the average company, according to the 2013 Global Market Intelligence Survey. This requires sophisticated management of intelligence processes that... - October 05, 2013 - Global Intelligence Alliance Group

Uniastrum Bank Cuts Personal Loan Rates

Uniastrum Bank Cuts Personal Loan Rates

Interest paid by all customers on personal loans has been reduced on average by two percentage points. - October 04, 2013 - Uniastrum Bank

Fear City Chicago Haunted House Hosts Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce Networking Event Along with the Skokie, Niles and Lincolnwood Chambers Too

The day before Fear City Chicago Haunted House's Opening Night, the Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce, joined by Skokie, Niles and Lincolnwood Chambers, held a Business After Hours networking event at the haunted attraction. - October 04, 2013 - Fear City Chicago

Welsh Packaging Solutions Moving Its Operations to a New 154,000 Square-Foot Facility in Morrisville

Operating Under the Ernest Packaging Solutions Name, Packaging Company Spurs Need for Additional Square Footage Due to Sustained Growth. - October 04, 2013 - Ernest Packaging Solutions

WebTeb Announces It Has Passed the 3 Million Unique Visitors Per Month Mark and Opening of Ramallah Offices

Ramallah office opened following an investment in WebTeb by Siraj Palestine Fund. - October 04, 2013 - WebTeb

City Stays Dry During Heavy Rains

Columbus Sees Results from Flood Mitigation Plan. - October 04, 2013 - Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.

Pink Elephant Introduces Instructor-Led Online Delivery Courses in Asia

Expanded Course Offerings Developed with the Busy IT Professional in Mind - October 04, 2013 - Pink Elephant

Silver Threads Expansion to Their Plain City Drapery Workshop Means More Jobs and More Money for Ohio

Addition of 12,000 square feet allows founder Carrie Perini to add to her existing roster of drapery treatments and services for the Hospitality, Retail, Healthcare and Commercial industries. - October 04, 2013 - Silver Threads, Inc.

Anticipation Skyrockets for Talk Fusion CONNECT

The Florida-based global Video Communication Company’s latest product development receives great reviews from industry leaders and testers. - October 04, 2013 - Talk Fusion

Communicating with International Clients as a Freelancer

Remote freelancer often have the oppotunity to work internationally. In this case, they should be aware of certain cross-cultural communication patterns. - October 04, 2013 - freelancermap GmbH

Oliver Wight Sponsor Asia’s First S&OP Innovation Summit

The renowned S&OP Innovation Summit is coming to Asia for the first time ever with Oliver Wight Asia Pacific sponsoring it. - October 04, 2013 - Oliver Wight Asia Pacific

Colin K. Kelly, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP to Speak at KC’s Legal Series: Ethical Issues in Attorney Use of Social Media Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Colin K. Kelly, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Legal Series: Ethical Issues in Attorney... - October 04, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

Universal Wilde Announces Patrick Romich as New Chief Executive Officer

Universal Wilde announced today that, effective immediately Patrick Romich will join Universal Wilde as Chief Executive Officer. In this key role for the company Patrick will drive the strategy, growth and future vision of Universal Wilde. Patrick brings nearly 30 years of senior executive... - October 03, 2013 - Universal Wilde

Taylor Morrison Hosts Second Annual Treat Street Event for Gilbert Families on Halloween

Taylor Morrison Hosts Second Annual Treat Street Event for Gilbert Families on Halloween

Arizona families Can Visit Adora Trails for Halloween Trick or Treating; Enjoy Snacks and Prizes - October 03, 2013 - Taylor Morrison

Darling Homes’ Award-Winning One-Level Luxury Homes Debut at Viridian in Arlington

Darling Homes’ Award-Winning One-Level Luxury Homes Debut at Viridian in Arlington

Shopping, Dining and Distinctive Floor Plans from Darling Homes Give Home Buyers a Well-Rounded Community to Call Home. - October 03, 2013 - Darling Homes

Donald Nemerov, Managing Director, Compensation and Benefits Consulting, Grant Thornton LLP to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Donald Nemerov, Managing Director, Compensation and Benefits, Grant Thornton LLP, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Performance-Based Long-term... - October 03, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

bestattorneysonline.com Named Media Partner at Knowledge Congress' Legal Series: Ethical Issues in Attorney Use of Social Media Live Webcast

bestattorneysonline.com will be KC’s media partner for its upcoming webcast entitled: “Legal Series: Ethical Issues in Attorney Use of Social Media,” scheduled for January 31, 2014 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET). For more details about this event, please visit:... - October 03, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

Ethics Sage Founder Dr. Steven Mintz Improves Ethical Standards in Business Through Interpersonal Skill Development

