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Flawed Applicant Tracking Systems Frustrate Job-Seekers and Contribute to the Skills Gap and Unemployment Crisis
Leading career site Quintessential Careers unveils report examining issues presented by Applicant Tracking Systems and how job-seekers can succeed when applying for jobs online. - January 28, 2013 - Quintessential Careers
Susie's Estate Sales and Key Estate Sales Unite for Complete Service
Chicago's two leading estate liquidation firms, Susie's Estate Sales and KEY Estate Sales have teamed up to bring estate sale clients and customers twice the resources, twice the sales and twice the results. These companies service the entire Chicago area including all suburbs, Northwest Indiana, Southern Wisconsin and now Key West, FL and the Florida Keys. - January 27, 2013 - Susie's Chicago land Estate Sales
John G. Gaffney Earns Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Designation
John G. Gaffney earns designation as a Associate in Risk Management (ARM), a highly respected credential of the risk management and property-casualty insurance industry. - January 27, 2013 - Coverage Solutions Inc
Fashion Designers Unite with Cancer Patients at PLITZS NYC Fashion Show Charity Fundraising Gala
Bringing awareness to cancers of the liver, fashion designers and cancer patients from across the United States have partnered to raise funds for YES! BeatLiverTumors.org. - January 27, 2013 - Say YES to Hope
BDA Advises on Divestment of Shanghai Elsker to J&J
Top ranked, fast growing Chinese consumer brand sold to global leader; Secures highly successful exit for founder and private equity backers. - January 26, 2013 - BDA Partners Ltd
Storage Made Easy Update Its Android Unified Cloud File Manager Client and Makes It Free
Storage Made Easy today announced an update to their unified Android Cloud File Manager client and made it free for all users, rather than just business users. - January 26, 2013 - Storage Made Easy
Job Site Goes National as Care & Disability Sector Defies Trend with Thousands of New Jobs
The award winning carecareers job site is about to go national as the disability and care sector defies the job market trend with thousands of new jobs. - January 26, 2013 - carecareers
Christopher Halloran, Senior Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP to Speak at KC’s US Export Controls & Defense Trade Controls Program: What You Need to Know in 2013 Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Christopher Halloran, Senior Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “US Export Controls & Defense Trade Controls... - January 26, 2013 - The Knowledge Group
DeForest McDuff, Ph.D., Vice President, Quant Economics, Inc. to Speak at KC’s How to Prove Reasonable Royalty in Patent Damages Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that DeForest McDuff, Ph.D., Vice President, Quant Economics, Inc., will speak at a two-hour webcast entitled “How to Prove Reasonable Royalty in Patent... - January 26, 2013 - The Knowledge Group
VMZINC, Brand of Umicore, the Most Sustainable Company in the World
Umicore has been ranked as the most sustainable company in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index. The index is published annually since 2005 by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment research company based in Toronto, Canada. Umicore achieved the top... - January 26, 2013 - VMZINC
Talk Fusion Announces Mobile Video Email App for Android Coming Soon
Fusion On the Go makes it easy for anyone, anywhere to stay in touch with friends, family and customers, sharing videos & personal messages. - January 26, 2013 - Talk Fusion
Monitoring and Analyzing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Funding Announcements
Rostyk Hursky, Senior Advisor of Business Intelligence with the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) will present an executive insight session on how RFPs can be utilized to gather competitive intelligence and drive business development on Wednesday, May 8 at the 28th Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) International Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fl. - January 26, 2013 - Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
Brian Ruane, Executive Vice President and Director, Real Estate and Hotel Practice Group, Willis to Speak at KC’s REITs in 2013 and Beyond Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Brian Ruane, Executive Vice President and Director, Real Estate and Hotel Practice Group, Willis will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast... - January 26, 2013 - The Knowledge Group
Consolidated Operations Group, Inc. Receives 2012 Best of Chicago Award
For the fourth consecutive year, the US Commerce Association (USCA) has selected Consolidated Operations Group, Inc. (“COG”) for the Best of Chicago Award in the Consulting category. The USCA recognizes businesses that enhance the positive image of their respective industry through exceptional service to their clientele. Nationwide, only 1 in 250 (less than half of 1%) 2012 Award recipients qualified as Four Time Award Winners. - January 25, 2013 - Consolidated Operations Group, Inc.
comCables Continues to Grow Sales Team
David Meyers and Mike Wright join the growing comCables Team - January 25, 2013 - comCables
Strategy: It’s Not Bragging If You Can Do It -- May 7 Orlando, Fl
Mark Chussil of Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. will present an interactive session on advanced strategic thinking on Tuesday, May 7 at the 28th Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) International Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, FL. - January 25, 2013 - Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
Industry Intelligence Webinar: Integrated Reporting—the Next Frontier in Sustainability Transparency
Aleen Bayard of Footprint Partners and Mike Krzus of Mike Krzus Consulting examine the benefits of integrated reporting in an i2live webinar on February 6, 2013 - January 25, 2013 - industry intelligence, inc.
