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The Great Society Shines Spotlight on Fiskars Village with New Web Video Strategy
The Great Society, a Portland, Ore.-based brand-building company, has unveiled the first three installments in the Fiskars Cinema Series. The documentary short films were devised to bring fresh relevance to a nearly 360-year-old company and feature the people, scenery and stories that make up one of the world’s most spectacular – and least known – artist communities: Fiskars Village, Finland. The “webisodes” can be currently viewed at www.FiskarsCinemaSeries.com. - April 23, 2008 - The Great Society
Cutting Costs on Couture: Miss Me Makes a High-End But Affordable Statement with Their Internationally Inspired Line, MM Couture
Launched in Spring 2001, and now distributed in eighteen countries, the Miss Me fashion line brings form and function together for the confident woman living the L.A. lifestyle. In keeping with this spirit of diversity and versatility, their newest line, MM Couture by Miss Me, branches out from the California lifestyle of its parent brand, promising a jet-setting look perfect for the international globetrotter, but still in keeping with Miss Me’s eclectic roots. - April 23, 2008 - Miss Me
BBC Film Network and depo consulting Launch Second Life Cinema
New virtual cinema to showcase independent British filmmakers to a global audience. - April 23, 2008 - depo consulting ltd
SEOValley Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Enters Into Strategic Partnership with SEO Matador
SEOValley Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with an SEO company based in Colorado, SEO Matador, Inc., to market its internet marketing services in the US and to further tap the current US SEO industry. - April 23, 2008 - SEOValley Solutions Private Limited
DollsBags.com Now Has "The Melie Bianco Spring 2008 Handbag Collection" In Stock
DollsBags.com just added the Melie Bianco Spring 2008 collection of handbags to their website. These fabulous handbags feature new and trendy designs and are carried by many celebrities. Melie Bianco was made famous at MTVs Laguna Beach party. Ageless fashion forward styling. Melie Bianco... - April 23, 2008 - DollsBags, LLC
New Tool to Optimize Convention and Meeting Facilities Site Selection
MeetingSource.com is introducing a Site Selection Optimizer on its website to help meeting and convention planners review ranked suggestions based on their preferences. - April 23, 2008 - MeetingSource.com
AMlingua: Discounts for English to Russian Translation
AMlingua, an expert in English to Russian and Russian to English translation service, this May offers a 5% discount for English to Russian translation. - April 23, 2008 - AMlingua
International Affairs Council Announces Call for Nominations
Todd Culpepper, executive director of the International Affairs Council (IAC) (www.iacnc.org), has announced that nominations are now open for the Citizen of the World Award. The Citizen of the World Award is presented annually to the North Carolinian who has done the most for the... - April 23, 2008 - International Affairs Council
BetterTrades Presents Free Financial Freedom Expo
BetterTrades - Take control over your future by attending free seminars that demystify stock trading. - April 22, 2008 - BetterTrades
Rocklin Announces Completion of Its New Sound Stage in Rocklin, CA
ATV Video – Rocklin Announces Completion of its new Sound Stage in Rocklin, CA. ATV Video Technologies in Rocklin, CA announces completion of its second full service production studio. Lights, Camera, Action. To meet the increasing needs for professional videos in the Sacramento area, ATV... - April 22, 2008 - ATV Video Center - Rocklin
Scottish Self-Made Millionaire Secures Lloyds TSB Jewel Business Award
One of Britain’s youngest self-made multi-millionaires has won a prestigious business and commerce award. Azeem Ibrahim, 32, whose various concerns have earned him an estimated worth of around £58m, has secured the Lloyds TSB - KPMG Business and Commerce Excellence Jewel Award 2008. In... - April 22, 2008 - ECM Holdings
Media Mayhem Corporation Names Industry Renowned Jamie Ashe as VP of Business Development
Media Mayhem Corporation has named Jamie Ashe as VP of Business Development. Ms. Ashe is one of the most respected and well-known women in advertising today. She has had an extensive and highly recognized career in advertising. Ms. Ashe has been awarded the ‘Top Sales Person of the... - April 22, 2008 - Media Mayhem Corporation
EZdigs Saves Green While Going Green
EZdigs business model was set up to save its clients money. What we've found out is - it is also very easy on the environment. - April 22, 2008 - EZdigs.com
Third Wave Digital Takes Best of Show at AAF Central Georgia District Awards Competition
The creative team at Third Wave Digital has won the American Advertising Federation's highest honor at the annual Addy Awards Excellence in Advertising competition for the Central Georgia region. Since incorporating in 1997, Third Wave Digital’s clients have won the Best of Show award eight... - April 22, 2008 - Third Wave Digital
Translation Services More Approachable Due to the Adequate Staff Replenishment: Wisetranslations.com
Unprecedented burst of translations demand forced leading translation service WiseTranslations.com to increase its productive capacities. - April 22, 2008 - Wisetranslations.com
Grand ISS Continues to Innovate Counterfeiting Solutions with the Release of Its Rapid Assessment of Infringement and Diversioning (R.A.I.D.) Program
A detection method designed to give businesses a head start in identifying, assessing, and controlling exposure to global counterfeiters. - April 22, 2008 - GRAND ISS
CedarWoodDogHouses.com, a Renown Hand-Crafted Cedar Wood Dog Houses Supplier, Reveals the Importance of Outdoor Dog Houses
