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CPEhr Announces HR Network Alliance with the California Chamber of Commerce
CPEhr joins CalChamber’s “HRConsultant Network” to provide local businesses on-site HR support. - June 04, 2008 - CPE HR, Inc.
DirectBuy Home Makeover Winner’s Sad Morning Turns Into Happy Ending
DirectBuy Member who had to part with her beloved pets won the $25,000 Home Makeover Giveaway. - June 04, 2008 - DirectBuy
Apollo Fleet Goes Green
Apollo Motorhome Holidays has become member of New Zealand’s GreenFleet program. The New Zealand car hire and campervan rental operator pledged to maintain and increase its environmentally friendly business policies. Apollo CEO Luke Trouchet said, “As the Southern Hemisphere’s... - June 04, 2008 - Apollo Motorhomes
Attaain Inc. Launches Unique AttaainCI Competitive Intelligence and Market Intelligence Solution for Business Incubator and Accelerator Companies
New Software-as-a-Service Program Provides Strategic Advantage at an Affordable Price for Early-Stage Business Incubator/Accelerator Member Companies. - June 04, 2008 - Attaain Inc.
Tripology Announces Strategic Partnership with OpenTravel CRM to Boost Travel Specialist Membership
Tripology, a global leader in online travel lead generation, announced today a strategic partnership to provide travel leads for Travel Science’s OpenTravel CRM clients. The partnership will enable OpenTravel CRM agents to join the team of over 7,000 travel agents who currently receive... - June 04, 2008 - Tripology.com
Talking Could Make or Break Businesses
Talking business in many languages. - June 04, 2008 - PromoLingua
Web Courseworks Recognized for Prestigious Interactive Media Awards
Web Courseworks wins at the 7th Annual Horizon Interactive awards competition for its innovative immersive learning simulation. Web Coursework’s game-based learning practice has produced web-delivered simulations for national clients since 2003. - June 04, 2008 - Web Courseworks
VACO Raleigh Sponsors North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants Event
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, is pleased to announce that the firm will be a sponsor for the North Carolina... - June 04, 2008 - VACO Raleigh
B2B’08 - Kent County’s Most Established Business to Business Exhibition
Mind Gliding will be amongst the exhibitors at the “B2B 2008 – Business to Business Exhibition” 8” show case to be held at the Ashford International Hotel in Ashford (Kent, UK) on 24th June 2008. - June 04, 2008 - Mind Gliding, Ltd.
Solar Powered Ideas Has Provided a Line of Solar Products That Can be Used Around the Home, Office or Garden Area
It is the desire of Solar Powered Ideas to create a website that will provide individuals with products that operate off of the sun, that can be used by all. As fossil fuels become more expensive, the owners feel that alternative sources of energy can be used as a replacement to expensive fossil fuels. It is their desire to provide such products that will eliminate the need to be dependent upon utility companies and fossil fuels. - June 03, 2008 - Solar Powered Ideas
Third Annual Free Breast Augmentation Giveaway at Erotica-LA Convention
There is less than one week left until the MyFreeImplants.com & Dr. William Brennan Boob Job Giveaway. The event is scheduled to take place on stage at Erotica-LA, a three-day sexuality and lifestyle exposition, from June 6th through June 8th, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. - June 03, 2008 - MyFreeImplants.com, LLC
Dr. Rebecca Pitts Achieves Accredited Fellow Status in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry®
Dr. Rebecca Pitts has achieved Accredited Fellow status in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD). Accredited Fellow status marks the highest level of clinical achievement in the AACD. - June 03, 2008 - Rebecca Pitts Centre for Cosmetic and Advanced Dentistry
Growth of Private Companies on PCI/Gazelles Index Outpace Traditional Wall Street Indicators in April
Private Company Index/Gazelles (sub) Index increased 12.8% in April, meaning that this group of private companies saw an overall average gross revenue increase of that amount from month-end March figures. - June 03, 2008 - Private Company Index
TheLifeInsuranceGroup.com Launches Its New Life Insurance Agency to Assist in Purchasing Life Insurance. They Are Independent Life Insurance Agents.