New Business Coaching and Training Center Available to San Diego Business Owners
Karie Kaufmann’s ActionCOACH Office Relocates to Mission Valley. - January 25, 2013 - ActionCOACH Karie Kaufmann
Burj Al Arab, Dubai Receives Seven Stars Award
The Seven Star team’s most recent travel agenda included a review of the “world's most luxurious hotel,” Burj Al Arab. The Seven Stars team presented the Seven Stars Award in December 2012 after an review of Dubai's most iconic building to the management and staff of Burj Al Arab. "The level of service we experienced during our stay at Burj Al Arab was what one would expect from a true Seven Stars hotel," said Mr. Buehrmann, President of Seven Stars and Stripes. - January 24, 2013 - Seven Stars
Government Contract Opportunities on the Rise for Small Business
Business Thru Government Forsees Big Year in Government Work - January 24, 2013 - Business Thru Government, Inc
At the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, at Booth #891, A New Kind of Putter Will Be Unveiled; the Innovative Point N Putt Putter from PNP Golf - Wows the Golf World
This week the leaders in golf gear from around the world will gather in Orlando, Florida to showcase their new products at the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show's 60th Anniversary. Among those will be the creators of the Point N Putt Putter and PNP RAKE Wedge Series, and proclaimed short game innovators, PNP Golf. - January 24, 2013 - Point N Putt
Real Estate Investor Website Marketing Tools That Drive Real Estate Investing
A real estate investing company that also develops real estate investor websites, www.RealEstateInvestorswebsites.net, has released an upgraded website with more integrated advanced marketing features. Real estate investors can now convert more website visitors to closed real estate deals. In the... - January 24, 2013 - RealEstateInvestingWebSites.com
Siana Crowned Open Mic UK Winner
A sixteen year-old music student from Berkshire has been named as the winner of the national Open Mic UK competition at The O2 in London. Siana was crowned champion in front of a capacity crowd at IndigO2 on Saturday night taking home a recording and development deal. Her own original song... - January 24, 2013 - Future Music
Visionary People’s Natasha Davis-Bowen Gets Inducted Into the City
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Rockdale-Conyers Business community & Chamber of Commerce officially inducted the Chief Visionary, Natasha Davis-Bowen with the official welcome into the city. - January 24, 2013 - Visionary People
Stonefield Query Reporting Solution for Sage 300 ERP Version 4.3
Stonefield Software Inc. is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of Stonefield Query for Sage 300 ERP (formerly known as Sage Accpac ERP). There are several new features in this latest version. - You can now create batch reports. A batch report automatically runs several reports,... - January 24, 2013 - Stonefield Software Inc.
Clearent Continues Rapid Growth with Record 2012
Today Clearent released its 2012 results, realizing a compound annual growth rate of 100% and processing nearly $3 billion worth of transactions in 2012. - January 24, 2013 - Clearent
Admiral Movers Explains the High Cost of Unsecure Montgomery Medical Record Moving and Storage
Hiring a Professional Montgomery Medical Record Moving and Storage Company - January 24, 2013 - Admiral Movers
National Futures and Commodities Exchange Reorients Its Marketing Strategy to Centralize on Its Vast Diversified Offerings
National Futures and Commodities Exchange released an official statement today expressing it is reorganizing its marketing strategy to concentrate on a more comprehensive set of broader and integral propositions. - January 24, 2013 - National Futures and Commodities Exchange
Wildcat Discovery Technologies and 3M to Work Together on New Battery Materials Project
Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a technology company that uses proprietary high throughput methods to rapidly develop new battery materials, announced today that it has started work on a new battery materials research contract with 3M, a global leader in bringing innovative new technologies to... - January 23, 2013 - Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell Announces Bret L. Cogdill as Special Counsel
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell is pleased to announce Bret L. Cogdill as Special Counsel (effective from January 1, 2013). Bret is a 2001 graduate of the University of Denver, College of Law and was awarded an internship with the State Department, serving at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo,... - January 23, 2013 - Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC
Planet Technologies Receives 100% Ratings in 10 of 13 Categories in Latest Microsoft Survey. Company Beats Overall National Microsoft Partner Average by Nearly 30%.
