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Internet Entrepreneur Jesse Willms Launches New Archive Website

Jesse Willms discusses the launch of his new site. He notes that it will help provide accurate and reliable news on him and his charity initiatives. - November 17, 2010 - Jesse Willms

Breitling Oil and Gas CEO to Participate in Shale Gas World Europe 2010

Breitling Oil and Gas CEO to Participate in Shale Gas World Europe 2010

Breitling CEO Chris Faulkner to participate in Shale Gas World Europe 2010. - November 17, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Texas’ Wilks Masonry Discusses with Construction Digital About the Importance of Safety and Service in the Masonry Business

The masonry contractor based in Texas has worked on all types of buildings and is renowned for its OSHA partnership. Wilks Masonry is synonymous with safety and service. The third generation masonry contractor based in Texas has developed local schools, public and government buildings for several... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

Andy and Michael Franko of Fluid-Quip Discuss Their Patent-Pending MSC™ System to Recover More Ethanol From Plants

In an interview with Energy Digital, Andy and Michael Franko of Fluid-Quip reminisce about the company’s roots, reveal how they survived the economic recession and divulge the secrets of their patent-pending maximized stillage co-products system (MSC™ System). “We see a major... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

Farmer, President of American Metal Roofs, Discusses the New Solar Power Roofing Trend and Going Green for the Future

In a report in Construction Digital Magazine, Frank Farmer, President of American Metal Roofs, discusses the company’s shift to take the product line and services to go green and implement solar panel roofing systems. In 2009, American Metal Roofs established Freedom Solar Roofing, a sister... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

Don Boyle, CAO of Haldimand County, Reveals Plans to Capitalize on Ontario’s Green Energy Act and Encourage Economic Growth in Energy Digital

In an interview with Energy Digital, Don Boyle, Chief Administrative Officer of the Haldimand County discusses increased development, clean energy and the county’s role in the Green Energy Hub. Located in Ontario, Haldimand is looking to take advantage of the Ontario Green Energy Act by... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

Mayor Dennis Travale of Norfolk County Reveals to Energy Digital How Renewable Energy Will Boost Ontario’s Economy

In an interview with Energy Digital, Mayor Dennis Travale discusses the role of renewable energy in the Norfolk County’s economic development and growth. Located in Ontario, Norfolk is looking to take advantage of the Ontario Green Energy Act by attracting green energy companies and... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

Brett Laurent, CEO of Hastie New Zealand, Discusses the Future Growth of the Company with Construction Digital

In an interview with Construction Digital, Brett Laurent, CEO of Hastie New Zealand discusses what defines Hastie, the future of green technology in HVAC and the growth of the company. “What defines Hastie is a market leadership,” he says in the interview. With Hastie New Zealand, the... - November 17, 2010 - WDM Group

50 Hz Upholstery Carpet Cleaning Machines for Cleaning Contractors

Daimer®'s new 50 Hz line of upholstery systems includes five machines with a range of pressure levels and heating options. - November 17, 2010 - Daimer Industries, Inc.

Egypt Yellow Pages Enhances Bawaba Mapping Service with Driving Directions Feature

Egypt yellow pages recently added feature for “driving directions” to enhance the electronic mapping services on the Egyptian e-government portal, Bawaba (www.egypt.gov.eg). - November 17, 2010 - Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd

Plus One Partners’ Founder Educates MBA Students at UNC Kenan-Flagler

Baker Shares Experience and Insight at Leading Local Institution. - November 17, 2010 - Plus One Partners

Highways Road Safety Consultants Launch New UK Business

Tim Spivey and Jody Foy are pleased to announce the launch of their new company designed to offer companies a proactive highway consultancy service specialising in road safety auditing. - November 17, 2010 - Highways Road Safety Consultants

Beautorium and Organica Deluxe Merge to Extend Premier Eco-Chic Site

Beautorium and Organica Deluxe Merge to Extend Premier Eco-Chic Site

Beautorium, an online marketplace for the planet’s premier collection of natural and organic beauty care, and Organica Deluxe, an online eco-friendly luxury gift boutique, have merged and introduced their combined offering. To celebrate the merger, Beautorium is offering 15% off all Organica... - November 16, 2010 - Beautorium

HikingBoots.com Kicks Off Logo Design Challenge

HikingBoots.com Kicks Off Logo Design Challenge

The online store will award an all-new MacBook Air to the contest winner. - November 16, 2010 - Cat5 Commerce

BrightCom Breaks Telepresence Price Point, Introduces New Desktop HD Video

BrightCom Breaks Telepresence Price Point, Introduces New Desktop HD Video

BrightCom announces the new ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing solution offering onboard H.264 video encoding, 720p video quality and beating Cisco and LifeSize in price. - November 16, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.