Ethics Sage Founder Dr. Steven Mintz is available for presentations that address the importance of ethical standards in business. Dr. Mintz can speak on a variety of topics related to creating a more ethical organization environment including developing interpersonal skills for any team member in a... - October 03, 2013 - Ethics Sage

bestattorneysonline.com Named Media Partner at Knowledge Congress' Patent Infringement Reasonable Royalty Damages Strategies In Light of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions

bestattorneysonline.com will be KC’s media partner for its upcoming webcast entitled: “Patent Infringement Reasonable Royalty Damages Strategies In Light of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions,” scheduled for October 8, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET). For more details about this... - October 03, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

bestattorneysonline.com Named Media Partner at Knowledge Congress' Understanding Anti-Whistleblower Protocols for Companies Live Webcast

bestattorneysonline.com will be KC’s media partner for its upcoming webcast entitled: “Understanding Anti-Whistleblower Protocols for Companies,” scheduled for November 6, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET). For more details about this event, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress. - October 03, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

iGoogle Closes in 30 Days, Over 15 Million Users to be Affected

iGoogle Closes in 30 Days, Over 15 Million Users to be Affected

Google is shutting down iGoogle in 30 days & leave an estimated 15 million without their homepage. Google remains ambiguous while thousands complain on the Google Product Forums. To fill this gap, many alternatives exist, some complex while others simple and intuitive, that offer a faster and cleaner experience than even iGoogle itself. Now is the time to tell your iGoogle-using friends to move on. - October 02, 2013 - STARTME.com

ScienceBased Health’s HydroEye® Benefits Post-Menopausal Dry Eye Sufferers in New Clinical Research

ScienceBased Health’s HydroEye® Benefits Post-Menopausal Dry Eye Sufferers in New Clinical Research

Just Published: One of the Only Controlled Trials to Show Significant Impact on Dry Eye with a Nutritional Product. More than half of peri and post-menopausal women are estimated to suffer from dry eye. Study findings published in the October issue of Cornea show that daily dietary supplementation is effective in improving symptoms and halting progression of dry eye. - October 02, 2013 - ScienceBased Health

Pacific Resort Hotel Group Dominates at 20th Annual World Travel Awards

Pacific Resort Hotel Group Dominates at 20th Annual World Travel Awards

Pacific Resort Hotel Group is once again proud to announce that Pacific Resort Aitutaki has dominated at the Asia & Australasia regional ceremony for the 2013 World Travel Awards, capturing three major titles, also qualifying the 5 star boutique resort as finalists for the "World's Leading" category. - October 02, 2013 - Pacific Resort Hotel Group - Cook Islands

Seon to Donate Bus Camera System Proceeds to Anti-bullying Efforts

Seon is pleased to kick off National Bullying Prevention Month by announcing that they will donate a portion of the proceeds of every bus camera system sold between October 1st and December 31st to anti-bullying education and awareness campaigns like, “The Bully Project.” It is expected... - October 02, 2013 - Seon Design Inc.

3D Printing Fixture Company, RapidFit, Inc. Begins Manufacturing in Michigan

3D Printing Fixture Company, RapidFit, Inc. Begins Manufacturing in Michigan

RapidFit, Inc. (part of the Materialise Group), a provider of additive manufactured (3D printed) fixture solutions for the automotive industry, announced today that it has completed the purchase of Advanced Machining Ltd. located in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. This location will now be the... - October 02, 2013 - Materialise

Storage Made Easy Provides Universal Secure Access for Cloudian Storage Clients

Storage Made Easy Provides Universal Secure Access for Cloudian Storage Clients

Storage Made Easy today announced that it now makes it easier than ever for customers of Cloudian, the market-leading cloud storage company, to access their cloud files no matter their device or location. - October 02, 2013 - Storage Made Easy

Center for Executive Excellence Announces Opening of New Office in Phoenix, AZ and the Addition of a New Senior Research Fellow

Center for Executive Excellence Announces Opening of New Office in Phoenix, AZ and the Addition of a New Senior Research Fellow

New location and addition of Dr. Chad Bogosian as Senior Research Fellow expands the geographical reach and enriches the scope of service offerings. - October 02, 2013 - Center for Executive Excellence

Businesses Wonder How Much Incentive Pay is Acceptable

Owners and CEOs of businesses today would like to move towards more incentive compensation and away from an emphasis on high salaries, according to Tom Miller, President of The VisionLink Advisory Group, a compensation consulting firm headquartered in Irvine, CA. The problem is, they don’t... - October 02, 2013 - The VisionLink Advisory Group

New Release: Literary Horror Novel "Do I Bother You At Night?"

New Release: Literary Horror Novel "Do I Bother You At Night?"

Indie Author Troy Aaron Ratliff's debuts his first novel "Do I Bother You At Night?" published in print and as an ebook. - October 02, 2013 - Troy Aaron Ratliff

BoardEvals Introduces New Board Evaluation Suite for Banks and Credit Unions

New BoardEvals Suite of Web-based Board Evaluation Tools Helps Financial Institutions Optimize the Performance of its Board of Directors and Board Committees - October 02, 2013 - BoardEvals

U.S. Federal Drug Administration Awards $40 Million Tobacco Product Policy Research Contract to SciMetrika

Population Health Consulting Firm’s Findings May Influence Regulation of Popular Tobacco Products Like Electronic Cigarettes. - October 02, 2013 - SciMetrika

a/e ProNet Holds Annual Meeting in Chicago

a/e ProNet Holds Annual Meeting in Chicago

This week, a/e ProNet will hold its annual fall meeting at the Embassy Suites Downtown/Lakefront in Chicago. a/e ProNet is a nationwide network of independent insurance brokers specializing in the professional liability needs of architects and engineers. Members from across the country will convene... - October 01, 2013 - a/e ProNet

