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Nanjing China Awarded to Host 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee released the evaluation report of three cities vying for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games on February 11. Nanjing China overwhelmed Guadalajara Mexico and Poznan Poland, and is successfully selected to host 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. As the world leading virtual assistant and knowledge process outsourcing service provider head-quartered in Nanjing, BPOVIA held the celebration party at its Nanjing office. - February 22, 2010 - BPOVIA Virtual Assistant Service
Recognition by Design’s Bravo Recognition Strategy Proven as Best Practice in "New Economy" by the Saint Louis Business Journal
Midwest Company's Powerful Low Cost Strategy Impacting Bottom-Line. - February 22, 2010 - Recognition by Design LLC
Small Businesses and Individuals Benefit with Executive Offices Group’s New Executive Business Lounge London Meeting Rooms Package
Executive Offices Group launches new Executive Business Lounge Membership package with five prestigious venues across London providing an ideal place to meet for small business and individual business travellers. - February 22, 2010 - Executive Offices Group
The Demand for Anger Management Training Increases in Spite of Ruptured Economy
Anderson & Anderson has seen a steady increase in the attendance of its Anger Management Training seminars each month since September 2009, and, as a result, has decided to increase the number of trainings it is planning to offer this year. - February 22, 2010 - Anderson & Anderson, APC
World Finance’s Leading Individual Lawyer in the US to Present at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010
Kirkland's Kirk Radke will lead review of current Distressed Investing landscape at GoldenNetworking.com's influential Distressed Investing conference - February 22, 2010 - Golden Networking
Future Business Opportunities in Tarrant County DFW AMA Fort Worth Executive Luncheon Speaker Robert Sturns
How does the City of Fort Worth attract economic development and negotiate major real estate projects? When and where will new opportunities materialize? Robert Sturns, Economic Development Manager, will share the city’s plans for economic development and what the foreseeable business... - February 21, 2010 - Dallas Ft. Worth American Marketing Associaton
WCDMA to Overtake CDMA 2000 in 3G Market by 2013
WCDMA technology is expected to constitute over 53% of the global 3G-subscriber base by 2013 end, says RNCOS. - February 21, 2010 - RNCOS
Oppenheimer's Restructuring Expert, John Stark, to Join GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010
Managing Director in Oppenheimer & Co. Inc’s Restructuring and Special Situations Group, John Stark, to participate at GoldenNetworking.com's influential Distressed Investing conference - February 21, 2010 - Golden Networking
Yadkin Riverkeeper Announces Opening of New Winston-Salem Office
Yadkin Riverkeeper® is proud to announce the opening of its new office located at 308 Patterson Ave. in Winston-Salem. To celebrate the new office opening, the Yadkin Riverkeeper, Dean Naujoks, will host a community open house and free wine tasting Tuesday Feb. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Krankies... - February 21, 2010 - Yadkin River Keeper
Managing Director of EM Capital Global Advisors at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010
Richard Zahm develops and executes financial strategies for complex client situations; he will join a talented cast of experts at GoldenNetworking.com's influential Distressed Investing conference - February 21, 2010 - Golden Networking
Effective Internal Controls Are Essential for Every Commercial Business, Regardless of Their Size, Say ACCA and EFAA
Exempting micro-entities from accounting requirements: Yes to better regulation but no to lack of transparency. - February 21, 2010 - ACCA
Suspected Burglar Caught, Property Recovered Due to Sonitrol Pacific Detection
Police arrested one suspected burglar and the property of a Seattle car repair shop was recovered due to an audio security detection by Sonitrol Pacific January 31. Operator Sarah Bailey received an impact-activated audio sensor alert from Phil Smart Mercedes Service Center at 9:03 p.m. She... - February 21, 2010 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Gossimer Puts Indian Domain Extensions Up for Sale
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a sale on Indian domain extensions. During the promotion period, domains ending with .in will be offered at discounted price. - February 21, 2010 - Gossimer
ARSource Adds Lace Music to Client Roster
The addition of Lace Music to ARSource client roster furthers the goal of making outsourced artist relations a more accepted and common practice for music equipment manufacturers who don't have in-house AR teams. - February 21, 2010 - ARSource - Artist relations/Publicity/Marketing Solutions
Trust for Architectural Easements Offers Free Copies of Putnam Hill Walking Tour to Greenwich, CT Seminar Attendees
The Trust for Architectural Easements is a leading force in the preservation of architectural heritage in the United States. To RSVP for the Greenwich, Connecticut seminar or learn more about the Trust’s local preservation efforts, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program and the donation process, contact the Trust at 1-888-831-2107 or visit www.architecturaltrust.org. - February 20, 2010 - Trust for Architectural Easements
Combi® USA Launches Updated Twin Sport Stroller
The Twin Sport is wide enough to comfortably seat two children weighing up to 45 pounds while narrow enough to fit through standard doorways. - February 20, 2010 - Combi USA
Nearshore Support for Application Development
