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Texas Right of Way Associates Opens the Barnett Shale Training Center
TRWA, Inc. (Texas Right of Way Associates) announced today that they will open the new “Barnett Shale Training Center” in conjunction with their right of way acquisitions firm. “The Barnett Shale Training Center offers 3 training classes in the field of oil & gas Right of Way... - June 26, 2008 - TRWA, Inc.
Triple Point Technology Provides Commodity Risk Management and Trading Software Solutions to Seaboard Overseas Ltd
Triple Point adds to rapidly expanding roster of agricultural and soft commodities clients. - June 26, 2008 - Triple Point Technology, Inc
QSR Magazine Names Top Restaurant Technologies
Bi-annual awards program honors quick-service and fast-casual concepts and suppliers that are using technology to improve operations and business practices. - June 26, 2008 - QSR Magazine
BigBuzz Hits the Charts - Most Dependable Web Designers in Northeast - Entrepreneur Magazine
BigBuzz Communications, has placed in the selection as one of The Most Dependable™ Web Design Firms in the Northeast for 2008. - June 26, 2008 - BigBuzz Communications
Communology Joins the NGMN Alliance to Collaborate on Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Communication
With next-generation mobile networks, users will benefit from much greater bandwidth and new applications. - June 26, 2008 - Communology GmbH
Blogs Debut on BankInfoSecurity.com and CUinfoSecurity.com
BankInfoSecurity.com and CUinfoSecurity.com announce the debut of five new blogs targeted at banking/security leaders. - June 26, 2008 - Information Security Media Group
CentRealTech Inc. Automated Title Technology is Available in Newly Expanded Territories
(Access to Property-Indexed Plants, Documents, Maps, and Tax Information.) - June 26, 2008 - CentRealTech, Inc.
VisionQuest Finds Feedback from 2007 Client Survey
A year-end survey provides a boost of confidence and constructive criticism for a Raleigh-based wealth management firm. - June 26, 2008 - VisionQuest Wealth Management
Nanotechnology Turning Energy & Textile Sectors Smart
The global nanotechnology market is rapidly growing due to its rising applications in textile and energy sector, strong government support and massive investment. - June 26, 2008 - RNCOS
The Knowledge Congress Has Scheduled a Live Teleconference and Webinar on The Impact of IFRS: Getting Ready for the Major Change to Tax Operations on 9/25/2008
The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences and webinars, announced today that it has scheduled a live teleconference and webinar on The Impact of IFRS: Getting Ready for the Major Change to Tax Operations. This two-hour event is scheduled on Thursday,... - June 26, 2008 - The Knowledge Group
VACO Raleigh Sponsors Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year – Carolinas Award
David R. Rhode, managing partner of VACO Raleigh (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm specializing in the fields of accounting and finance, information technology, operations and executive search, has announced that the firm served as a bronze sponsor for the 2008 Ernst &... - June 26, 2008 - VACO Raleigh
IBM Honored at North Carolina Education Ball
Corporation Receives H. Glenn Williams Power of One Award from Communities in Schools of North Carolina. - June 26, 2008 - Communities in Schools of NC
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Brings International Best-Selling Author Jon Gordon to Washington D.C.
The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in conjunction with American Century Investments is sponsoring international best selling author Jon Gordon’s visit to Washington D.C. on June 26th, 2008 at Regal Cinemas, Gallery Place. This stop on the book tour coincides with the release of Gordon’s newest book, The No Complaining Rule, the follow-up to the enormously successful The Energy Bus. - June 26, 2008 - The Washington Group of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Poverty-Stricken Communities Need Help: Chasse Consulting Executive Gives Aid in Africa
Beverly Chasse, President/CEO of Chasse Consulting, returns from Africa after helping deprived villages, orphanages and schools, and assisting with an educational women’s conference. - June 26, 2008 - Chasse Consulting: Sales Strategies, Inc.