Freebinar Announces New Social Media Features to Increase Webinar Marketing Power for Small Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations

Freebinar users can now create public profiles that integrate today’s top three social networks to promote upcoming and recorded webinars in one centralized space. - November 16, 2010 - AnyMeeting

3Q 2010 SEC Filings Now Available in ktMINE

ktMINE’s Intangibles Royalty Rates Database now contains IP licensing records filed with the SEC during the second quarter (3Q) of 2010 - November 16, 2010 - ktMINE

Atmosphere Hospitality Draws on Its Revolutionary Green "DNA" to Unveil New Select Service Prototype Adoba Eco Inn

Atmosphere Hospitality Draws on Its Revolutionary Green "DNA" to Unveil New Select Service Prototype Adoba Eco Inn

The Adoba Eco Inn is the latest green offspring from Atmosphere Hospitality Managements socially responsible LEED certified green independent brand concept. - November 16, 2010 - Adoba Eco Hotel & Suites

eBoss Announces a New Time-Saving CV Generator

eBoss Announces a New Time-Saving CV Generator

eBoss, a company that provides recruitment software and online solutions for the recruitment industry, makes finding the right candidate for the right job simple and fast. A new CV generator is now live on the eBoss database system. The new CV generator can create an HTML version of a... - November 16, 2010 - eBoss Online Recruitment Solutions

President and Officer of Nucor Building Systems, Jeff Carmean, Gives Firsthand Details of the Largest Steel Company in the U.S.

Construction Digital interviewed Jeff Carmean of Nucor Building Systems for insight into this massive steel business. - November 16, 2010 - WDM Group

Calvin Mazurenko, VP of AT Films, Offers a Peek Inside Their Agriculture and Horticulture Products

In a report in Manufacturing Digital Magazine, Calvin Mazurenko, Vice President and General Manager of AT Films North America, speaks on their polythene film products for the horticultural and agricultural marketplace. In the horticulture market, AT Films supplies customers who maintain greenhouse... - November 16, 2010 - WDM Group

JKM Manufacturing Offers a Peek Inside Their Wire Harness Company, Catering to the Defense, Aviation and Aerospace Industries

In a report in Manufacturing Digital Magazine, Chad White, CEO of JKM Manufacturing, speaks on their complex wire harness assemblies, which serves the US Department of Defense and other aviation and aerospace industries. JKM builds products used on more than 20 major platforms including guided... - November 16, 2010 - WDM Group

Jean Joaillerie Announces the Launch of Its E-Commerce Boutique Showcasing Its Debut Holiday Gift Collection

Jean Joaillerie Announces the Launch of Its E-Commerce Boutique Showcasing Its Debut Holiday Gift Collection

Jean Joaillerie located in Paris, France opened its doors to the world wide web this week to launch the debut collection of Jan Roberts jean inspired fantasy jewelry line at http://www.jeanjoaillerie.com. The debut collection features handmade limited edition pieces from the first five themes of... - November 15, 2010 - JEAN JOAILLERIE

Cougar Mountain Software Releases Cougar Dtails, a Sales Dashboard for Denali

Cougar Mountain Software's At-A-Glance Dashboards; Cougar Dtails, A Financial Dashboard and Cougar Dtails, A Sales Dashboard has given CMS users a new ability to manage their sales and accounting in a quick and accurate way. - November 15, 2010 - Cougar Mountain Accounting Software