Axede is offering U.S. based, Alcatel-Lucent partners nearshore development support. Axede, a Latin American based telecommunications company, announces its new strategy to support U.S. based Alcatel-Lucent providers. As market share grows for Alcatel-Lucent products, U.S. based partners will be... - February 20, 2010 - Axede
CIO Finance Summit Announces Exclusive CIO Content Development Committee – Members Include CIOs from HSBC, Sun National Bank and First Citizens
The CIO Finance Summit team is pleased to introduce the seven members of the event’s exclusive CIO Content Development Committee. - February 20, 2010 - CDM Media
Google Shares Enterprise Search Resources with ITO America Community of IT Executives
ITO America is pleased to announce that ITOAmerica.com will host a custom solution center dedicated to Enterprise Search content from Google. The Google Enterprise Search Solution Center will house a variety of content including whitepapers, case studies, podcasts and multimedia content all... - February 20, 2010 - CDM Media
Cioffi Named Sales Representative at Home-Tech's Fort Myers Showroom
Tressa Cioffi has been named Sales Representative at Home-Tech’s Fort Myers appliance showroom. In this role, she is responsible for the store’s sales department, merchandising efforts, customer service and service agreement sales. Cioffi joined Home-Tech in July 2008 in its Service... - February 20, 2010 - Home-Tech
College TV Program Teams Up with Companies to Recruit Students
ThinkTalk Networks announces new video format that provides companies with a new and innovative outlet to reach college students with their career videos. - February 20, 2010 - ThinkTalk Networks
Answering Service "Goes Green" with Remote Operators
Answering service encourages their employees to work from home as part of a more environmentally conscious business plan. - February 20, 2010 - AnswerFirst
Susan Powers Wins Sandler Training(R) Award
Sandler Training (R) employee awarded Bronze Award for sales performance in 4Q-09 at Sandler Training's national sales meeting event held recently in Las Vegas. - February 20, 2010 - Sandler Training, LLC
Sonitrol Pacific's Early Detection Thwarts Theft
Police arrested one suspected burglar outside a Washington high school after a detection and dispatch from Sonitrol Pacific’s Operations Center February 16. The security system in the school’s old shops and technical buildings activated at 5:33 p.m. and Operator Tara Fulmer sent the... - February 20, 2010 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Global eProcure Named to IAOP's 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 List
Global eProcure is listed as a “Rising Star” in IAOP's 2010 Global Outsourcing 100® list. - February 20, 2010 - Global eProcure
Global eProcure Receives “Most Valuable Partner Award” by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Global eProcure announced today that they have been recognized with a 2009 “Most Valuable Partner Award” by R.J. Reynolds. The annual award gives R.J. Reynolds the opportunity to share their opinions on “the best” in many categories of business. R.J. Reynolds cited Global... - February 20, 2010 - Global eProcure
Royal Oaks Building Group Sales Team Wins Silver at 2010 Nationals Gala
Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC (www.royaloaksbg.com), has announced that Adrienne Mickels and Shannon Wilson-Chandler have received a Silver Award in the category of Sales Team of the Year at the 2010 NationalsSM Gala that took place at Caesar’s Palace in Las... - February 20, 2010 - Royal Oaks Homes LLC
Corbis Simplifies How to Price Rights Managed Images
New online pricing calculator for Rights Managed (RM) images makes it faster and easier to price and license premium quality photography. - February 20, 2010 - Corbis Corporation
The Hamner Institutes and Oslo Cancer Cluster Announce Partnership
The Hamner Institutes at Research Triangle Park has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Oslo Cancer Cluster in Oslo, Norway, one of the leading cancer clusters in Europe. The goal of the collaboration is to strengthen The Hamner’s Global BioScience Gateway for Translational... - February 20, 2010 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Breitling Oil and Gas Commences Drilling Operations on Its BREITLING-STAR #1 Well; Utilizes New Technologies
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent producer based in Irving, Texas, announced today that drilling operations have begun on its BREITLING-STAR #1 well. Utilizing a 2,000 horsepower drilling rig from Felderholff Brothers Drilling Company, Breitling has commenced drilling its... - February 19, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas
Single All-Encompassing Digital TV Software Solution for Europe? It’s Possible According to New White Paper
Digital TV software specialist Ocean Blue Software, has released a white paper that explores the feasibility of a single software stack for the European digital TV market, encompassing new standards HbbTV and Canvas amongst others. The paper explains the technical issues surrounding different... - February 19, 2010 - Ocean Blue Software
SkGold Hosting Offers Over 4,000 Website Templates at No Cost
SkGold Hosting now offers their customers an extensive library of custom templates, free of charge, making it easier than ever for web designers to create attractive, colorful websites. Customers can browse more than 4,000 professionally-designed templates and choose one that helps to set their website apart from others. - February 19, 2010 - SKGOLD Hosting
Artificial Intelligence Socially Interacts with and Learns from People on Facebook
Zabaware unleashes artificial intelligence technology known as Ultra Hal as a Facebook app. Ultra Hal is a conversational system capable of understanding the English language. It evolves and learns through social interaction with Facebook users. - February 19, 2010 - Zabaware, Inc.
