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AuthorHouse Announces Its Top Ten Best-Selling Titles for Sept. 2008
AuthorHouse, the leading provider of self-publishing and marketing services for authors around the globe, has announced its top ten best-selling titles for Sept. 2008. 1. The Special Little Boy by Dawn Castillo 2. The Falling Rainbow by Jing Suh 3. MemoraBEALEeia: A Private Scrapbook of Edie... - October 16, 2008 - AuthorHouse
Post-Surgery Nausea Relief Right Under Our Noses Doctor Puts Patients to Sleep with Special Scents
The wellness revolution is rich in products and techniques to live well and live long. This author, James Geiger MD is a medical expert on all things wellness, especially aromatherapy with therapeutic grade essential oils. The essential oil of ginger is a safe, easy and effective remedy for the problem of post-operative nausea.The doctor uses aromatherapy in the operating room and anesthesia recovery room, for example to prevent nausea after surgery. - October 16, 2008 - oilMD
Bubba’s Got a MySpace; New Ticket Website Gives Customers the Chance to Interact with Cartoon Mascot
“I have read that product mascots are a defining characteristic of American Society. Mascots like Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam have stood the test of time and achieved immortality. Although many dotcoms do not take advantage of social networking sites like MySpace, connecting with a website that produces more traffic than any site excluding Google and Yahoo provides an untapped opportunity for internet companies today,” Dan Chandler, CEO, TriFectaTickets LLC. - October 16, 2008 - TriFectaTickets LLC
Dale Carnegie Tampa Bay Wins 2008 Small Business of the Year
Dale Carnegie® Tampa Bay, was recently named Small Business of the Year by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce for 2008. The company was honored for outstanding business achievements at an event held at the Tampa Convention Center. “We have been committed for a number of years to... - October 16, 2008 - Rick J. Gallegos & Associates
Find Out Why 60% of Fortune 500 Companies Decide to Incorporate in Delaware
Delaware Formation Experts, TheDelawareCompany.com, Share Why Entrepreneurs Choose Delaware for Business Formation. - October 16, 2008 - The Delaware Company
WorkSmart to Host Business Conference on October 30th
The Works ’08 to Address Strategies to Sustain and Grow Business. - October 16, 2008 - WorkSmart
New Reports Help U.S. Manufacturers Develop Trading Partnerships with Italy, Portugal and Ireland
ForeignTRADEX, an industrial supply directory and international trade portal has launched a series of reports to help American manufacturers of industrial products export to several European countries. - October 16, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
World’s Largest Internet Consulting Firm Honors Excellence at Global Convention
WSI Recognizes 11 of its Network Members with a 2008 Excellence Award. - October 16, 2008 - WSI Internet
ASAP Hosts Hallow ‘Green’ Event
Carrie Mitchell, president of ASAP Office Supply (www.asapofficesupply.com), has announced that the company will host Hallow ‘green,’ an event to launch their environmentally friendly line of products. The event will showcase ASAP’s green office products division which features... - October 16, 2008 - ASAP Office Supply
Global Online Ad Network, CPX Interactive, Names New CFO with Significant International Agency Experience
Online ad network, CPX Interactive, names former Ogilvy Senior Partner and CFO, Nicholas Rey, as their new Chief Financial Officer - keeping in line with their global footprint expansion plan. - October 15, 2008 - CPXi
Discount School Supply Store Hires SEO Expert to Boost Rankings
Texas based discount school supplies store, American Classroom Supply, has unveiled its plans to hire Dallas SEO expert to position itself as a leading destination for online classroom decorations, furniture and preschool teaching needs. - October 15, 2008 - SEO 1 Services
A Lifeline in the Ocean of Debt
Canadian Customer Debt Relief’s BluePrint 2 Black plan is an affordable, reliable solution to get out of debt and into a sound state of financial health. - October 15, 2008 - Canadian Customer Debt Relief Inc.
