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Biomass Prices Throughout the US Have Been Impacted by the Federal Program BCAP, Reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

The cost for wood biomass fell in two of the major markets in the US in the 1Q 2010 partly because of the federal program BCAP, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. The federal government is currently considering different programs of how to contribution to an increased use of renewable energy sources. - May 08, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC

Two New Titles in Spring 2010 for Susan Wingate

Award-winning novelist, Susan Wingate adds two more books, in one season, to her publishing list. - May 08, 2010 - Author Susan Wingate

Miami Web Design Company Goes Modern

Evoke Design brings ModernDisplay.net back to the future. - May 08, 2010 - Evoke Design

Fort Worth Retirement Planning Firm RWMG Offers Their Newsletters Online

Robinson Wealth Management Group, an Independent Registered Investment Advisory Firm Now offers their Newsletter, "A Note From Jim" Online. - May 08, 2010 - RWMG

IvySkin Announces New Line of iPad Smartcases

IvySkin, a leader in the Apple™ accessories market, is proud to announce the iPad SmartCase™ Quattro-T5 and Xylo-T4 cases for iPad™ a brand new addition to the hugely popular Quattro™, Xylo™ and SmartCase™ series. - May 08, 2010 - ivyskin.com

Debra Dixon and Light of Gold PR to Teach “Marketing Your New Business”

Debra Dixon, CEO and President of New York based Light of Gold PR and Marketing LLC, will be one of the featured speakers at the annual “Home Based Business Series” sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. Ms. Dixon’s workshop, titled, “Marketing Your New Business” will be held in Atlanta, GA. on May 19th. And though Dixon now resides back in New York and has offices in Atlanta, she flies back every year to teach this Marketing Class that she loves to teach. - May 08, 2010 - Light of Gold PR and Marketing

LoganBritton VP Andy Flower Elected President of IOUG

LoganBritton, a technology consulting firm with over 30 years of success congratulates Andy Flower as newly elected President of the IOUG, Independent Oracle Users Group. - May 07, 2010 - LoganBritton, Inc.

American West Celebrates Grand Opening of American West Reserve

American West is thrilled to be celebrating the grand opening of their newest community, American West Reserve located in Coronado Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. The home designs range from 2,492 to 3,019 square feet. - May 07, 2010 - American West Homes

Beekman Tower Hotel Local, Law 11/98 Project Started by Basonas Construction Corp.

"The challenge," says Michael Brion, President of Basonas Construction Corp., "is performing this type of work involving heavy staging, demolition and labor/ material logistics at a highly visible and occupied hotel complex on time constrains." - May 07, 2010 - Basonas Construction Corp

Revive Energy Mints Sets Up Distributor in Beautiful Medford, Oregon

Revive Energy Mints opens a new franchise in Medford, Oregon in a push to develop a presence in the top 20 healthiest states. - May 07, 2010 - Revive Energy Mints Franchise - Revive Franchising, LLC

ktMINE Launches New Website with Focus on Global Audience

The new ktMINE website was designed to help visitors across the world, and across industries, quickly learn how ktMINE’s IP licensing documents and data can support their specific needs. - May 07, 2010 - ktMINE

ClarkMorgan and Fifty Lessons Form Strategic Partnership

ClarkMorgan Corporate Training and Fifty Lessons have formed a strategic alliance in China. Fifty Lessons, which is headquartered in Boston, owns the world’s largest digital library of business learning content, featuring 1,200 short, high-impact video lessons from Chinese and global CEOs. - May 07, 2010 - ClarkMorgan Corporate Training

Visix Opens New Expanded Headquarters

Visix, Inc., a leading digital signage software firm, relocated its Atlanta headquarters to a larger facility on April 30. The new location at 230 Scientific Drive allows the company to add 20 employees locally and expand its service offering while accelerating product development timelines. The... - May 07, 2010 - Visix, Inc.

Avanta Increases Occupancy in India

Avanta has found the perfect way to start the new financial year in India by hosting a high tea event for all clients at its Statesman House business centre in New Delhi. The event celebrated the announcement that the centre has now reached 75% occupancy following an intensive marketing campaign... - May 07, 2010 - Avanta

State-by-State Business Name Search Tool Simplifies Company Naming Process

EZOnlineFiling.com releases unique resource for DIY company name research - May 07, 2010 - EZonlineFiling, LLC

Act First Safety Offers Service Package to Assist Employers with Bill 168 Compliance

Act First Safety offers service package to assist employers with Bill 168 compliance. Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act require employers to address violence and harassment as an occupational hazard in their health and safety program. Act First Safety simplifies the process of... - May 07, 2010 - Act First Safety