TheLifeInsuranceGroup.com launches its new business to help purchasers of life insurance meet needs and goals threw affordable life insurance. heLifeInsuranceGroup.com introduces different types of life insurance products and what they can do for your personal financial plan. - June 03, 2008 - The LIfe Insurance Group
Green Technology Alliance Green IT Forum
Hitachi Data Systems is proud to be the Platinum sponsor of the Green Technology Alliance of Austin (GTA) first information forum, Tuesday, June 3, 8:30 am until 12:45 pm at the Microsoft Technology Center, 9606 North MoPac Expressway, Suite 200. Industry leaders in green technology from Microsoft, Hitachi, IBM and Sychron present on challenges and opportunities in the green IT space. - June 03, 2008 - Green Technology Alliance
DirectBuy Members, Spring and 17 Years of Success
DirectBuy of Suffolk County celebrates helping families and thanking loyal members. - June 03, 2008 - DirectBuy
StrongTech a Cloud Computing Asset Management Company & Google Partner Opens 400 New Accounts in 60 Days
Columbus, Ohio based StrongTech just started offering their hosted Asset Management service 60 days ago and have picked up accounts with many fortune 100 companies and federal agencies. CEO Mike Patterson says, "While working with clients such as TSA, DHS, Ford, GM, and Chrysler we saw an opportunity to expand from managing just mobile device’s to full IT asset management…the same customers with tens of thousands of cell phones have tens of thousands of laptops and other IT assets." - June 03, 2008 - StrongTech
The Federal Banking Co-op (FBC) Announces Alliance with The International Banking Cooperative
The Federal Banking Co-op (FBC) announced today the formation of an alliance with the International Banking Cooperative (IBC) to offer global banking products to their clients. FBC specializes in placement of funds at high interest rates in high rated secure banks throughout the world. The Federal... - June 02, 2008 - Federal Banking Coop
Women's Golf Apparel Available Online at The Red Tee Box
Women's Golf Apparel and Accessories from Nike, Adidas, EP Pro, Tail, Izod G, Astra and Bette and Court. - June 02, 2008 - The Red Tee Box
HaloteC Announces Launch of New Generation Alcohol Fermentation Monitor (AFM) at 24th Annual Int. Fuel Ethanol Workshop Expo
HaloteC Instruments will officially launch its new generation Alcohol Fermentation Monitor at the 24th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop Expo, which is held June 16-19 2008 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The press release concerning the official launch will be sent out around June 9th. The new AFM digital brochure, film footage and web page will also be available then. - June 02, 2008 - HaloteC
Xcellimark is Honored Again as One of the 10 Most Dependable™ Web Design Firms of the South
For the second year in a row, Xcellimark has been chosen by Goldline Research as one of the 10 Most Dependable™ Web Designers of the Southern United States. - June 02, 2008 - Xcellimark
ProductManagerCrossing Launches with More Than 2,500 Active Product Manager Job Openings
EmploymentCrossing recently launched a new website, ProductManagerCrossing. Searching for a product management job typically requires going to multiple websites to find jobs: employer websites, association websites, and multiple job boards. ProductManagerCrossing seeks to consolidate every product management job in one place. ProductManagerCrossing contains all types of job listings for those pursuing careers as product managers. - June 02, 2008 - EmploymentCrossing
LT Public Relations Introduces the “World’s Best Public Relations Blog” for Professional and Financial Services Organizations and the PR Industry
LT Public Relations, Inc. (LT PR), a full-service communications firm specializing in servicing professional and financial services organizations, recently introduced the “World’s Best Public Relations Blog” specifically written for public relations professionals and the financial... - June 02, 2008 - LT Public Relations
US Exports to the EU to be 100% Restricted Unless You Are REACH Compliant
In an Xtalks.com live webinar (to be recorded for download) experts from BASF, the world’s leading chemical company will explain the different aspects of REACH, focusing on its specific impact on the affected industries and practice-based recommendations. The webinar is aimed at companies from all sectors, regardless of their size and position in the supply chain. - June 02, 2008 - Xtalks.com
Acquisition, Safety Equipment Market Specialist
Vp plc, the equipment rental specialist, today announces the acquisition, by its tool hire subsidiary Hire Station. - June 02, 2008 - Hire Station
Organic Apparel Label Teams with Environmental Non-Profits for Design Contest
District Cotton’s new t-shirt design contest aims to raise money and awareness for local green-groups, while creating some awesome t-shirts in the process. - June 01, 2008 - districtcotton
Schultz-Creehan Holdings, Inc. Announces Expansion
Growth drives doubling of office and lab space for Virginia engineering company. - June 01, 2008 - Schultz-Creehan Holdings, Inc.