MSR Communications Honored with Four Prestigious Creative Awards
San Francisco-Based Boutique Firm Recognized for Creating and Executing Superior PR Campaigns. - June 26, 2008 - MSR Communications
OfficeTime's Mac Time Tracker Application, Version 1.3.2: the Speed and Stability Release
OfficeTime makes tracking your time more effective and quicker, with over 30 customer-influenced improvements. This release offers an even more stable and faster version of OfficeTime's business tool, based on the needs of its users. - June 26, 2008 - OfficeTime
Samson Carts Achieves Gold Level Cradle to CradleSM Certification
Samson Carts Leads Material Handling Industry being First to Achieve Sustainable Certification. - June 25, 2008 - ICB, LLC - Samson Carts/CrateXpress
Eos Group Releases Version 2.0 of Eos Explorer
Eos Explorer, designed to handle all aspects of preconstruction estimates. - June 25, 2008 - Eos Group
Bringing the Indoors Out: DirectBuy Offers Tips on Setting Up the Perfect Outdoor Kitchen
Helpful hints on how to set up an outdoor kitchen in your backyard, patio or pool area. - June 25, 2008 - DirectBuy
A Health Diary and Food Journal for the Rest of Us
For women who would like to keep a food diary, exercise log and health journal in two minutes a day or less. The Bio-Diary for Women by FitMinder is an easy-to-use alternative to food and exercise journals that require tedious daily entries. Its unique format offers and useful and beautiful tool to record and analyze health information. - June 25, 2008 - Fitminder Publishing
BusinesSuites Rides Along with Texas 4000 for Cancer: Austin to Alaska
BusinesSuites sponsors cyclists making the 4,500 mile ride from Austin to Anchorage to raise money and awareness for cancer prevention, research, and treatment. - June 25, 2008 - BusinesSuites
¡Hola!® the Language & Learning Center Now Offers Extended Hours from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Montessori Preschool and Child Care Program. - June 25, 2008 - Hola The Language & Learning Center
IDS Logic Launches Web Hosting Services with 100% Money Back Guarantee
IDS Logic Pvt. Ltd, a Microsoft certified partner ITES company has tied up with Rackspace, a well-renowned company in the field of web hosting services to come out with a revolutionary online solutions services. Rackspace, a leader in managed web hosting services believes in serving its customers with 24/7 support service that takes away the tension of updating and managing your websites. - June 25, 2008 - IDS Logic
Massachusetts Manufacturers Promoted Overseas by the World Trade Forum
Foreign Trade Exchange, publisher of the World Trade Forum has created on its Web site a new trade leads system intended to promote Massachusetts manufacturers and exporters of industrial products worldwide. - June 25, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
WSI Sponsors Boat in Round Ireland Yacht Race
Real-time Race Tracking Updates on Dedicated Website. - June 25, 2008 - WSI Internet
Children's Charity Founder, Casey Baynes, Named as One of "100 Extraordinary Women" in National Contest
Casey Baynes, Founder and Executive Director of the Maryland Based Casey Cares Foundation, was named as one of "100 Extraordinary Women" by Kraft Foods. Winners were selected on the basis of “how a woman improved her family and/or community in an inspirational way, as well as originality and composition” of the essay. Ms. Baynes will be flown roundtrip from Baltimore to LA to attend the LA Film Festival on June 28th, reception and participation in a national photo shoot. - June 25, 2008 - Casey Cares Foundation
David K. Montoya Resigns as President and Chairman of Dark Myth Production Studios
The creator of the Myth says, "Good-bye." - June 25, 2008 - Dark Myth Production Studios
Sonitrol Pacific Puts One on the Run, K9 Unit Catches
A K9 unit gave chase and police apprehended an individual suspected of breaking into a family entertainment center after a call from Sonitrol Pacific June 22. An expert Sonitrol Pacific sound analyst received an impact-activated audio alarm from the business and used real-time audio technology to... - June 25, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Rafael Pastor, CEO of Vistage International, Talks About the World’s Leading Chief Executive Organization on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss
Rafael Pastor, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Vistage International, is interviewed on The CEO Show with Robert Reiss about how Vistage helps chief executives around the world. Vistage is the world’s leading chief executive organization with more than 14,500 C-level executives of... - June 25, 2008 - Reissource, LLC
DFI Live Event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DFILive will have a live event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in conjunction with First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson that same weekend. - June 24, 2008 - Freedom Choice Int'l Inc.
WT Cox Subscriptions Acquires Journal Finder™ from The University of North Carolina Greensboro
Announcing WT Cox Subscriptions acquiring Journal Finder from The University of North Carolina Greensboro. - June 24, 2008 - WT Cox Subscriptions
New Product Helps Online Merchants Boost Sales
CyberSiteSearch.com provides a unique, continually reinforcing process for online business improvement. - June 24, 2008 - Reinhart Technologies Inc.
Do You Have Money to Burn? Save More of What You Earn, Earn More of What You Save. Bob Brumm Shows How to Save Over $500 a Month.
