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Authorize.Net Congratulates Expert Website Services
Authorize.Net has included Expert Website Services in the Authorize.Net Certified Web Hosting Directory and issued a communication of congratulations for successfully completing all requirements for the Authorize. - April 21, 2010 - Expert Website Services
New Postcard Concepts from Prosperity Plus Give Office System Dealers More Leverage in Driving New Sales in Vertical Markets
Prosperity Plus releases a series of direct mail/email concepts that help office systems dealers promote to medical, education or law profession. Inexpensive way to increase success among vertical markets. - April 21, 2010 - Prosperity Plus Management Consulting
Online Survey and Polling Service SiS Survey Adds New Features, Offers Free Accounts
SiS Survey, an online survey and polling service, can now share and publish polls to any social network. Now users can quickly and easily post polls to Facebook, MySpace and more. In addition, the service’s creator, SiS Software Factory, is offering a free lifetime SiS Survey PRO-1 account to anyone who posts a positive tweet about the company and its services on Twitter. - April 21, 2010 - SiS Survey
Further Expansion for Russell Bedford in Mexico
National accounting and audit network continues its expansion with the addition of three new locations in central and northern Mexico. - April 21, 2010 - Russell Bedford International
ACCA Re-Asserts Its Commitment to the Accountancy Profession in Singapore by Backing Official Report
Publication of CDAS consultation supported by global accountancy body. - April 21, 2010 - ACCA
New Book Helps Companies Find "Perfect Phrases for Writing Company Announcements"
"Perfect Phrases for Writing Company Announcements," by Linda Eve Diamond (Hollywood, FL) and Harriet Diamond (Atlantic City, NJ), is the latest in McGraw-Hill's "Perfect Phrases" series, offering hundreds of phrases for company announcements that stand out among the millions of messages that pass by our eyes each day. These company announcements are perfect for businesses large and small, and the book includes a special chapter for non-profits. - April 20, 2010 - Linda Eve Diamond, Ink
The Chicago Lighthouse Opens Its "Tools for Living" Retail Store Offering a State of the Art Shopping Experience
For people who are blind or visually impaired, Lighthouse’s Tools for Living is specifically designed to enable ease, efficiency, independence. - April 20, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Anchor Loans Reaches Milestone: $1 Billion Funded
Anchor Loans has reached the milestone of funding $1 billion dollars. - April 20, 2010 - Anchor Loans
New Release of VoxPopuli Web Widget Brings Communication with Your Web Site Visitors to a Higher Level
EldoS Corporation releases new version of its open-source web widget for communication with visitors and customers. - April 20, 2010 - EldoS Corporation
Translation and Interpreting Firm Global Language Solutions Opens Office in Ottawa, Canada
New location will offer the firm's full suite of services, including document translations, website localization, multilingual typesetting/graphic design, cultural and linguistic validation, conference interpreting, voice-overs, and globalization consulting. - April 20, 2010 - Global Language Solutions
Soul Purpose Lifestyle Company Headed by CEO & Founder Nadine Thompson Formerly of Warm Spirit- Takes Over Baltimore
A weekend full of events held by Soul Purpose, Baltimore-based Team Elite Essence introduces Soul Purpose to Baltimore and surrounding areas by hosting social events on Friday 4/23/2010 and Saturday 4/24/2010 at the Burkshire Marriott Conference Hotel in Towson, MD in celebration of the... - April 20, 2010 - Soul Purpose Team Elite Essence
Operating a Successful Self-Storage Business During a Hard Economy the Topic of MiniCo Publishing Webinar
The economy hasn’t given self-storage much of a break this year, but it is still no time to sit idle. On May 19, 2010, Bill Rosenthal, Sales Manager for Chamberlain Access Solutions, will present a free webinar for self-storage professionals entitled “Getting Out From Between the Rock... - April 20, 2010 - MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC
New Online Directory Expedites Search for Quality Consultants
Pacifica Endeavors LLC has launched an online directory to simplify the process of finding an ISO, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, CMMI or Malcolm Baldrige quality consultant in the United States or Canada. Related software can also be readily identified within this comprehensive directory. - April 20, 2010 - Pacifica Endeavors LLC
Advantis International Announces Innovative Global Barter Program to Help Companies Increase Sales and Reduce Expenses
Newly launched barter finance program provides a new way to grow your business. - April 19, 2010 - Advantis International Inc.