Actionable Strategies Releases Data Governance Methodology

Actionable Strategies, a boutique consulting firm serving clients globally, released a data governance methodology designed to help clients rapidly create a data governance framework. “Consultants from Actionable Strategies have formulated data governance programs for some of the largest and... - November 15, 2010 - Actionable Strategies

San Diego Marketing Group is Bowling for Charity with an Operation Smile Bowl-A-Thon

San Diego Marketing Group is hosting a charity Bowl-A-Thon at the Kearny Mesa Bowl, on Sunday, Nov. 14 to help raise money for Operation Smile: Adopt a Smile. San Diego Marketing Group started working with Operation Smile after hearing about a friend’s experience working directly at an... - November 14, 2010 - San Diego Marketing Group

Sonitrol Pacific Operator Detects Two, Police Arrest

Police arrested two people suspected of breaking into a school after Sonitrol Pacific detected threatening activity November 7. Operator Jessica Culver received several security sensor activations from the Puget Sound area school just after 3:00 a.m. Listening to live audio inside the school,... - November 14, 2010 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific

440 Volt Electric Pressure Washers with Stainless Steel Cases

Daimer®'s Vapor-Flo® 8225 series supports electric pressure and heating in systems designed for commercial applications, such as cleaning machinery. - November 14, 2010 - Daimer Industries, Inc.

Pacific Crest Group and Alliance Counsel to Speak on “Buying, Dying, or Selling? 10 Ways to Increase the Value of Your Business”

Leading Business Strategist and Legal Expert Explain How Business Owners Can Rethink their Exit Strategy for Maximum Returns - November 14, 2010 - Pacific Crest Group

US Direct Protect Was on The Lifetime Channel's The Balancing Act to Explain Vehicle Service Contracts

US Direct Protect Was on The Lifetime Channel's The Balancing Act to Explain Vehicle Service Contracts

Vehicle Service Contract provider US Direct Protect was on The Balancing Act to explain the benefits of having your vehicle covered. - November 13, 2010 - National Warranty Services dba US Direct Protect

Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Spud of Breitling-Trinity #2

Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Spud of Breitling-Trinity #2

Breitling Oil and Gas announces it has spud the Breitling-Trinity #2 oil and gas prospect in Nueces County, TX. - November 13, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas

Optima Consulting Joins Open Text’s SAP Competency Partner Program

Optima Consulting Joins Open Text’s SAP Competency Partner Program

Optima Consulting today announced that it has strengthened its partnership with Open Text, by joining its SAP Competency Partner Program. This expanded partnership with Open Text is an integral component of Optima’s commitment to enhancing and expanding the reach and capabilities of its SAP... - November 13, 2010 - Optima ECM Consulting

Klohn Crippen Berger Co-Hosts Opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the University of Alberta

Klohn Crippen Berger Co-Hosts Opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the University of Alberta

Members of the government, public and private sectors came together to celebrate the opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the Centennial Centre for or Interdisciplinary Science on Monday, November 8th, 2010. Klohn Crippen Berger co-hosted the event which included a cocktail reception and a... - November 13, 2010 - Klohn Crippen Berger

AT&S Opens New Sales Office in St. Louis

AT&S Opens New Sales Office in St. Louis

American Trailer & Storage, Inc (AT&S) began providing storage and transportation solutions in 1994. AT&S looks forward to expanding its presence in the Saint Louis market. - November 13, 2010 - American Trailer & Storage, Inc.

SEO Consult Announce Website Re-launch

SEO Consult Announce Website Re-launch

SEO Consult are delighted to announce the re-launch of their company website, which they believe offers an improved user experience, a wealth of industry knowledge and FAQs through their resource centre and new information about their new social media and reputation management services. The most... - November 13, 2010 - Click Consult

Trailer-Lift Hits the Jackpot in Vegas

Trailer-Lift Hits the Jackpot in Vegas

Trailer Lift Ltd, a company based in the UK has won the prestigious Global Media Award at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Their new product Trailer-Lift looks like a traditional vehicle trailer but incorporates a specially adapted scissor lift. The company has been developing the product... - November 13, 2010 - Trailer Lift Ltd

Lorac Virtual Solution's New E-Book Shows How to Start a Virtual Assistant Business

Carol Ann Quibell has spent hours training, researching, and networking with others to learn how to become a Virtual Assistant and now she is sharing her information in an e-book “Start a Virtual Assistant Business.” - November 13, 2010 - Lorac Virtual Solutions

CIO Healthcare Summit Partners with Healthcare IT News

The CIO Healthcare Summit team announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Healthcare IT News. - November 13, 2010 - CDM Media

Antibacterial Steam Cleaners with Low-Cost Brush Replacements

Daimer® slashes prices of backup brushes for its 8323-160CP machines to as little as one-eighth of what other parts companies charge. - November 13, 2010 - Daimer Industries, Inc.