Urban Balance Counseling Practice Opening Sixth Location in North Suburbs

Urban Balance Counseling Practice Opening Sixth Location in North Suburbs

Urban Balance, a group counseling practice founded in 2004, has expanded its therapy practice in the north suburbs with a new Northbrook location. The new office will be managed by Joyce Marter, LCPC, Owner of Urban Balance. Urban Balance has been recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business and is certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. - October 01, 2013 - Urban Balance

First Gift Card-Focused Security Company CardFlo Officially Launches

CardFlo, the gift card-focused security company that provides services critical to preventing and detecting fraud and money laundering, has just announced its company launch. With a suite of offerings that strengthen clients’ gift card operations, CardFlo is the industry’s first... - October 01, 2013 - CardFlo

HALDEY Pharmaceutical Compounding President to Address Brooklyn Physicians on Oct. 2

Dr. Emil J. Haldey will speak before an audience of doctors at the Medical Society of the County of Kings, in association with the Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn. - October 01, 2013 - HALDEY Pharmaceutical Compounding

The Knowledge Congress Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on Performance-Based Long-Term Incentive Plans: Are They Effective? How to Improve Shareholder Alignment Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two -hour webcasts. It has scheduled a live webcast entitled: “Performance-Based Long-term Incentive Plans: Are They Effective? How to... - October 01, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

H-I-P Achieves Q3 2013 Lead Output of 128,000

H-I-P Achieves Q3 2013 Lead Output of 128,000

B2B digital marketing agency exceeds Q2 2013 lead output by leveraging the latest methodologies in content marketing, lead nurture, social media engagement, content syndication and automation. - September 30, 2013 - H-I-P (High-Impact-Prospecting, LLC)

Next Generation Social Media Platform Sweeping the Globe - Naaraa.com

Next Generation Social Media Platform Sweeping the Globe - Naaraa.com

It's all in one architecture (Family/Friends, Social, Professional), private, separation, secure, user profit sharing and with over 5 million hits and thousands of users registered in the month of September alone, Naaraa.com is very quickly becoming a powerful force in Social Media. - September 30, 2013 - Naaraa.com / Naaraa LLC.

Changing Minds Through Jesus Christ Announces the Save a Life Campaign

Changing Minds Through Jesus Christ Announces the Save a Life Campaign

Announcing the "Save A Life Campaign" and the launch of a new web site to identify the cause of a problem that is affecting everyone in America. - September 30, 2013 - ChangingMindsThroughJesusChrist.com

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Links Students with Leading Mentors, Tools, and Prizes via New Startup Competition "USASBE Launch!"

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Links Students with Leading Mentors, Tools, and Prizes via New Startup Competition "USASBE Launch!"

USASBE Launch! (www.usasbelaunch.org) is a student startup competition, open to any student from any discipline from any school anywhere in the world. World class tools and industry-leading mentors are coming together to bridge the the gap between an idea and a feasible business opportunity. - September 30, 2013 - USASBE Launch

Novus Origo Awarded Information Technology Project Management Contract with the State of Montana

Novus Origo Awarded Information Technology Project Management Contract with the State of Montana

Novus Origo LLC, a San Diego based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in Management Consulting and Training Solutions Services, announces the award of a three (3) year contract by the State of Montana to provide Information Technology (IT) Project Management Services. - September 30, 2013 - Novus Origo, LLC

The Ballen Group of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas Launches Summerlin Home Division

The Ballen Group of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas Launches Summerlin Home Division

The Ballen Group of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas launches Summerlin Home Division. Although The Ballen Group has always worked and lived in Summerlin, this is a new central focus. - September 30, 2013 - Ballen Brands

Consumers Interstate Corporation Announces New President - James Morrissey Elected to Executive Team

Kenn Fischburg, CEO & Owner, of Consumers Interstate Corporation, a national business supplies company dedicated to the Lean Procurement™ of office products, today announced the appointment of James Morrissey as its President effective immediately. Mr. Morrissey brings more than 25 years... - September 30, 2013 - Consumers Interstate Corporation

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Market to Reach $8 Billion by 2017

Industry research published has revealed that the enterprise content management (ECM) market has continued to rapidly diversify. Frost & Sullivan states that the global ECM market is poised to reach nearly $8 billion by 2017. - September 30, 2013 - SoftCo Ltd

Leaderability Consulting Inc. is Now Developing Skills with Leadership Training Programs

Leaderability Consulting Inc. has just announced that the firm is taking on new clients for leadership training programs and the development of in-house training programs. Leadership training programs are effective in improving time management, providing direction and support to the team and to... - September 29, 2013 - Leaderability Consulting

J.C. Boggs, Partner, King & Spalding to Speak at KC’s Nonbank SIFIs and Asset Managers: Enforcement and Compliance Issues in 2013 Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that J.C. Boggs, Partner, King & Spalding will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Nonbank SIFIs and Asset Managers: Enforcement... - September 29, 2013 - The Knowledge Group

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