Established supplier of cedar wood dog houses, CedarWoodDogHouses.com stepped up to reveal the importance of outdoor dog houses and the basics to make the best out of dog houses. - April 21, 2008 - CedarwoodDoghouses
WatchIndia.TV Partners Up with INX
Media Mega Hindi General Entertainment Channel 9X is Newest Addition to WatchIndia.TV Platform. - April 21, 2008 - Live Asia TV
Apollo CEO Young Entrepreneur Winner 2007
Apollo CEO Luke Trouchet won the prestigious Ernst & Young ‘Young Entrepreneur Of The Year’ Award 2007. - April 21, 2008 - Apollo Motorhomes
A Cutting Edge Way to Increase Your Business Knowledge, Easily and Affordably
Today, Business Expert Webinars launched with over 100 speakers and over 700 webinars on their schedule. - April 21, 2008 - Business Expert Webinars
Sign Companies Online Has Announced Its Advanced Search Feature for Beta Testing by National Sign Companies
Sign Companies Online releases its new advanced search feature, after speaking with large national sign companies and finding out what they do not have in their databases or other resources. This advanced search will allow them quicker access to licensed sign companies throughout the United States... - April 21, 2008 - Sign Companies Online
Ochanga Celebrates 1st Year of Providing Trendy Boys Fashions
Ochanga celebrates 1st year of providing trendy boys fashions at the 2nd Annual LA Baby Celebration Expo in Los Angeles, CA. - April 20, 2008 - Ochanga International Clothing for Boys, LLC
Dental Practice Marketing Part of Practicing Dentistry Today
Dentists know they need dental practice marketing to bring in new patients, but many are still reluctant to be perceived as unprofessional by touting their own services. Nonetheless, fully 95% of dentists in a recent Wealthy Dentist survey acknowledge that marketing is a part of their job. - April 20, 2008 - The Wealthy Dentist
ASAP Office Supply Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary
Carrie Mitchell, president of ASAP Office Supply (www.asapofficesupply.com), has announced that the company is celebrating its ten year anniversary this year. The company, founded on Feb. 2, 1998 by the late John Mitchell, plans to celebrate the anniversary with a customer appreciation event later... - April 20, 2008 - ASAP Office Supply
ATCOM Sponsors Eighth Annual "Art With Heart"
Rhonda Morgan, vice president of ATCOM Business Telecom Solutions (www.atcombts.com), a communications solutions provider, has announced that the firm sponsored the eighth Annual Art With Heart Auction on Feb. 2 at CenterStage NoDa. Art With Heart is an annual art auction featuring a selection of... - April 20, 2008 - ATCOM Business Telecom Solutions
Gulf Coast Western Agrees to Participate in Valentine Field Prospect in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Dallas-based Gulf Coast Western has agreed to participate in the drilling of a significant prospect on the west flank of the Valentine Field in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The Eagle prospect is a 3-D controlled fault closure similar to adjacent producing fault blocks that have produced in excess... - April 19, 2008 - Gulf Coast Western
Multilizer Shortens Translation Time with Advanced Validation System
Multilizer has enhanced its translation QA system to improve translation efficiency and quality. The configurable translation validation system supports implementing company best practices and contains also pre-defined recommended rule sets for common translation tasks. - April 19, 2008 - Multilizer
Nicole Condon Joins Empire Real Estate as Realtor and Office Manager
Nicole Condon has recently joined Empire Real Estate as a Real Estate Salesperson and Office Manager. Empire Real Estate is a family-owned construction and real estate company in Rockland. - April 19, 2008 - Empire Companies
Heartland Information Services Announces Alliance with M*Modal
Heartland Information Services recently announced a partnership with M*Modal, which will supply Heartland with advanced speech recognition and understanding technologies, enhancing Heartland’s already unparalleled customer service and transcription quality while expanding its capacity and increasing employee productivity and efficiency. - April 19, 2008 - Heartland Information Services
Portable Storage Vendors Celebrate Earth Day
The National Portable Storage Association continues making moves to “green” the industry with a call to continue recycling portable storage containers. - April 19, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association
Jeff Snell Joins the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
ENLIGN Business Brokers (www.enlign.com), which represents profitable privately-held, North Carolina-based companies for sale that have gross revenues in excess of $1 million, has announced that Jeff Snell, principal broker for the firm, has joined the Research Triangle chapter of the Association... - April 19, 2008 - ENLIGN Business Brokers
Modern Pest Services Hires New Human Resources Manager
Northern New England's Fastest Growing Pest Control Company Welcomes Keith Hinds. - April 19, 2008 - Modern Pest Services
Graphik Connexions Launches New Affiliate Program and Gives Back to the Community
Using the innate success of their custom eLearning and Instructional Design solutions, Graphik Connexions has recently launched an Affiliate Program to provide the general public with the means to effortlessly supplement their income through Graphik Connexions’ services. - April 19, 2008 - Graphik Connexions
National Innovation Experts to Lead Economic Roundtable on Innovation Economics
Capital Formation Institute Sponsoring Second National Dialogue on American Economy April 22, 2008. - April 19, 2008 - The Private Capital Market, Inc.
