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Performance Architects Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization for the Life Sciences Industry

Performance Architects, Inc. (www.performancearchitects.com), a Platinum-level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), and a business and technology consulting company that helps organizations initiate and sustain major improvements in enterprise performance, announced today that the Performance Architects team has achieved OPN Specialized status for the Life Sciences industry. - May 19, 2012 - Performance Architects, Inc.

Best Shop Electronics Announces Highly Anticipated Grand Opening

The opening of a new online electronics store. - May 18, 2012 - Best Shop Electronics

Web, Mobile and Cloud Application Vulnerabilities can Pose a Serious Risk - Application Security Testing from Global Digital Forensics can Significantly Reduce the Threat

Web, mobile and cloud application vulnerabilities are exposing US cyber assets to serious security risks, and the threat is growing by the day. But sometimes it takes more than just common sense to push people into action, even to protect themselves. Sometimes it takes the illuminating shock... - May 18, 2012 - Global Digital Forensics

iQue Repair Announced the Grand Opening of Its Largest Store and Internet Café in Layton, Utah for Apple Mobile Device Repair and iSmart Protection Plan Servicing

iQue Repair, a leader in the iPhone repair industry specializing in the restoration of iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices and home of the iSmart Protection Plan, announced the Grand Opening of its largest store and Internet Café in Layton, Utah, serving Ogden, Kaysville, Farmington, Anchorage, Bountiful, Roy, North Salt Lake, Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. - May 18, 2012 - iQue Repair, LLC

New ServoTube Linear Motor Demonstration Added to Dunkermotor Website

Video captures encoderless tubular linear motors capable of speeds up to 250 inches per second with 12 micron repeatability. - May 18, 2012 - Dunkermotoren USA Inc.

Presque Isle Downs & Casino to Hire 100 New Employees

The Presque Isle Downs & Casino is hosting a job fair May 21 from 2-6 pm in the casino Clubhouse. The casino plans to hire 100 new employees to fill a wide variety of full and part time positions. The open positions include: Buffet Shift Supervisor, Security Officers, Track Safety, Cashiers,... - May 18, 2012 - MTR

Money Manager John Merrill to Appear on “Tim Connolly’s Winning Strategies” on Friday, May 18 at 12 pm CT

John Merrill, President and Chief Investment Officer of Tanglewood Wealth Management, Inc. will appear live on Tim Connolly’s Winning Strategies on Friday, May 18 at 12:00 p.m. CT. Listen live at noon central on Friday, May 18 on www.winningstrategies.net, CRN Digital Talk Radio Network on... - May 18, 2012 - Corporate Strategies, LLC

Felix S. Lee, Partner, Fenwick & West to Speak at KC’s Dodd-Frank: The New Office of Minority & Women Inclusion for Banks (Sec. 342) Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced that Felix S. Lee, Partner, Fenwick & West will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Dodd-Frank: The New Office of Minority & Women... - May 18, 2012 - The Knowledge Group

Samvo Group Steps Up to the Online Poker Challenge

Samvo Group along with PurpleGob.com have acquired new specialist marketing and promotions tools to take on the online poker industry. - May 18, 2012 - PurpleGob

Home-Tech Expands Operation with New Showroom & Training Center in Sarasota/Manatee

Home-Tech, Southwest Florida air conditioning, and major appliance sales and service provider, will celebrate the grand opening of its newly-built 10,400-square-foot service office, showroom and technical training center in Bradenton this week (ribbon cutting is May 17, 8:30 a.m.). Headquartered in... - May 18, 2012 - Home-Tech

MRG Document Technologies Partners with The Stonehill Group to Offer Cost Effective Closing and Post-Closing Solutions for Mortgage Lenders Nationwide

The StoneHill Group, a nationwide provider of quality control audits, fulfillment, due diligence and FHA insuring solutions for mortgage originators, announced a strategic alliance with MRG Document Technologies (MRG), a leading provider of mortgage document preparation software and mortgage... - May 17, 2012 - The StoneHill Group

DUECO, Inc. “Transfers” Extend Bucket Truck and Digger Derrick Life, with Savings of 35-40% vs. Buying New

Expert Service Teams Marry Gently Used Chassis and Attachments – A Practical Answer During This Era of Tight Budgets - May 17, 2012 - Dueco, Inc.