Planet Technologies, the leading Microsoft IT consulting and services partner, announced today that they have received 100% scores in 10 out of 13 survey areas in the latest Microsoft Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) survey. Most notably, Planet received 100% for customer satisfaction, customer loyalty... - January 23, 2013 - Planet Technologies
Consolidebtllc Warns USA Citizens to be Careful with Their Credits
The question about refundable fees in debt relief organizations is still open; however in case of unavoidable matters the debtor shall have the opportunity to get all moneyback. - January 23, 2013 - Consolidebt LLC
OilSpillClaims.org Needed as BP Claims Continue to Be Filed
Farr Law Firm saw the need for a comprehensive website to answer frequent questions and describe the claims process as more claims continue to be filed. The new website is OilSpillClaims.org. - January 23, 2013 - Farr Law Firm
2013 "Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business Opportunities" Announced
DiversityBusinessdotcom today announced the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities." Over 1,300,000 diversity business owners participated in an online election to determine the “Top” fifty organizations and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was named the #1... - January 23, 2013 - DiversityBusiness.com
Domestic Help Can Now be Verified Online with Ease
Having verified more than 10 million checks across 10 industry sectors AuthBridge has started its new service "IndiaVerify," a verification service for individual customer to verify domestic help, drivers, tenants & prospective marriage partners. - January 23, 2013 - AuthBridge Research Services Pvt Ltd
SPIE UK Invests in a New Network Infrastructure for Their Head Office in London
SPIE UK selected ISG technology as their network infrastructure provider, aiming to improve stability of the environment and cater to the company’s future growth. - January 23, 2013 - ISG technology
Invata Intralogistics Partners with the Gebhardt Group
Invata forming strategic U.S. partnership with leading global supplier of intralogistic systems. - January 23, 2013 - Invata Intralogistics
US Economy Likely to Improve in 2013
A new survey by Money Journal.com shows that the U.S. economy is likely to improve in 2013, despite headwinds facing the nation. - January 22, 2013 - Money Journal
NYC Commercial Sales Volume Shoots Up by 73% in 2012
The fourth quarter of 2012 saw the NYC commercial sales volume shoot up by 73% from the previous quarter. The $11.1 billion recorded in Q4 2012 was the highest quarterly value in the last 5 years and lead to an overall increase of 4% in 2012 compared to 2011. The number of commercial transactions... - January 22, 2013 - PropertyShark.com
Visual PLM.net Gets Tighter Design Integration with Version 2 Illustrator Plug In
Version 2 of the Adobe Illustrator Plug-In extends interoperability of the popular design and fashion PLM solutions with the addition of robust image management and product editing tools. - January 22, 2013 - Visual 2000 International
Six Berger Kahn Attorneys Named to the List of Super Lawyers with Top Honors in the Lists of "Southern California Top 100" and "Orange County Top 50"
Fewer than five percent of attorneys receive the Super Lawyers recognition and this year, all six Berger Kahn principals have been named to the list of Southern California Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional... - January 21, 2013 - Berger Kahn
Financial Institutions Expert Pinchus D. Raice to Speak at KC’s Bank Mergers: Significant Issues for 2013 and Beyond Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory-focused webcasts, has announced today that Pinchus D. Raice, Partner at Pryor Cashman LLP, will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast: “Bank Mergers: Significant Issues for 2013 and... - January 21, 2013 - The Knowledge Group
Bank Sales Consulting Firm Clarity Advantage Appoints Lars Eller as Director of Sales and Marketing
Nick Miller, president of the bank sales consulting firm Clarity Advantage, selects banking executive Lars Eller to lead the company’s sales and marketing team. - January 21, 2013 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
Michele Brown Awarded Commercial Realtor of the Year
The South Bay Association of Realtors presented the Commercial Realtor of the Year 2012 award to A. Michele Brown, President of Real Estate Professionals, Keller Williams South Bay. Michele is a Director of KW Commercial Real Estate. The SBAOR Installation of Officers and Awards Banquet was held... - January 20, 2013 - Real Estate Professionals, Michele Brown
Enterprise Risk Management: Strengthening the Risk Resiliency Model
American Leaders promotes Enterprise Risk Management: Strengthening the Risk Resiliency Model, a two day forum consisting of 40 minute presentations and interactive panels. - January 20, 2013 - American Leaders
Move Your Business Forward in 2013 with New Digital Trends in Ingenex’s January #DigitalChat
Leading Digital Marketing firm announces latest #DigitalChat on “Navigating New Trends in 2013,” Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, 3-4 p.m. EST. - January 20, 2013 - Ingenex Digital Marketing
Complimentary Webinar: "Business Continuity for High-Tech Supply Chain"
Register now for the SGS global webinar titled "Business Continuity for High-tech Supply Chain" on January 30, 2013." The webinar is complimentary and free of charge. - January 20, 2013 - SGS
Million Puppet March Returns to DC for Presidential Inauguration Parade
Million Puppets announced that the Million Puppet March is returning to Washington, DC, for the Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 21, 2013 as part of their ongoing efforts to show support for public broadcasting. Participants can also march virtually using social media and the... - January 19, 2013 - Million Puppets
Christopher Esposito, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP to Speak at KC’s New FASB Fair Value Disclosure Requirements (ASU 2011-04) Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Christopher Esposito, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “New FASB Fair Value Disclosure... - January 19, 2013 - The Knowledge Group
EQHSMS Certification Completed by Parswnath Dyechem
EQHSMS Certification completed by Parswnath Dyechem with help of GMG. At present the Company has an efficient organization comprising a team of dedicated professional personnel in all areas of management. - January 19, 2013 - Global Manager Group