Learn.com Recognized as a Leader in Bersin & Associates Adaptive Platform Study

Learn.com®, the Knowledge PlatformTM company, announced today that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, gave the company high ratings across all maturity measures for platform adaptability in its just-published report, Adaptive Talent and Learning Platforms: How Software as a Service Is Changing the Markets for Talent and Learning Systems - May 07, 2010 - Learn.com

Sacred Cow Hunters Loose in Asia

Sacred Cow Company unveils the new edition of their book "In The Company of Sacred Cows" at the HR Summit in Singapore. - May 06, 2010 - Sacred Cow Company

Brothersoft Releases the March Report of Mobile Games Software Industry

Mobile owners tend to download Sport Games with great frequency, taking about 33% of the total mobile games downloads quantity; while puzzle games only take 8% with the largest quantity of downloads. - May 06, 2010 - Brothersoft

Hard Money NYC Closes a 180k Bridge Loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY

Hard Money NYC closed a 180k bridge loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY. The loan was to pay off back taxes before a pending tax sale and to complete the rehab on three of the units. - May 06, 2010 - Hard Money NYC

Avionté Announces Launch of New Staffing Industry Blog

Avionté Staffing Software uses blog to share staffing tips, opinions and best practices - May 06, 2010 - Avionte Staffing Software

Hospital Curtain Solutions Inc. Opens Midwest Sales Office to Better Serve Area Hospitals, Clinics and Assisted Living Facilities

Hospital Curtain Solutions Inc., a leading provider of online hospital cubicle curtains and curtain track, announced today that they have opened a full-service office in Rochester Hills, MI to better serve clients in the Midwest. Hospital Curtain Solutions chose Southeast Michigan for the new... - May 06, 2010 - Hospital Curtain Solutions, Inc.

John Netto, CEO of M3 Capital, to Keynote Next High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour

John Netto, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of M3 Capital, Speaking at Upcoming High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, June 7th, Johnny Utah’s, New York City. - May 06, 2010 - Golden Networking

President of PhaseWare, Inc. Speaks to the Association for Software Engineering Excellence

Hoyt Mann presented "7 Habits of Highly Effective Customer Support Organizations" to the ASEE. - May 06, 2010 - PhaseWare, Inc.

NAPO-NY Members Volunteer to Organize Crown Heights Community Mediation Center Office

Seven of NAPO-NY members spend a few hours creating a more productive work environment for the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center. - May 06, 2010 - NAPO-NY

New White Paper Explains Why Package Design is Key to New Product Development

AcuPOLL Research Emphasizes the Importance of Packaging in Concept Execution - May 06, 2010 - AcuPOLL Research, Inc.

First Investors Corporation Celebrates Eighty Years

The year 2010 marks the eightieth anniversary of First Investors Corporation. In 1930, amidst the Great Depression, Financial Independence Founders—the predecessor firm of First Investors Corporation—was established. The Company wished to cater to the everyday, individual investor,... - May 06, 2010 - First Investors Media

Ohio Funeral Home Becomes Memorial Diamond Affiliate with DNA2Diamonds

DeJohn Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home and Cremation Services can now provide memorial diamonds and cremation jewelry to its families as a Memorial Diamond Affiliate with DNA2Diamonds. - May 06, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds

Park Lawn Cemeteries Partners with DNA2Diamonds for Memorial Diamonds

Expanding its reach, DNA2Diamonds added Park Lawn Cemeteries of Toronto, Ontario as a Memorial Diamond Affiliate to provide cremation diamonds and cremation jewelry to its families. - May 06, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds

DNA2Diamonds Adds Pennsylvania Funeral Home as Memorial Diamond Affiliate

DNA2Diamonds has expanded its Memorial Diamond Affiliate Program by adding Campbell-Ennis-Klotzbach Funeral Home, Inc., of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to provide memorial diamonds and cremation jewelry to its customers. - May 06, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds

Health and Safety Must Link Into Corporate Objectives – Universities Told

Health and Safety Professionals Must Understand The Business. Cardinus/Royal Mail Group Partnership Praised. - May 06, 2010 - Cardinus Risk Management

Strategic Alliances: Synergistic Path to Value Creation Now Available at ReportsandReports

As the first decade of the 21st century comes to an end, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a major revenue downturn. The contributing factors are the expiration of patents on a number of blockbuster drugs and the stagnant productivity of R&D. As a consequence generics are expected to seriously erode revenues and the introduction of new proprietary drugs is not adequate. - May 06, 2010 - marketsandmarkets