VAnetworking Presents Seminar on Joint Ventures
VAnetworking.com is pleased to announce a seminar presented by Lucinda Cross. - June 01, 2008 - Virtual Assistant Networking Association
Paul Lavoie Joins ActionCOACH of Connecticut, the Largest ActionCOACH Firm in the Northeast
Paul Lavoie of Trumbull has joined ActionCOACH of Connecticut, part of the world’s largest business coaching organization, as a principal and Certified Action Business Coach. With a coaching staff of five, Westport-based ActionCOACH of Connecticut is the largest ActionCOACH firm in the... - June 01, 2008 - ActionCOACH of CT
Envois, Inc. Launches Bidjit.com Alternative Auction Site
Envois, Inc., announced the launch of BidJit.com. The site combines a static auction site with real time Global Live Streaming Broadcast technology. The site offers Broadcast Channels, which substitute as selling categories. Paul Fischer, COO for BidJit.com stated, "The on line auction... - May 31, 2008 - Bidjit Auctions
3N2 Partners with National Pro Fastpitch Teams and All-Stars
3N2 recently announced partnerships with both the Philadelphia Force and Washington Glory of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), and the signing of several current and former NPF All Stars as brand ambassadors. Philadelphia Force and Washington Glory players will wear customized 3N2 PRO METAL cleats and... - May 31, 2008 - 3N2
SeeNews is Launching SeeNews – Research & Profiles, a New Service for Business Research and Aanalyses
www.seenews.com/profiles/ Leading business information provider for the region of Southeast Europe, SeeNews, is launching today a new service for business research and analyses, SeeNews – Research & Profiles. SeeNews – Research & Profiles is a business research and analytical... - May 31, 2008 - SeeNews
Mployd.com Receives Honorable Mention at the 2008 SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards Along with Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com
Mployd a startup Employment site competes with Billion Dollar Companies Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com. - May 31, 2008 - Mployd
Sonitrol Pacific Earns 4,900th Apprehension with Thwarted School Intrusion
Electronic security provider Sonitrol Pacific earned apprehension number 4,900 May 26 with the arrest of six juveniles inside an elementary school. - May 31, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
Real Estate Professionals Can Now Keep in Touch with Clients and Prospects Thanks to New Follow-Up Management Programs
Reliable Business Solutions, now specializing in new client follow-up and keep in touch programs, is helping real estate professionals to list and sell more by keeping in touch with contacts. “We are thrilled to offer our client follow-up and keep in touch programs to real estate... - May 31, 2008 - Reliable Business Solutions
Habitat Newark Appoints New Executive Director
David R. Zurheide, a veteran of more than 19 years in the home building and construction industry, has been appointed Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Newark, effective immediately. - May 31, 2008 - Habitat for Humanity Newark/Essex County NJ
Azani Medical Spa Offers SmartLipo Performed by Dr. Richard Goldfarb, Board Certified by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Azani Medical Spa offers SmartLipo performed by Dr. Richard Goldfarb at the Bethlehem and Macungie locations. Dr. Goldfarb was one of the first surgeons in Pennsylvania to perform the SmartLipo procedure. He has done more than 300 procedures without any complications or bad outcomes. Dr. - May 30, 2008 - Azani Medical Spa
Online Interpretation Service Helps Small Businesses Communicate with Foreign Clients
Visitors contact in their language, human translators translate the messages and business owners read and reply in their language. This new online interpretation service works on demand, with no fixed costs. - May 30, 2008 - OnTheGoSystems, Inc.