Employees See More Green at Work
With billions of dollars being spent on new office furniture every year, the fate of the planet could be influenced by one workstation. - April 19, 2008 - Corporate Furniture Options
CEO of StreamSend Recommends Email Marketing Deliverability Best Practice Strategies
Dan Forootan, CEO of StreamSend, recommends email marketing deliverability best practice strategies. - April 18, 2008 - EZ Publishing
Pilots do It. Bronc and Bull Riders do It. Now You Can do It Too.
Horseback riders of nearly all disciplines can now benefit from lessons on “LuLu,” one of only two electronic riding simulators in the state. - April 18, 2008 - The Riding Simulator
Trepp Finds Delinquencies on Pro Forma Loans Negligible
A new report from Trepp LLC, the leading provider of CMBS and commercial mortgage information, analytics and technology, provides an in-depth look into the details and performance of Pro Forma loans in the CMBX indices. Since the beginning of the credit crunch in 2007, it has often been asserted... - April 18, 2008 - Trepp, LLC
UrbanRide Offers Career Counseling Services to MPI Members
Members of the New York Chapter of Meetings Professionals International to receive 16 hours of professional counseling services. - April 18, 2008 - UrbanRide, Inc.
MB Trading Achieves Top Ten Status for ETF Monthly Volume
MB Trading (“MBT”), a financial services company, announced Thursday that according to Nasdaq OMX Group, it ranked in the Top Ten of Market Participants for nine of the most actively traded Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the month of February 2008. This marks a record for the company... - April 18, 2008 - MB Trading
Click Consult reveal Google BPF, the secret destroyer of Search Agencies
As the search industry continues to evolve, 2009 will prove to be a tough year within the search industry, with the removal of Google’s best practice funding programme, some agencies will face tough challenges. - April 18, 2008 - SEO.co.uk
7Five7 Clothing Experiences Success with Its Social Marketing Campaign
7Five7 Clothing hits the web with a successful social marketing strategy. - April 18, 2008 - 7Five7 Clothing
Pulpwood Costs Are Going Up in Brazil as Competition for Smaller Logs Increased in 2007, According to Wood Resource Quarterly
Pulpwood costs in Brazil will continue to be record high as competition increases for smaller logs between the pulp, energy and wood panel sectors. Wood costs in the 4Q/07 were almost twice the level of four years ago. - April 18, 2008 - Wood Resources International LLC
Factories In China Inc. Celebrates Launch of www.FactoriesInChina.com with Free Shares Giveaway
Factories In China Inc., a privately-held American B2B e-commerce company celebrates the launch of www.FactoriesInChina.com by giving away free shares in the company to new customers. - April 18, 2008 - Factories In China Inc.
Release of Nationwide Training DVD
Evergreen Team Concepts and Video One team up to create the “Training in a Box” video series. - April 18, 2008 - Evergreen Team Concepts
BBB Announces Shredding Partners for Free May 3 Event
Proshred Security of Raleigh and Panther Shredding of Longwood are participating in the “Secure Your ID” on May 3 for BBB. Participants are asked to bring boxes of personal documents to shred properly. - April 18, 2008 - Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina
Innovation Direct™ Receives Professional Prototype of Sports Accessory from India-Based Developer
Innovation Direct™ receives the professional prototype of a sports accessory it had commissioned an India-based developer to build that is the subject of an exclusive developmental agreement with a separate company. - April 18, 2008 - Innovation Direct, Inc.
Satori Group, Inc. Finalist for the 2008 SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards
Satori Group, Inc., a premier provider of enterprise class virtual Business Performance Management solutions built on a business intelligence platform, announced today their selection as a finalist in the category of Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software for i-Performance. - April 17, 2008 - Satori Group, Inc.
What Employers Need to Know When Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining College Grads -- the Generation Y Workforce
It is imperative that organizations hiring and retaining college grad Generation Y workers understand their attitudes and motivations toward work. Career expert discusses the 10 most important workplace issues to Gen Y. - April 17, 2008 - Quintessential Careers
Smart Marketing: Make Earth Day Every Day
Many companies use eco-friendly promotional items as part of their overall marketing strategy, but just because the product says it's “green” does not make it true. Like any purchase, consumers must use reliable sources that can explain the contents of the promotional products. - April 17, 2008 - IASpromotes.com