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Joint Forces to Protect Children from Sex Tourism: Development Partnership with the Private Sector Supporting The Code
Four of the world’s leading tourism companies together with GIZ and The Code launch a joint project to combat child sex tourism. Project partners: TUI Travel; Accor group; Kuoni Group and ITB aim to ensure and inspire action on the issue, through testing and optimization of the tools put in... - November 08, 2012 - The Code
The Boulder Group Awarded Disposition Assignment of a Net Leased Walgreens Portfolio Valued at $49 Million
The investment sales team will be led by Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group who are marketing the portfolio on behalf of a private investment company. - November 08, 2012 - The Boulder Group
Dorf & Nelson LLP Welcomes New Partner in Corporate Practice Department
On Monday, November 5, 2012, Martha J. Flanders joined Dorf & Nelson LLP as a partner in the Corporate Law practice area. Ms. Flanders has been practicing corporate law for over 30 years at several prestigious New York City firms. Most recently, she has been a partner at Cozen O’Conner where she practiced in the Corporate Law Group. - November 08, 2012 - Dorf & Nelson LLP
Maximize Employee Health with Positive Promotions' Fun Maintain Don’t Gain Holiday Challenge
Only the turkey should be stuffed this holiday season. Fun and educational employee wellness programs like Positive Promotions inexpensive Maintain Don’t Gain Holiday Challenge supports health risk management by helping to reduce employee health risks and healthcare costs. - November 08, 2012 - Positive Promotions
J. Steven Baughman, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP to Speak at KC’s The America Invents Act 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. Steven Baughman, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “The America Invents Act in 2013 LIVE Webcast.” This... - November 08, 2012 - The Knowledge Group
DAVACO Offers Comprehensive Hospitality Solution for Property Improvement Plans (PIPs)
DAVACO announced today that the company can help hotel brands execute their property improvement plans (PIPs) with greater efficiency, speed-to-market, and quality control. - November 08, 2012 - DAVACO, Inc.
Rikard D. Lundberg, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP to Speak at KC’s The JOBS Act and Its Impact on Capital-Raising LIVE Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced that Rikard D. Lundberg, partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “The JOBS Act and Its... - November 08, 2012 - The Knowledge Group
New England Translations Helps Businesses Break Barriers with Quality Language Translation Services in Boston
As business owners come to the realization that the days of losing leads due to language barriers are over, they're taking swift action in seeking language translation services to help them communicate quickly and effectively with other companies across the the globe. - November 08, 2012 - New England Translations
EyeFive, Inc Releases 30 New Products
Now you can purchase all of EyeFive products at the discounted price they used to offer for orders of 1,000 - 1,999 bottles. Simply meet EyeFive's minimum order of 72 bottles and you will pay what the big buyers used to get. - November 07, 2012 - EyeFive
Shopping Blog and Reviews Superstore MyReviewsNow.net Features Umi Deal of the Month
MyReviewsNow.net’s affiliate partner Umi Shoes has launched its November Umi Deal of the Month. For a limited time, people who shop online can save big on a pair of top quality Reeves shoes for boys in either black or brown. - November 07, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
VisualCalc Announces New Retirement Planning Tool for Retirement Plan Administrators
VisualCalc today announced the availability of the VisualCalc™ Retirement Planning Tool. The VisualCalc Retirement Planning Tool is a web-based customer self-service tool that retirement plan administrators, including third party administrators and plan sponsors, can offer their plan participants to help them properly prepare for their retirement. - November 07, 2012 - VisualCalc
Wes Ball and Don Hase Are Once Again Named as Texas SuperLawyers
Texas SuperLawyers has named local criminal defense attorneys Wes Ball and Don Hase as Texas SuperLawyers for 2012. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in the State receive this honor. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Mr. Ball... - November 07, 2012 - Ball & Hase, PC
Online Holiday Shopping Mall MyReviewsNow.net Spotlights the Last Chance Christmas Sale with Affiliate Time and Gems
MyReviewsNow.net is spotlighting a new holiday promotion from affiliate partner Time and Gems. From now until 12/20, shoppers can save up to $1500 in high end luxury watches in the Last Chance Christmas Sale. - November 07, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
Sharecare Names Sherri Snelling to Top 10 List for Influencers on Alzheimer's disease and Caregiving
Sharecare, the online site created by Dr. Oz, released its first Top 10 Influencers on Alzheimer's disease naming Sherri Snelling #4 on the list based on her blogs about dementia and caregiving. - November 07, 2012 - Caregiving Club, Inc.