31 Business Advisors Earn the Prestigious Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) Credential
Thirty one business advisors from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) credential from the Exit Planning Institute (EPI). - May 30, 2008 - The Exit Planning Institute
Copiergeeks.biz Announces New Website Milestone
Copiergeeks.biz has now received over 3,000,000 unique visitors looking for refurbished digital printing equipment for their businesses. - May 30, 2008 - Copier Geeks LLC
Password Protection Often with a Negative Impact on the Environment
ID Control BV, the specialist in advanced online identity and access management today announced her new longer lasting hardware One Time Password generating Token to fight online identity theft and fraud. - May 30, 2008 - ID Control BV
Forum for Sales People Launches on ModernSelling.com
The UK’s leading online business magazine for the sales community, www.ModernSelling.com has introduced a new Reader Forum for salespeople, sales managers and business people interested in generating more revenue. The new Reader Forum can be accessed at... - May 30, 2008 - 2N Media Ltd - ModernSelling.com
IPA Charities Supports Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner
IPA Charities plans to contribute $50,000 to the Illinois Commission On Diversity & Human Relations’ (ICDHR) 41st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. dinner. The 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. dinner will mark IPA Charities’ seventh year of participation. IPA Charities’ donation... - May 30, 2008 - IPA
International Profit Associates Managing Director Invited to Attend 2008 President's Dinner
International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) Managing Director, John R. Burgess, has been invited to attend the 2008 President’s Dinner sponsored by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The 2008 President’s Dinner will be held June 18 and will be the last celebration of its kind... - May 30, 2008 - IPA
IPA-IBA Director Invited to Accept Republican Presidential Roundtable Membership
International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) Managing Director, John R. Burgess, has been invited to become a member of the Republican Presidential Roundtable. Membership benefits include an invitation to attend dinner with President George W. Bush and tickets to attend the 2008 Republican National... - May 30, 2008 - IPA
IPA Charities Supports Hispanic Heritage Organization
Charities has contributed $6,000 to the Hispanic Heritage Organization’s essay contest. “IPA Charities is proud to support the Hispanic Heritage Organization’s essay contest for the third consecutive year,” said Dana Burgess, IPA Charities President. Congress first... - May 30, 2008 - IPA
U.S. Imports of Goods to Increase to $3 Trillion by 2012 Says BusinessKM Report
America’s insatiable appetite for goods will propel imports to $2.9 trillion by 2012 according to a new study by BusinessKM titled “The U.S. Market for Imports: A Study of Goods Imported into the U.S., their Origins and Forecast to 2012.” “The market for imports of goods... - May 30, 2008 - BusinessKM, Inc.
Economic Slowdown Good News for Small Businesses Claims UK Business Expert
Despite rising fuel price, a credit crunch and predicted economic downturn UK business expert, Stefan Drew, is claiming this could be the best year ever for many small businesses. - May 30, 2008 - Stefan Drew Associates
TranslateMedia Strengthens Its Operations in France and Attracts Large Corporations as Clients
TranslateMedia, a translation company based in London, with offices in New York and Brussels, strengthens its operation in France, a translation market worth €400 million and growing at 12% annual rate. TranslateMedia’s Paris office, launched in November 2007, added 3 people to its staff in March and expects to double its size by June 2008. - May 30, 2008 - TranslateMedia
NPSA Beefs Up Portable Storage Directory
Customers looking for portable storage can visit the NPSA online to find a vendor in their state. - May 30, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association