DirectBuy Helps Family Host for the Holidays
DirectBuy awards Barryville family $50,000 to complete kitchen renovations in time for Thanksgiving. - October 15, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy $25,000 Grand Prize Makes College Dream a Reality
DirectBuy awards single mom with cash prize. - October 15, 2008 - DirectBuy
Prospective Bankers Undeterred by Wall Street Crisis
Despite the ongoing financial crisis, investment-banking jobs remain highly sought after by undergraduate students. - October 15, 2008 - Wall Street Oasis
Philanthrocapitalism Steps to the Forefront as Not for Profits Face Ever-Greater Demands
Announcement: Charity Group created its first service offering, CharityChex™, to facilitate partnerships between retail businesses and charitable organizations. - October 15, 2008 - Charity Group, LLC
Allure Magazine Picks SensiClear Acne Treatment as an Editors’ Favorite
SensiClear and Allure Magazine are all about great skin so it is no wonder that Allure selected SensiClear as an Editors’ Favorite beauty product. - October 15, 2008 - SensiClear
AdviceTopia.com Connects Expert Advisors and Clients Online Worldwide
AdviceTopia makes it possible for Internet users to speak directly with experts within their industry without having to pay costly connection fees. This service is also a good opportunity for experts to work from home or might even be an alternative for their current job. - October 15, 2008 - advicetopia
BellBrook Labs Announces a Kinase/ATPase Assay That is "2" Sensitive
The Transcreener ADP2 FP Assay is a homogenous fluorescence polarization assay that enables the facile detection and screening of established drug targets including protein and lipid kinases as wells as emerging targets such as heat shock proteins and other ATPases. - October 15, 2008 - BellBrook Labs
Clinton Rubin Acquires McConnell International
Clinton Rubin expands capabilities into government sector through acquisition of McConnell International, a consulting firm specializing in US federal government procurement. - October 15, 2008 - Clinton Rubin LLC
BizFilings: How to Find the Best Form of Liability Protection for Your Business
How Business Owners Can Choose Between S Corporation vs. C Corporation vs. LLC. - October 15, 2008 - BizFilings
Triple Diamond Energy Corp Begins Two Additional Wells in Sportsman Lake Field Project in Oklahoma
Triple Diamond Energy Corp. (TDEC) has commenced drilling the third well in a four well project located in Seminole County, Oklahoma. With the first two wells in Seminole County drilled and logged, Triple Diamond Energy Corp. commenced drilling of its third well in the Sportsman Lake Field. The... - October 15, 2008 - Triple Diamond Energy Corporation
Pedersen & Partners Opens Office in Dubai
Pedersen & Partners, a leading international executive search firm, announced today the opening of its new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. - October 15, 2008 - Pedersen & Partners
Chris Cykowski, VP Technical Resource Group & Legal, Clark Consulting to Speak at KC’s Event on IRC Section 409A: Deadline Looming - Are You Prepared?” on 10/24/08
The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused webinars announced today that Chris Cykowski, the Vice President of Technical Resource Group & Legal from Clark Consulting will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webinar entitled: “IRC Section 409A: Deadline... - October 15, 2008 - The Knowledge Group
Shenoa & Company Enjoys 3 Straight Quarters of Double Digit Growth
Shenoa & Company’s exploding growth has the jewelry industry and competitors alike shaking their head and wondering how they do it. - October 15, 2008 - Shenoa Diamonds
Dancing Elephants and Ascent Adventure Consultants, LLC Announce Open Enrollment
Dancing Elephants Achievement Group and Ascent Adventure Consultants, LLC announce that their Ultimate Sales Training sessions are now offered as open enrollment courses beginning with Ultimate Time Management on Oct. 17, 2008. - October 15, 2008 - Dancing Elephants Achievement Group
SEPI Engineering Group Sponsors International Affairs Council Citizen of the World Event
Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering Group (www.sepiengineering.com), a firm which provides civil engineering and planning services to private and public sector clients across the southeast, has announced that the firm will serve as a Diplomat sponsor for the International Affairs Council... - October 15, 2008 - SEPI Engineering Group
Tony Argiz, Ramon de Legorburu and Avelino Rodrigues Awarded the CFF Credential
The CFF Credential is a new certification that was approved by the AICPA Governing Council in May 2008. - October 15, 2008 - MBAF LLC
Business Crisis Management Program Released by Turnaround Specialist
The worldwide financial situation results in even greater pressure on many businesses. It is important for those responsible for running companies to objectively recognize the indicators of a business in a condition requiring crisis management. The primary work plan followed by business turnaround specialist Steve Pohlit, President of IR Consulting, Inc. is now available at no charge at the firm's Turnaround Consulting website http://turnaround-consulting-firm.com - October 15, 2008 - IR Consulting, Inc.
Business is Booming at Tampa Personal Concierge Even with Economic Downturn in Florida
Tampa Personal Concierge is seeing a significant increase in business from building partnerships in and around the Tampa Bay area. - October 14, 2008 - Tampa Personal Concierge
Confused Business Owners Create Entire Unique Brand in Just Four Days with Brand Power: BrandU’s Four-day Workshop for Small Businesses Proves Transformational
Twenty-five small business owners walked away from the recent BrandU® Brand Power Live Intensive in Atlanta with a new found clarity about their business, and their brand completed and ready to market—in just four days. Brand Co-creators of BrandU®, Kim Castle and Vito Montone pre-qualified the group of business owners who got hands on support in creating their brand statement, marketing statement, business name, tagline and logo direction. For more info, visit www.brandu.com. - October 14, 2008 - Intention Products, LLC
Exergame Fitness Announces Strategic Partnership with XRtainment Zone to Provide Exergaming Wellness Programming