Wolf-Tek Continues Its Expansion with the Upcoming New Release of WolfGIS; Wolf-Pak Consulting Service; Dog-Lock, Pin-Pix and Joint Ventures
Wolf-Tek is continuing to expand its integrated GIS and GPS product and service offerings. They are working with leading providers of these products and services to provide unique capabilities into more areas of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) integration. Please visit www.wolf-tek.com. - November 07, 2012 - Wolf-Tek
BDA Advises Larsen MacColl Partners on Sale of S&S Worldwide Inc
BDA is pleased to announce that its client, Larsen MacColl Partners, a private equity fund based in Philadelphia, PA, has sold a majority stake in its portfolio company, S&S Worldwide Inc (“S&S”), one of the leading amusement ride and roller coaster manufacturers in the world. - November 07, 2012 - BDA Partners Ltd
VS Associates Inc. Announces Critical Tax Saving Strategies Just in Time for 2012
VS Associates, Inc. announced today a series of upcoming seminars on tax saving planning for 2012. Every year taxpayers needlessly over-pay their taxes and there's still time to apply strategies this year that can protect individuals from paying unnecessary taxes. The host and Instructor of the... - November 07, 2012 - VS Associates, Inc.
Harry Nelson, Co-Founder, Fenton Nelson to Speak at KC’s Legal Series: Understanding Food and Drug Administration’s Consent Form Requirements Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Harry Nelson, Co-Founder, Fenton Nelson, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Legal Series: Understanding Food and Drug Administration’s... - November 07, 2012 - The Knowledge Group
World Class Installations, Inc., Also Known as "the Electronic Locksmith" Addresses the Onity Hotel Lock Hacking
As most people are now aware, vulnerability has been identified in the Onity HT series locks. This vulnerability allows someone to make a device that can mimic the open feature of a portable programmer and give them access to the hotel room. - November 07, 2012 - World Class Installations
Ovation Incentives Climbs the Sunday Times Tech Track List
Ovation Incentives, a global performance improvement company specialising in staff motivation and incentive services, announces that their business’ performance has improved on the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 list. Ovation Incentives has secured 54th place on the latest Sunday Times... - November 07, 2012 - Ovation Ltd
Online Mega Mall MyReviewsNow.net Announces Exclusive Wolferman's Promotion
Famous specialty food purveyor Wolferman's is offering a promotion to leading online shopping mall and consumer review hub MyReviewNow.net's shoppers this holiday season. When consumers use the code BERRY at checkout, they will be eligible to buy one Berry Breakfast Deluxe and purchase a second for 50% off the purchase price. - November 06, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
Professional Sound Services Opens New Location in New Orleans, LA
Professional Sound Services (www.pro-sound.com), one of the nation's most respected dealers of professional audio equipment providing sales, service and rental to professional sound mixers, announces the Grand Opening of a new office in New Orleans, LA on November 12, 2012. The New Orleans, LA... - November 06, 2012 - Professional Sound Services
Jetbox Introduces iC5™ Designer, an Advanced IDE for ENOVIA Configuration and Customization That Doubles Productivity and Cuts Learning Time in Half
The company offers a free, limited time download of their latest rapid development toolset for the ENOVIA platform. - November 06, 2012 - Jetbox
PA Equipment Company Aids in Sandy Relief Efforts in NY and NJ
PA Equipment Company Aids in Sandy Relief Efforts - November 06, 2012 - Best Line Equipment