CommLab India Contributes to Learning Through Social Media

CommLab India, an e-learning solutions company, providing state-of-the-art elearning services including custom courseware development, customizable catalogue courses and learning solutions, now contributes to learning through social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Slideshare, Twitter, Facebook, Digg and YouTube. - May 06, 2010 - CommLab India

LeadMaster Gathers Steam in New Industry Segments - Education and Debt Settlement

Recently LeadMaster has begun to add a significant number of new clients in the education and debt consolidation industry segments. - May 06, 2010 - LeadMaster

ActForex Releases Enhanced Charting Package

New release offers unprecedented level of chart analysis, customization - May 05, 2010 - ActTrader Technologies, Inc

PR Pro Daniel Kennedy Named to Board of Global Medical Relief Fund

Global Medical Relief Fund, the New York-based org. that aids amputee children from around the world, names international PR pro Daniel Kennedy of New York City to its advisory board. - May 05, 2010 - Daniel Kennedy Communications Services

The Chairmen’s RoundTable Members Get Coached by Bill Walton

Hall of Fame basketball player was guest speaker at recent CRT mixer event. - May 05, 2010 - Chairmen's RoundTable

Golden Networking Releases Distressed Investing Leaders Forum DVD Video Packages

Distressed Investing Leaders Forum DVD Video Packages Include Practical Insights from 40+ Experts Leading Distressed Investing at CERES Real Estate Partners, Hilco Real Estate, Fortress Investment Group, Sevara Partners, Simon Development Group and many others. - May 05, 2010 - Golden Networking

LoopDesk Secures Advertising Partnerships, Will Offer Free Unlimited Access to All Members

LoopDesk continues to gain market share by offering free business networking services while many competitors increase rates. - May 05, 2010 - LoopDesk, LLC.

Holly G. Green Nabs “Fast Track Award” for Second Time

For the second year in a row, Holly G. Green has been awarded the Fast Track Award, continuing her meteoric rise in the Vistage speaker community. Holly is CEO and managing director of The Human Factor, Inc., a strategic planning and organizational development consultancy based in San Diego. Her Vistage presentation focuses on simple techniques executives can incorporate into daily life to create fresh approaches to solving issues (while using often limited resources). - May 05, 2010 - The Human Factor, Inc.

Australian Business and Executive Coach Focused on Getting Results for His Clients

Andrew Laurie is the “go to” coach for those wanting to rapidly grow and develop the performance of their business, while still maintaining a balanced lifestyle. - May 05, 2010 - ActionCOACH

Futurescale Introduces Zarqon Active License Control System for Adobe AIR and Adobe Flex Applications

Futurescale, Inc. today announced the launch of Zarqon™, a cloud-based system that allows developers to easily issue and enforce licenses for Adobe® AIR®- and Adobe® Flex®-based applications. “We’re empowering developers to create side revenues by giving them an... - May 04, 2010 - Futurescale, Inc.

New Flash Designs for Real Estate Investing Web Sites Released

A real estate investing web site company, www.RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net has released new designs with interactive animated flash for real estate investor web sites. Investors now have the ability to activate or inactivate animated flash in their designs with a single click. The websites also... - May 04, 2010 - RealEstateInvestingWebSites.com

Jpb.com Notes Emerging Idea Management Interest from Emerging Economies

jpb.com, developers of Jenni innovation process management, have noted a surge of interest in their idea management software from emerging economies in 2010. The firm has just signed up a leading Namibian agricultural co-op, Agra, and has worked with companies in South Africa, Brazil and China. Jpb.com managing director, Jeffrey Baumgartner, predicts that 25% of the firms new business in 2010 will come from companies in the emerging economies. - May 04, 2010 - Bwiti bvba - jpb.com

Robert Blitz Leaves Southwest Water Company

Robert Blitz has left his position at Southwest Water Company of Finance Director of the Operations and Maintenance business segment and SE Utilities. Blitz was also the Managing Director of Colorado operations. Blitz has opened Robert Blitz Consulting. - May 04, 2010 - Robert Blitz Consulting

Advanced Training Group's Social Networking Workshops Are Now Completed and the Lessons Are Being Put Into Action

With the first round of the Advanced Training Group’s Social Networking workshops completed, the initial signs are showing it to be very successful with companies in attendance beginning to take on board the ideas and lessons. - May 04, 2010 - Advanced Training Group

Announcing a New Business Model for Hess Business Professionals & Associates LLC

Hess Business Professionals & Associates LLC announces the New 2010 Business Model for their virtual executive firm. It’s designed to provide clientele with multi-level business assistance and management support that is unmatched by competitors. - May 04, 2010 - Hess Business Professionals & Associates