Lawline.com, Among Best Companies to Work for in New York

Continuing education company, Lawline.com, named one of the best companies to work for in New York State for second year in a row. - May 17, 2012 - FurtherEd

Tamara Cross is Presenting at California Mobilehome Park Seminar on 5/17/2012

Tamara Cross has been chosen to be the real estate attorney representative for the panel at the WMA's Seminar titled "Rule the Right Way." The rules and regulations of a manufactured home community are often the most frequently referred to, analyzed, and interpreted documents in the... - May 17, 2012 - The Cross Law Firm, APC

Industry Pros Continue Migration to WallachBeth Capital; More New Hires for Go-To Execution Experts

WallachBeth Capital LLC (“WB”), the institutional brokerage/execution firm specializing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), equities and options, announced its further expansion with the recent hiring of Jennica Ross, who will oversee strategic client relationships, and options and merger... - May 17, 2012 - Mischler Financial Group, Inc.

Road America Named as Finalist in 2012 American Business Awards

10th annual Stevie® Awards will be presented on June 18 in New York City and September 17 in San Francisco. - May 17, 2012 - Road America

Leveraging Social Media for Marketing and Customer Experience: Topic of MCorp Presentation at NACS 2012

MCorp executive Richard Diamond to speak at National Association of Consumer Shows Annual Conference. - May 17, 2012 - MCorp Consulting

LeadPrime Launches the New Email Sync Feature to All the Users

A recently launched product Lead Prime, the Sales Pipeline Monitoring system for SMEs in India and abroad, has become a hot tool for most of the small & Medium business owners. - May 17, 2012 - LeadPrime

Reduced Rates of 50% and New Features Increase Profit Potential for iVision Mobile's White Label Mobile Marketing Resellers

iVision Mobile reduces messaging rates by 50% for white label sms resellers and adds new features to the cutting edge platform. - May 17, 2012 - iVisionMobile

Belcan Staffing Solutions Opens Office in Saline, MI

Belcan Staffing Solutions continues to grow its customer and employee bases with the opening of its 26th location. The office in Saline, MI, joins Lansing, MI; Fountain Inn, SC; Tuscaloosa, AL; East Louisville, KY; and Cleveland, MS, as the sixth new Belcan Staffing Solutions location so far in... - May 17, 2012 - Belcan Corporation

World Leading Strengths Assessment Expands to South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Strengths Partnership, one of the world’s leading strengths-based leadership and talent assessment, development and coaching companies, today announced that it has implemented the next phase of its global expansion plans with a launch of Strengthscope™- their unique psychometric tool -... - May 17, 2012 - Strengths Partnership Ltd

InternetReputation.com Offers Internet Article Removal Service

Internet newspaper articles damaging personal and professional online reputations can be scrubbed from the Internet thanks to InternetReputation.com’s Internet newspaper article removal services. - May 16, 2012 - InternetReputation.com

Skin Care Mfg. Aids Center That Saves Ocean Mammals

Health Food Stores nationally, along with their customers, have been invited to join in a campaign to help save injured seals, giant sea turtles, dolphins and whales that wash ashore on New Jersey beaches. The effort has been initiated by Reviva Labs, manufacturer of all-natural skin care... - May 16, 2012 - Reviva Labs

Eminent Self Help Site for Website Building Suggests Easiest Ways for Creating a Website for Free

www.make-a-web-site.com, a trusted online resource for building a website, have recently introduced a new post in their blog suggesting the best available options to create a free website. The new article reveals useful information about four website building systems that can be used to create a website for free within minutes. - May 16, 2012 - Make-a-web-site.com

comCables Distributes Success

comCables has successfully entered into national distribution. - May 16, 2012 - comCables

Cheryl Shuman Signs Global “First Look” Strategic Alliance Contract with Rapid Fire Marketing (RFMK)

Shuman will Act as Company Spokesperson and to Conduct Product Placement, Marketing and Consulting Services - May 16, 2012 - Cheryl Shuman Inc.