AMI to Support MAST as the Event's First Ever Specialist Market Information Partner
AMI International announced today it has joined MAST Events as the event’s official Market Information Partner. As the first ever dedicated market information partner to be linked with MAST, AMI will offer unique expert insights into future naval and maritime market trends and developments,... - February 19, 2010 - Maritime Systems and Technologies
GetTheLabel.com – More Than Just Discounted Sportswear
From Firetrap to Vero Moda, Ichi to Vila and Lipsy to Miss Sixty, Get The Label is keen for fashion lovers to know that discounted sportswear isn’t all they stock. With massively discounted prices the range of dresses, skirts, denim and tops from well-known labels make fashion more... - February 19, 2010 - Get The Label
Vertical Streaming, Building Custom Online Concepts, Designs and Features to Make Individuals More Competitive in Their Professional Lives
Vertical Streaming helping the International Safety Resource Association provide important online resources to the public. - February 19, 2010 - Vertical Streaming Inc
Speed New Drug and Medical Device Time to Market with Advice in New Book by Cerulean's Managing Director
FDA compliance guru, John Avellanet, shows biopharmaceutical and device executives how to speed time to market with new medicines and turn regulatory compliance into a competitive business advantage in his new book, Get to Market Now! Turn FDA Compliance into a Competitive Edge in the Era of Personalized Medicine. - February 19, 2010 - Cerulean Associates LLC
Insight HD with Host Hugh Downs Announces New Series on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Insight HD's new series, focused on Autism Spectrum Disorders, will highlight the organizations and effective treatments helping to positively impact the lives of families whose children struggle with autism. - February 19, 2010 - Insight HD
Dale Atkins and Dennis Stevick of DND Associates Produced $30 Million in 2009 Real Estate Sales and Were Honored with Prudential Chairman’s Circle 2009 Diamond Award
Dale Atkins and Dennis Stevick of DND Associates Produced almost $30 Million in 2009 Real Estate Sales and Were Honored with the Prudential Chairman’s Circle 2009 Diamond Award. DND Associates also launched 3 new Fort Lauderdale Luxury Real Estate Websites. - February 19, 2010 - DND Associates
Simply Referrals is Simply Networking
Local Businessman Seeks to Unite Other Local Businesses - February 19, 2010 - Simply Referrals
MotivationLeader.com Takes Proactive Approach to Inspiration, Launches New Website to Promote Fellowship
Results of a recent survey, state that low morale is becoming an issue throughout the country. The survey stated that Americans have become more coarse and abrasive toward one another. Of those polled most sited the current economic climate as being the primary reason for their loss of life satisfaction. - February 19, 2010 - MotivationLeader.com
Entrust Freedom Presents New eBook - "Real Estate IRAs Made Easy"
Free eBook available on how to incorporate real estate into retirement portfolios. - February 19, 2010 - Entrust Freedom
Walter G. Ricciardi, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP to Speak at KC’s Event on Executing Internal Investigations for Compliance Programs on 4/7/10
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Walter G. Ricciardi, Partner, Litigation Department, New York Office, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP will speak at the Knowledge... - February 19, 2010 - The Knowledge Group
The Knowledge Congress Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on Executing Internal Investigations for Compliance Programs
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast on “Executing Internal Investigations for Compliance Programs”. This two-hour event is scheduled on Wednesday, April... - February 19, 2010 - The Knowledge Group
MetaCommunications Updates Spark! Document Reviewer and Workgroups 2010 Project Management Suite
Package 162.4 delivers new features, usability enhancements to Spark! and performance improvements to Workgroups 2010. - February 19, 2010 - MetaCommunications
Kirkland's Thaddeus Tracy to Lead Real Estate Panel at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010
Top Investing Minds to Review Current Distressed Real Estate Landscape at GoldenNetworking.com's Influential Conference. - February 19, 2010 - Golden Networking
WSI Organizes a Search Marketing Exchange Conference in Birmingham
Close to 100 Internet Marketing Franchise Offices Will Convene Under One Roof to Share Leading Edge Search Marketing and Social Media Strategies - - February 19, 2010 - WSI Internet
Simon Property Group's Unsolicited Offer for General Growth Properties to be Discussed at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Conference
Simon Property Group on Tuesday finally made an unsolicited $10 billion offer for General Growth Properties, its bankrupt rival; GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 to analyze recent developments in the distressed real estate market - February 19, 2010 - Golden Networking
Kirkland's del Hierro to Moderate Distressed Investing Panel at GoldenNetworking.com's Most Influential Conference
Top Investing Minds to Review Current Distressed Investing Landscape at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Conference - February 19, 2010 - Golden Networking
BodyLase Skin Spa President Describes ZERONA™ Body Slimming Treatment
BodyLase Skin Spa (www.getbodylase.com) has announced the release of a podcast discussing ZERONA™, a noninvasive body slimming treatment. In the podcast, Karen Albright, president of the medspa, describes the process which utilizes the Erchonia® Laser Scanner to target and melt the fat... - February 19, 2010 - BodyLase