Bob Brumm has released his new book that offers money saving strategies valued at over $500 a month, and much more over a lifetime. This new book will show you how to keep more of what you earn, make your money grow and how to save more for the future. - June 24, 2008 - Bob Brumm
Multilingual Version of ForceLogix Sales Performance Suite Available
ForceLogix Leads the Market in Offering Multi-Lingual Sales Performance Management and Optimization Capabilities. - June 24, 2008 - ForceLogix
Candelari’s Pizzeria Introduces the Kid’s Take ‘n Make Pizza Kits: New Concept in Family Dining and Fun
The Take ‘n Make Pizza Kit is a new concept in the pizza industry. Its purpose is to create a fun, at-home activity for children and their families. - June 24, 2008 - Candelari's Pizzeria
Entrepreneurs Fight Back; Index of Private Company Revenue Presents Trends Contrary to Recession
The Entrex Private Company Index (PCI) saw a slight increase in revenues when assessing May over April. The index reflects that this portfolio of private companies are maintaining a three-year high reached in April. - June 24, 2008 - Private Company Index
Green Festival and Reggae Concert in Mohawk, NY - July 26th 2008
All day reggae concert and green festival supporting the environment and supporting cultural awareness. - June 23, 2008 - Safflyn Corporation
StreamSend Weekly Email Delivarability Webinar Available to All Email Marketers
Email deliverability involves practices that improve the percentage of permission-based email communications successfully reaching their destination. Part of this process includes techniques to better manage lists for minimal bounce/complaint rates and reduce the possibility of blocking by ISPs, spam filters and commercial blacklists. - June 23, 2008 - EZ Publishing
Kirkus Discoveries Newsletter Features an iUniverse Author in June
iUniverse title, The Court-Martial of Charlie Newell, by Gerard Shirar, was listed among the Kirkus Discoveries best reviews of June. iUniverse, the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing company, has consistently published titles the Kirkus Discoveries... - June 23, 2008 - iUniverse
SBA PatriotExpress Loan Briefings to be Held in Washington, DC
TSBDG working in collaboration with The Veterans Enterprise Training & Services Group, Inc. (The VETS Group, Inc.) announces the start of SBA PatriotExpress Loan briefings the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in Washington, DC. Briefing is free. Registration is required. - June 23, 2008 - The Stalwart Business Development Group, Inc. (TSBDG)
Metropolitan Pavilion Takes Steps Toward Sustainability by Offsetting Carbon Emissions Through CarbonFund
Metropolitan Events & Production Presents "Breaking the Ice." A Special Events Industry Showcase and to Help Raise Awareness on Global Warming Issues, with a Zero Carbon Footprint. - June 23, 2008 - Metropolitan Pavilion
SPS Commerce CEO, Archie Black, to Present at the Merrill Lynch Private Company Software Conference
SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS B2B integration services, today announced that Archie Black, president and CEO, and Kim Nelson, CFO, at SPS Commerce, will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Private Company Software Conference on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at Merrill Lynch’s Boston, MA... - June 23, 2008 - SPS Commerce
With Fuel Prices Rising, U.S. Companies Work Quickly to Reduce Employee Travel
More than half say gas will top $4.50 per gallon by summer's end. - June 23, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
IQInspections.com Announces India Technical Center
IQ Inspections, the US owned Factory Audit and Inspections Company, provides excellent pre-shipment inspections and services to clientt's off-shore production assets. The company has also recently launched its marine and cargo inspections services. Along with these services the company announces the development of their India Technical Center. - June 23, 2008 - International Quality Inspections, LLC
WSI’s Outstanding Ad Campaign Earns Margolis & Company P.C. a Marketing Achievement Award
Association for Accounting Marketing recognizes exceptional non-print ad campaign designed by local WSI Consultant Nancy Vinkler . - June 22, 2008 - WSI Internet
Local Internet Marketing Experts Design Award-Winning Real Estate Website
-WSI Consultants Alan and Tina Winning produce winning real estate site in the 2008 Pan Arab Web Awards Competition . - June 22, 2008 - WSI Internet
Offshore Sailing School Reaches Out to Business Executives
America’s #1 Sailing School, founded by America’s Cup and Olympic sailor Steve Colgate, and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a leading global provider of executive education, announced today the launch of Leadership at the Helm. This innovative, customized program builds the... - June 22, 2008 - Offshore Sailing School
kpi-insight consulting Shares Ideas with Peers and Project Professionals at Leading Industry Event for Project Driven Organisations
Leading UK Deltek Vision Partner & Enterprise Project Solution specialist sees significant benefits firms have gained from implementing a fully integrated solution & seeks to help more UK clients to realise benefits. - June 22, 2008 - kpi insight consulting
U.S. and India Manufacturers United by the Worldwide Industrial Marketplace
The American-Asia B2B trade portal Worldwide Industrial Marketplace has published a new international trade report and website designed to connect U.S. and India-based manufacturers, exporters and importers of industrial products. - June 22, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
India Lags Behind China by Ten Years with Respect to Patent Application Filings
India Lags Behind China by Ten Years with Respect to Patent Application Filings - June 22, 2008 - Evalueserve