Cleaning Service in Gaithersburg Signs with SEO Marketing Team to Entice More Maryland Web Visitors

Online browsers in the Gaithersburg, Maryland, area will soon have expanded options when it comes to professional cleaning services. As part of its new Web campaign from leading SEO marketer Prospect Genius, Ana’s House Cleaning Services, Inc., is more accessible than ever through local... - May 16, 2012 - Ana's House Cleaning Services, Inc.

Rapid Fitness Opens New Exercise Facility in Downtown Raleigh

Triangle-Based Gym and Fitness Center Chain Opens Third Location in Raleigh - May 16, 2012 - Rapid Fitness

Economic Picture for America Bleak

Is the recovery slowing down? Many economists are troubled by the March financial report. U.S. job growth in March slowed sharply to 120,000 after three straight months of 200,000 according to Marketwatch.com. - May 16, 2012 - darylgreen.org

HomecareCRM Selected as Exclusive CRM Partner by HealthWyse

After a multiyear working relationship, HomecareCRM, the industry’s leading customer relationship management solution and referral source data provider, has been selected by HealthWyse as its exclusive CRM partner. HealthWyse made this decision based on the significant benefits and growth... - May 15, 2012 - HomecareCRM

There’s No Magic to Good Cloud Based IT Support: It’s Still About Quality Service

Discover What Most IT Consultants Don’t Know or Won’t Tell You About Moving Your Company’s Network to the Cloud - May 15, 2012 - Jexet Technologies

NETOOX: Powerful Suite of Tools for Network Marketers Launched

NETOOX has recently launched its suite of lead generation, contact and team building tools. - May 15, 2012 - Netbiz Global Ltd

Adventure Boot Camp Business System Offers New Look, New Workouts, New Income Opportunity for Personal Trainers and Fitness Pros

With a recent brand update, the Adventure Boot Camp business system offers a new look and new workouts. The world’s largest boot camp business system includes more than 400 boot camps worldwide. - May 15, 2012 - John Spencer Ellis Fitness & Personal Development

Digital Menu Me Partners with Cloudtise to Expand Its Offerings in Digital Advertising

Cloudtise has partnered with Digital Menu Me to create the next generation of digital advertising display systems. Cloud advertising is gaining traction and Cloudtise is the most advance advertising Cloud-based system out there. - May 15, 2012 - Digtial Menu Me

Can Art be Guaranteed? Art Auction Guarantee Seems to Think So.

Art Auction Guarantee: leading provider of third party auction guarantees for private collectors, dealers/ galleries, art funds and auction houses worldwide. - May 14, 2012 - Art Auction Guarantee

Entrepreneur Designs Seez-it® Labels to Organize Handbags and Diaper Bags

Innovated new product to find that ringing cell phone or lost baby bottle in the bottom of a bag. Introducing Seez-it® handbag and diaper bag organizing labels that will eliminate the need to go digging through a filled bag to find the missing items. Seez-it® labels save clutter, are light weight, no extra bulk to carry and are fun to use. - May 14, 2012 - Addicks Enterprises LLC (Seez-it)

Cayenne Consulting LLC Names Shyam Jha as a Principal Consultant

Cayenne Consulting LLC names Shyam Jha as a Principal Consultant. With this, Cayenne Consulting expands its expertise in networking and hardware industries. Cayenne Consulting LLC, a leading provider of business plans and related business plan consulting services for entrepreneurs, has announced... - May 14, 2012 - Cayenne Consulting LLC