New Door Title, LLC Launches New Website Aimed at South Florida Home Buyers, Realtors, Real Estate Developers and Lenders
New Door Title, LLC, a full service residential and commercial title agency, launched a new website offering a full range of title services, title insurance, loan restructuring and short sale solutions. Alan Polin of Polin & Associates, a successful law practice based in Coral Springs, Florida,... - April 19, 2010 - New Door Title
Mortgage Lender Scores Highly in Customer Feedback Survey
Total Mortgage Services sticks to the basics: Offering some of the lowest rates on fixed-rate mortgages, jumbo mortgages, FHA loans, and adjustable rates mortgages while maintaining a laser-focus on customer service. This emphasis on the consumer earns Total Mortgage high marks in customer satisfaction. - April 19, 2010 - Total Mortgage
Chi Storm Poker Introduces Free RealDealPoker.com Affiliate Training
Chi Storm Poker teaches people how to go about becoming a RealDealPoker.com affiliate free of charge. - April 19, 2010 - Chi Storm Poker
Granite Shield Announces Its Granite Fabricator Special
Now all granite fabricators can offer to their customer granite countertops that never needs to be sealed again with a lifetime warranty. - April 19, 2010 - Granite Shield
OrgVitality Participates in Forum Aimed at Assembling Task Force to Promote Worldwide Collaboration Among Organizational Psychologists
Members of prominent organizational psychology associations leverage a global collective to enhance service to their clients. - April 19, 2010 - OrgVitality, LLC
Access Hosts Companywide Shred Day to Promote Greener Records Management
Earth Day document destruction event scheduled to demonstrate practices that promote both data privacy and a greener environment - April 18, 2010 - Access Information Management
Solar Velocity Celebrates Its 9th Year in a Row of Being on Cobb Chamber’s Top 25 List for Small Business of the Year
Solar Velocity, LLC is a prominent company in Cobb County and has a proven track record of excellent work. For the past nine years Solar Velocity, LLC has been included on the Top 25 list in the Small Business of the Year competition. This competition is for businesses that are members of the Cobb... - April 18, 2010 - Solar Velocity
Portable Storage Hits Homerun at Baseball Stadiums
With a new Major League Baseball season beginning, portable storage units are getting emptied out again – at least temporarily. Find out how baseball teams are using portable storage. - April 18, 2010 - National Portable Storage Association
B-EZ Enterprises Notifies Florida Software Company of Perceived Infringement for Patent Pending Self Help Debt Settlement Technology Marketed to Debt Settlement Industry
B-EZ Enterprises operates the website www.2SettleMyDebt.com that utilizes a patent pending method of internet debt settlement. The embodiments of this patent pending method of internet debt settlement allows consumers to enter creditors, make offers to creditors, generates letters and allows these creditors to accept, reject or make counter offers via the internet. On April 8, 2010 B-EZ Enterprises notified a Florida software company of a perceived infringement of intellectual property. - April 17, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
Brighton Leadership Group Principals Obtain Advanced Change Management Certification
Donna Brighton, President and Founder of Brighton Leadership Group, LLC. in Chicago, IL, along with Scott Beilke, the Brighton Leadership Group Managing Director, have completed Prosci's Inaugural Advanced Change Management Certification Program. The program, taught by Prosci CEO and founder Jeff... - April 17, 2010 - Brighton Leadership Group
Wood Fiber Price Trends Were Mixed in the US in the 1Q/2010; Up in the South and the Lake States, But Falling in the Northwest, Reports NAWFR
Wood fiber costs rose in the US South and in the Lake States during the 1Q because of improved pulp markets and a tight wood fiber supply. In Northwestern US, the picture was different, with reduced production of pulp and paper resulting in declining fiber consumption and lower prices for both wood chips and pulplogs, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. - April 17, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC
American Concrete Institute to Build Online Training Portal with Learn.com as Its Foundation
Learn.com®, the Knowledge PlatformTM company, announced today that the American Concrete Institute (ACI), one of the world's leading authorities on concrete technology, headquartered in Farmingham Hills, Michigan, selected the company’s knowledge portal to deliver web-based training (WBT)... - April 17, 2010 - Learn.com