Adept Marketing Recognized for Digital, Interactive Talent at Ohio Interactive Awards Receives Award for Retail Experience
Adept Marketing, located in Columbus, Ohio, receives recognition at Ohio Interactive Awards for digital, interactive talent through website design. - November 06, 2012 - Adept Marketing
Taylor Morrison Unveils Homes Inspired by Social Media Site Pinterest to Austin Homebuyers Nov. 10
Taylor Morrison is taking a cue from social media site Pinterest and unveiling homes inspired by the popular website on Nov. 10 at the grand opening of Ladera in Bee Cave. From noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, Austin home buyers will get the chance to tour two new model homes, the Florian... - November 06, 2012 - Taylor Morrison
Gray Ghost Ventures, an Impact Investment Firm in Atlanta, Hires New CEO to Lead the Indian School Finance Company
Gray Ghost Ventures (“GGV”) announced today that the Indian School Finance Company (“ISFC”), a provider of loans and financial assistance for capacity building and infrastructure expansion to affordable private schools in India, appointed Neeraj Sharma as Chief Executive... - November 06, 2012 - Gray Ghost Ventures
imail Wins Major NHS Contract
UK Mail’s innovative hybrid mailing service, imail, has won the contract for printing and mail fulfilment for the NHS in Hampshire. - November 06, 2012 - imail
A New Book, "Excel Pies and Other Recipes to Make Your Data More Digestible," Teaches How to Best Use Microsoft Excel 2010 to Create Standard and Custom Charts
Author Artur Paskar Shares His Experience on How to Create Standard and Custom Charts Which Are Easily Understood and Provide an Effective Way to Communicate Data. - November 05, 2012 - ChartRecipes
California Search - New Local Business and Travel Directory in California
California Search - CaliforniaSearch.net is New business listing directory, developed for Californian business owners to establish a significant online presence or a consumer to find the very best products, services, entertainment in California. - November 05, 2012 - CaliforniaSearch.net
MarketMover BusinessIQ Provides Business Users with Advanced Data Analytics Capabilities
Sentrana's MarketMover BusinessIQ reporting tool that allows business users to effortlessly analyze operating data from disparate sources to derive insights about their customers, their products, and their customers’ customers. - November 05, 2012 - Sentrana, Inc.
Gloria Larkin Guest Speaking for Aronson LLC’s November 7th Webinar
The webinar, titled “Positioning to Win in 2013: Refresh Your Capability Statement” includes TargetGov President Gloria Larkin as a subject matter expert and guest speaker. - November 04, 2012 - TargetGov at Marketing Outsource Associates
Z. H. TANK Hosts Webinar on Corporate Competitiveness Gains Through Legal Risk Management
Risk management has traditionally been about mitigating or, ideally, eliminating risks inherent in the daily business of corporations. But a new trend looks to make legal risk management part of an enterprise's core competitiveness. As part of its ongoing webinar series providing business... - November 04, 2012 - Z. H. STUDIO
Downtown Los Angeles Loft Market, Now Hotter Than Ever, Moves to Pocket Listings
As prices rise and inventory shrinks of Downtown Los Angeles lofts and condos, buyers relay on agents with plentiful pocket listings. - November 03, 2012 - L.A. Loft Blog
Daimer Launches Pressure Washer with Remote Activation Technology
A new technology allows those using electric pressure washers to control the machine's power from the wand, eliminating the need to return to the machine. Operators can maximize productivity. - November 03, 2012 - Daimer Industries, Inc.