The growing epidemic of Childhood Obesity and Inactivity among kids, teens and adults has prompted the need for entertaining game based fitness solutions that engage users – called Exergames. Two USA companies that have pioneered the Exergaming industry have now joined forces to offer the... - October 14, 2008 - Exergame Fitness
Sarasota Real Estate Firm Promotes Sarasota on German Television
Charity & Weiss International Realty LLC, Gabriele Charity and Ruediger Weiss, both German speaking Brokers, have been recently approached by different German Television Stations. The topic of the televised interviews has been the real estate market in Florida and especially in the Sarasota... - October 14, 2008 - Charity & Weiss International Realty LLC
National Arbitration Forum: Cybersquatters Infringed Anheuser-Busch and Patrick Dempsey Trademarks, We The People LLC Denied Domain Name Rights
Businesses and individuals choose National Arbitration Forum to resolve domain name disputes. - October 14, 2008 - National Arbitration Forum
NPSA Hosts Cash Money Machine at Vegas Conference
As the turmoil on Wall Street continues, the National Portable Storage Association is offering conference attendees a sure way to collect some quick cash. - October 14, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association
CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency Launch New Web Site
The launch of their new web site heralds a new era at CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency. - October 13, 2008 - CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency
Assist-2-Sell Founders Honored as Real Estate’s Most Influential Leaders
Inman News recently included Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle Martin, co-founders and co-chief executives of Assist-2-Sell Inc., in its annual list of the “100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders.” - October 13, 2008 - Assist-2-Sell
Business Owners Succeed with a Free Widget from Business Owner's Toolkit
BizCast Widget delivers timely business tips, news and expertise to business blogs, sites, and portals. - October 13, 2008 - Business Owner's Toolkit
EduCorp Launches New Enterprise-Class Technology Solutions Division, ETC Solutions
Despite economy, EduCorp Training and Consulting, continues to grow by acquiring MDR Consulting and Education to form new division, ETC Solutions - October 13, 2008 - EduCorp Training and Consulting
The Knowledge Congress Has Scheduled a Live Teleconference and Webinar entitled ”IRC Section 409A: Deadline Looming - Are You Prepared?” on 10/24/2008
The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences and webinars, announced today that it has scheduled a live teleconference and webinar entitled: “IRC Section 409A: Deadline Looming - Are You Prepared?” This two-hour event is scheduled on Thursday,... - October 13, 2008 - The Knowledge Group
Why Are so Many Business Leaders Reading "The 99 Success Secrets of Jesus?" Free Preview Available Now.
Author Don Daniel Ortiz has announced the release of the first ten chapters of his book, "The 99 Success Secrets Of Jesus" (Xulon Press) absolutely free. According to Ortiz, "Today many business leaders struggle between worldly success and their spiritual calling. For these... - October 13, 2008 - Don Daniel Ortiz
New Retail Stores Allow Sales Professionals to Shop for Sales Leads
Vincent Patrick of ILS Corporation announces launch of innovative lead generation solution. - October 12, 2008 - Vincent Patrick
CaoSys Introduces CS*Applications for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
CaoSys, a developer of Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Productivity software announced this week the availability of CS*Applications for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. CS*Applications offers a number of diverse solutions ranging from its Segregation of Duties solution (CS*Comply) to... - October 12, 2008 - CaoSys Limited
SalesPro, Inc. After 15 Years Building Successful Sales Departments Brian Clark Starts a Sales Consulting and Recruiting Business.
SalesPro, Inc. helps companies build effective sales departments. Prior to starting SalesPro, Inc. Brian held various senior level management positions in sales & marketing in several industries including professional sports, hospitality, and advertising. - October 12, 2008 - SalesPro, Inc.
Supercharge Your Sales: Strategies and Tools for Management Success in New Home Sales
Best-selling author, Myers Barnes, speaks about tools and strategies for homebuilders to increase their success in new home sales. - October 12, 2008 - Blue Tangerine Solutions
WSI Internet Marketing Expert Educates Local SMBs in Missouri
Direct Marketing Association and American Marketing Association Sponsored a Recent Summit to Bring Tactful Internet Marketing Strategies to Local SMBs. - October 12, 2008 - WSI Internet
Buy American Promotes Pennsylvania Manufacturers of Industrial Products Overseas
The Buy American website has launched a new report on its blog designed to help Pennsylvania manufacturers of industrial goods enter or expand into foreign markets with emphasis on South America and Western Europe. - October 12, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Win $1,000 in Free Printing with PrintingForLess.com Economic Stimulus Contest
America’s Print Shop at www.PrintingForLess.com to award small business owners with most innovative, recession-busting marketing strategies. - October 12, 2008 - PrintingForLess.com
Market Square at Unicorn Lake in Denton, Texas, Hires KW Commercial to Lease 190,000 of Retail and Office Space
KW Commercial, a division of Keller Williams Ralty, Inc. announced today that it has been hired as the leasing agent for Market Square at Unicorn Lake, an upscale 136-acre retail development in Denton, Texas. KW Commercial - Dallas Metro North will be responsible for leasing 190,000 SF of retail and office space for Shelton Development. Many businesses have already acquired locations within the development including Cinemark 14 Theaters, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Spring Creek Barbeque. - October 11, 2008 - KW Commercial - Dallas Metro North
Fabric Images, Inc. Changes the Face of Fabric Stock Product Rentals Design What You Want and Rent Instead of Purchase with Free-Style Leasing
Tradeshow budgets are being squeezed and non-flexible stock fabric product designs abound. The exhibit design industry and its clients require custom solutions to meet their growing needs. Fabric Images, Inc. introduces a "design what you want" and rent it instead of purchase. This is Free Style Leasing. - October 11, 2008 - Fabric Images, inc.