eBridge Solutions Document Management Offers Earth Day Promotion
Web-based document management is the perfect technology to add to your office on Earth Day this year. - April 17, 2010 - eBridge Solutions
ActionCOACH Business is Booming Tour Visits Charlotte May 5th
Join ActionCOACH and Brad Sugars May 5th at the Charlotte Convention Center for an evening of insight into building a profitable business. The event starts with a trade show at 4:30 and the presentation starts at 6:00 PM. - April 17, 2010 - ActionCOACH North Carolina
Dr. Charles Hamner Recognized with Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (www.thehamner.org), an independent, nonprofit organization that offers an open, collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach to translational biomedical research, has announced that Charles E. Hamner, Jr., D.V.M., Ph.D., chairman of the board of directors... - April 17, 2010 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
One Eleven Place Named to Triangle Business Journal’s Meeting and Banquet Facilities List
Raymond Larcher, executive vice president of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® (RRAR) (www.rrar.com), has announced that One Eleven Place has been named to Triangle Business Journal’s Meeting and Banquet Facilities List. The venue has been recognized by Triangle Business... - April 17, 2010 - RRAR
ICTS Launches Blog
Tom Sturgis, president of ICTS (Integrated Clinical Trial Services, LLC) (www.icts.us), has announced the launch of the company’s blog at www.icts.us/blog. The blog will share ICTS’ thoughts on a wide range of topics, including patient recruitment and retention tips, the importance of... - April 17, 2010 - Integrated Clinical Trial Services
Jennifer Bosser Joins Wake County Economic Development as Assistant Executive Director
Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development (www.raleigh-wake.org), has announced that Jennifer Bosser has joined the organization as assistant executive director. Bosser’s responsibilities include overseeing day to day operations, pursuing strategic initiatives and... - April 17, 2010 - Wake County Economic Development
Jean Willey Joins Suddath Relocation Systems
Jean Willey has joined Suddath Relocation Systems of Fort Lauderdale as business development manager. - April 17, 2010 - Suddath Relocation Systems
FastStats PeopleStage - Coming Soon
Apteco Ltd have announced they will be launching a new multi-channel campaign management product that allows marketers to visualise, plan and automate their marketing processes. The new software will be launched in the third quarter of 2010 and will be called FastStats PeopleStage™. Apteco were offering previews at this year's Technology for Marketing and Advertising exhibition in February and will also be offering previews at the Data Marketing Show in June. - April 17, 2010 - Apteco Ltd
Global eProcure Receives SAS 70 Type II Report and ISO 9001:2008 Certification
The highly coveted statement and certification demonstrates Global eProcure’s ability to consistently provide products that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. - April 17, 2010 - Global eProcure
Factory Direct Drapes™, a Custom Drapery and Curtain Manufacturer, Will be Planting Trees for Earth Day 2010 to Help Put an End to Global Warming
With the help of the Arbor Foundation, Factory Direct Drapes™ will support Green initiatives by planting a tree in American National Forests for every single order between April 16 th and Earth Day, April 22 nd. Since 1954, Factory Direct Drapes™ has been a leader in their industry,... - April 16, 2010 - Factory Direct Drapes
Linda M. O'Rourke a Local CPA Earns Exclusive “Accredited in Business Valuation” (ABV) Credential as Valuation Expert
Linda M. O’Rourke, a CPA valuation expert and principal of O’Rourke and Associates located in Clearwater, FL has recently been awarded the ABV Credential by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The ABV Credential, established in 1998 by the AICPA, is granted... - April 16, 2010 - O'Rourke and Associates
PARSA Community Foundation Announces Grants to 21 Nonprofits Benefiting Iranian Diaspora
A total of $200,000 is granted to 21 nonprofit organizations focused on Iranian Culture, Leadership Development and Civic Engagement. - April 16, 2010 - PARSA Community Foundation
World Première for New Starline Roldeck HQ Slats, the Best-in-Class Available Slats in the Market, the First to Bear a TÜV Certificate