Karl’s Appliance Store in Fairfield, NJ Hosts 2nd Annual Appliance Event for Kitchen & Bath Professionals

A leading appliance source for architects, designers, engineers, and the construction industry, Karl's Appliance recently hosted an industry networking event at their Fairfield, NJ High-end Appliance Store and Showroom. - November 13, 2010 - Karl's Appliance

Security Management Consulting Named on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.

Sub Head: Security Management Consulting has earned a ranking of 4415 on the 2010 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. - November 13, 2010 - Security Management Consulting

Mechdyne Expands Its Technical Operations

Mechdyne Corporation announces the opening of a major addition to its Technical Center, located in Marshalltown, Iowa. Mechdyne, which is headquartered in Marshalltown, is a turnkey technology solutions provider, enabling discovery and innovation for many of the world's most technologically... - November 13, 2010 - Mechdyne Corporation

A Match Made in Heaven?: Cloud-Based MetaFlows Inc. Partners with Cybersift for High-Performance Network Security Monitoring

A Match Made in Heaven?: Cloud-Based MetaFlows Inc. Partners with Cybersift for High-Performance Network Security Monitoring

Cloud-Based High-Performance Network Security Partnership to be Showcased at SC10’s SCinet - November 12, 2010 - MetaFlows, Inc.

Digital World Experts Share Their Secrets for the Use of Corporate Social Networks in Latin America

In the November issue, Latino Business Review presents the best tips to use social networks in corporate business and some tools that will positively influence this transformation. Find out how companies such as Dell and Greenpeace base their success in integration, cooperation and information... - November 12, 2010 - WDM Group

Experts Present Basic Tips to Optimize a Blog in Latino Business Review

Learn in this publication the best basic tips to increase popularity in blogs, to get more readers and have reported success. - November 12, 2010 - WDM Group

LBR Presents Tips to Optimizing Blogs and Maximizing a Presence in Social Network in This Month’s Issue of Latino Business Review

In this edition, LBR presents useful and effective tips to help optimize a blog and maximize its presence in social networking. - November 12, 2010 - WDM Group

The Most Effective Tools for E-Procurement in Latino Business Review

Yvan Gaston Rodriguez, Senior Materials Manager of Navico Mexico addresses one of the most effective tools to organize production and the distribution processes using E-Procurement. - November 12, 2010 - WDM Group

Hazel Blackmore, Executive Director of ITAM, Exposes the Important Influence of Green Technology

In the November issue, read about important green influences and why green technology has become a necessary tool. In an interview with LBR, Professor Hazel Blackmore, Executive Director of the Center for Interamerican Studies and Programs ITAM, talks about the growth of green technologies in... - November 12, 2010 - WDM Group

NuU Unlimited Contribute to Chicago’s Bottomless Closet, “Design & Conquer”

NuU Unlimited Contribute to Chicago’s Bottomless Closet, “Design & Conquer”

Bottomless Closet, a Chicago organization that aid low-income women dress for success and provide business professional guidance, gathered for “Design and Conquer” with the help of NuU Unlimited on Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 5:30PM – 9:00PM at DIRTT Environmental Solutions on Wells Street. - November 12, 2010 - NuU Unlimited

Up Hypnosis Institute Holds Open House in Palm Harbor, FL., on November 20

Local Professional Hypnotherapists offer free informative talks and demonstrations, prizes and refreshments at a free Open House event at UP Hypnosis Institute in Palm Harbor, FL, on November 20, from 10 am to 3 pm. - November 12, 2010 - UP Hypnosis Institute

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