Nottingham Spirk Selects Viva La Brand to Lead Branding Efforts

Cleveland-based Viva La Brand is selected to evaluate innovation-powerhouse, Nottingham Spirk's brand. The brand strategy consulting firm is consistently chosen to lead large and small companies' brand strategy development efforts as well as their advertising agency searches. - May 14, 2012 - Viva La Brand

Waveline PhoneBook Product is Version 3.98, Many Features Added

With the launch of PhoneBook Exchange, Waveline also updated their PhoneBook product suite to version 3.98, the last update before version 4.0 will be launched. The update includes backup features as well as connectivity features with Exchange. - May 14, 2012 - Waveline Technologies Co. Ltd.

Spytek Leverages MOBOTIX Cameras to Secure Retail Chain Store in San Diego Area

Spytek Security Solutions, an industry leading systems integrator of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, today announced that USA Fragrances, a major retail chain of stores in southern California with stores in San Diego & Los Angeles counties, has deployed a complete MOBOTIX surveillance solution in all of its stores. USA Fragrances is utilizing the MOBOTIX cameras to stay current on happenings in the stores, protect its own assets, employees, customers and enhance productivity. - May 14, 2012 - Spytek Security Solutions

Corporate Risk Solutions Launches NERC CIP Security Awareness Trial Program

CRSI would like to assist their utility partners with their Security Awareness Program and Cyber Security Training Program to meet the requirements for compliance to CIP-004 R1 and R2. CRSI will be launching their exciting new programs very soon. However, before these programs are fully deployed, they are releasing a sneak preview and free trial offer of their Security Awareness Posters and Email Blasts. - May 13, 2012 - Corporate Enterprise Security, Inc.

Akshamaala and Monk Consulting Have Announced a Joint Initiative Today to Launch Market Intelligence and Research Services for the Agri-Inputs Sector

Akshamaala and Monk Consulting have announced a joint initiative today to launch market intelligence and research services for the agri-inputs sector. The initiative would address the needs of the high growth agriculture sector. There has been a significant dearth of good research and market... - May 13, 2012 - Akshamaala

The Islington Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Its 83rd Birthday in 2012

On May 24th 1929, The Islington Chamber of Commerce and Trade was “born” as a means of encouraging local business activity and support local businesses in the area. Despite many changes in the social and economic landscape the chamber has stood the test of time. They invite local... - May 13, 2012 - Islington Chamber of Commerce

Looking4Parking.com Cuts Ribbon on New Eco Premises

Leeds travel parking specialist Looking4Parking.com has officially opened a new northern headquarters at the multi award-winning eco-development Greenhouse in Leeds. - May 13, 2012 - Looking4Parking

Leader Among Boston Translation Agencies New England Translations Introduce New Proofreading Solutions

One of Boston’s top translation agencies, New England Translations has recently announced the introduction of a new business service to their broad ranging catalogue. The company’s new proofreading service is designed to help companies to communicate their plans to those in other... - May 13, 2012 - New England Translations

Global Business Development Center Announces the Addition of Actor Jorge Pallo to Speaker List & New Workshops to Existing Entrepreneurship Program for Artists

"From Starving to Striving" The Business Side of Art a South Florida based program that focuses on developing the business skills of artists announces a revised 2nd Quarter Program Schedule and once again an impressive list of program speakers which will now include Actor Jorge-Luis Pallo. - May 12, 2012 - Rainbow Marketing Inc Dba Global Business Development Center

Free New Training Video with John Spencer Ellis and Mike Mahler Offers Secrets and Strategies for Fitness Business Success

In a free online video interview, fitness pros John Spencer Ellis and Mike Mahler share their top tips for success in the fitness industry. Mahler is the author of “Live Life Aggressively: What Self-help Gurus Should Be Telling You.” - May 12, 2012 - John Spencer Ellis Fitness & Personal Development