Starline Pools & Equipment has been producing filters, watertreatment systems and automatic pool covers for the international swimming pool market for over 35 years. Recently this manufacturer introduced new HQ slats, produced using a revolutionary type of polycarbonate, which are officially certified by the German TÜV Nord institute with a TÜV certificate. - April 16, 2010 - Starlinepool
Brisbane Holiday Village Achieves the First AAA Tourism 5-Star Cabin Accommodation Rating in Queensland, Australia
Family owned and operated Brisbane Holiday Village, located at Eight Mile Plains (12 minutes south of Brisbane City), is setting the benchmark for holiday cabin accommodation in Queensland after achieving the first 5-Star AAA Tourism rating in the state. - April 16, 2010 - Brisbane Holiday Village
mumms® Hospice Software Increases Staff Efficiency with Third Party Interface Capabilities
One of the many benefits of mumms® Software, the leading electronic health record (EHR) provider for hospice and palliative care, is its capability and corporate will to interface with any program that can import or export data. This means, if information that is already in the mumms®... - April 16, 2010 - mumms Software
BareTrax Pro SEO Marketing Software Adds 50th Client
Since its inception in November, 2009, BareTrax Pro search engine positioning software has been adding clients every month. Stark Logic, creator of BareTrax, is proud to announce that it has added its 50th web site to the software for online tracking and search engine marketing. - April 16, 2010 - Stark Logic
Poker Icon Annie Duke to Make Atlantic City Teaching Debut May 1-3, 2010
The WSOP Academy Presents Professional Poker Player, Author, Poker Instructor & former Celebrity Apprentice Contestant, Annie Duke as she will host three-days of in-depth and hands on poker instruction. - April 16, 2010 - World Series of Poker Academy
AVS Audio Converter 6.2: Create Digital Bookshelves for Your iPod or iPhone
New AVS Audio Converter 6.2 supports M4B format developed for audiobooks. The program also supports: MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, M4A, M4B, etc. AVS Audio Converter 6.2 has a set of tools to create personal audiobooks (precise chapters division, adding bookmarks). With AVS Audio Converter 6.2, you can access on-line CDDBs, extract audio from video files (DVD, MPEG, MP4, AVI, WMV, etc.), create ringtones for iPhone, edit and add personal tags, apply batch-mode, and burn audio files to discs. - April 16, 2010 - Online Media Technologies Ltd.
Multilizer Translates XPS Files
Multilizer XPS scanner is the newest plug-in to extend Multilizer localization tool, which allows translation of texts in XPS documents. XPS is a Microsoft international open standard for a page description language and a fixed-document format. With Multilizer, companies are able to shorten time-to-market of their software and documentation localization projects, and make lower translation costs with e.g. Machine Translation. - April 16, 2010 - Multilizer
abenetis Combines Controlling and Benchmarking System
The new Version of the abenetis ERS/B now integrates Benchmarking and a Controlling-System in one Online-Application, which also features the usage as an Business Early-Warning-System. - April 16, 2010 - abenetis
Access and the BBB Host Shred Event to Benefit the Boys & Girls Club of the North Valley
The document destruction event will provide free paper shredding and data privacy education for the community and collect monetary donations to benefit local youth programs - April 16, 2010 - Access Information Management
Exhibit Resources to Host Dress for Success Event
Lana Calloway, president of Exhibit Resources (www.exhibitresources.com), a full-service exhibit design agency, has announced that the company will host the Dress for Success event, “Success Suits Her”, on Friday, April 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Exhibit Resources showroom,... - April 16, 2010 - Exhibit Resources
DeltaQuest Group Re-Launches Website
DeltaQuest group, one of the market leaders in providing offshore and corporate services has recently launched their new group site: DeltaQuest Group (http://www.deltaquestgroup.com). The new website, which is aimed as a landing portal for all of their online services, offers a wide spectrum of... - April 16, 2010 - DeltaQuest Group
2.4GHz RFID Active Reader Ideal for RFID Asset Management
DAILY RFID has released RFID Active Reader DL3800, with a long read range of up to 100 meters to cater for for asset management. The advanced 2.4GHz RFID Reader is ideal for inventory management as its fast read rate. The Active RFID reader provides reliable visibility within 100m, making it ideal... - April 16, 2010 - DAILY RFID CO., Limited