GIA to Participate in South Korea’s First Market Intelligence Conference, Organized by 3mecca
Global Intelligence Alliance will be participating in the first conference on strategic market intelligence to be held in Seoul on November 22, 2012. - November 03, 2012 - Global Intelligence Alliance Group
Oliver Wight Release New White Paper on Managing Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
Oliver Wight’s new white paper ‘Managing Vulnerabilities and Opportunities using Integrated Business Planning’ helps businesses prepare for the future, even in the most volatile market. - November 03, 2012 - Oliver Wight Asia Pacific
Leading Online PC & Internet Support Portal MyReviewsNow.net Spotlights Cloud Hosting from New Affiliate NetHosting
Online small business resource center and consumer review hub MyReviewsNow.net's affiliate partner NetHosting has made the bold guarantee that small businesses can count on uptime 100 percent of the time with cloud hosting. Businesses of all sizes are shifting to this new way of managing their vital data and information. NetHosting makes it both affordable and secure. - November 02, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
BostonCedar.com Goes Mobile
Due to the ubiquitous nature of changing technology, on-the-go mobile Web surfing is now viewed by many as the "new Web." Mobile users demand easily accessible content at their fingertips from virtually anywhere. For that reason, Boston Cedar has launched a mobile-device friendly version of its award-winning website. - November 02, 2012 - Boston Cedar
FinSer Uses Storage Made Easy Cloud Service Broker with RackSpace Cloud Storage
FinSer, a financial services company, based in San Antonio, Texas, today announced with Storage Made Easy its use of the SME Cloud Service Broker dedicated appliance for managing its RackSpace Cloud Storage. The Cloud Service Broker from SME is hosted on a dedicated Linode instance for FinSer and... - November 02, 2012 - Storage Made Easy
Nevada Litigation Firm Named Among Best Law Firms in America
Bailey Kennedy and Three Partners Recognized by U.S. News-Best Lawyers - November 02, 2012 - Bailey Kennedy, Attorneys At Law
Pinnacle Wealth Management Adds Burns, Director of Business Development
Pinnacle Wealth Management of Brighton, Adds Nadine Burns as the Director of Business Development. - November 02, 2012 - Pinnacle Wealth Management
Afton Medical Releases New Titanium Hormone Pellet Insertion Trocar
Afton Medical LLC, today announced the release of their new line of Titanium hormone pellet insertion trocars for use with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). The Titanium trocars are available in two sizes to accommodate the most common pellets available on the market both 4.5mm-150mg-200mg pellets and 3.0mm, 6 mg-125mg pellets. - November 02, 2012 - Afton Medical LLC
SmC Completes 600,000 Square-Foot Expansion to Its North American Headquarters
SMC Corporation of America has completed its latest 600,000 square-foot expansion to boost total facility space to 1.5 million square feet in its North American headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana. - November 02, 2012 - SMC Corporation of America
FISC Solutions Named a Best Places to Work in Maine Company
FISC Solutions, a leading back office services provider, has been named as one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for the second year in a row. - November 02, 2012 - FISC Solutions
Bam! Talk Fusion Euro Now Event an Incredible Success
3 days of celebration, recognition, live Diamond Rush training & "sneak peek" at World’s First Video Newsletters thrill thousands of Independent Associates from more than 60 countries around the world. - November 02, 2012 - Talk Fusion
SkyREPORT Interface Builder Adds Import Capability for Faster, Better Integration
SkyREPORT 3.9 adds import capability to its fast, interactive interface builder. - November 02, 2012 - SkySparc
Kansas City-Based Company InvenQuery Raises 1.1 Million in Seed and Series A Investment
Growth Funding Spurs New E-Commerce Tools and a New Step toward a more Sustainable Future - November 01, 2012 - InvenQuery
Scott W. Pink, Special Counsel, DLA Piper to Speak at KC’s "Advertising Law: What's New 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 Scott W. Pink, Special Counsel, DLA Piper, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Advertising Law: What's New for 2013 and Beyond? LIVE... - November 01, 2012 - The Knowledge Group
Intacct to Sponsor Knowledge Congress' Event “Non-Profit Accounting: What You Need to Know Live Webcast” on 01/30/2013
Intacct teams up with The Knowledge Group for the upcoming webcast entitled “Non-Profit Accounting: What You Need to Know Live Webcast.” This two-hour event will be held on January 30, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET. For more information about this event and to register, please visit... - November 01, 2012 - The Knowledge Group