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2012 Radio Station Transactions at Midyear Show 66% Increase Over 2011
Several large deals led the way as sales volume approached half billion dollars, according to RadioValuations.com. - July 12, 2012 - Guest Media Technology LLC
Free Informational Seminar Entitled “Will I Outlive My Money?” Hosted by Daniel A. White & Associates
Daniel A. White & Associates, a retirement planning firm based in Glen Mills, will host a free, open-to-the-public seminar entitled, “Will I Outlive My Money?” for retirees and pre-retirees in the area. The program will take place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 at the Dilworthtown... - July 12, 2012 - Daniel A. White & Associates
Suisse Credit Bancorp Adapts to New Market Challenges
Economic uncertainty, high unemployment and reduced liquidity in traditional financial institutions has led organisations to the challenge of finding new cost effective sources of funds for trade transactions. - July 11, 2012 - Suisse Credit Bancorp
ClearOne Advantage Donates to March of Dimes Through Casual Friday Incentive
ClearOne Advantage, a Maryland-based debt resolution company, is excited to announce their charitable donation to the March of Dimes Foundation, made possible through employee donations who recently partook in a company-wide “Dress Down Friday” incentive program. “The Dress Down... - July 11, 2012 - ClearOne Advantage
Shaykh Yusuf Talal Delorenzo Endorses Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance
The highest accreditation in Islamic finance is a fatwa, or expert legal opinion, from a top Islamic finance scholar. And the most widely accepted standard in Islamic finance is AAOIFI's, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, now the de facto standard in 90%... - July 11, 2012 - Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance
CIMCON Software Announces Participation in The Institute of Internal Auditor’s 2012 International Conference in Boston, Massachusetts
CIMCON Software is a Participant at this Year's Institute of Internal Auditor’s 2012 International Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. - July 11, 2012 - CIMCON Software Inc
ARGI Financial Group Leads Fiscal Education Campaign in Louisville
ARGI Financial Group, a Louisville-based financial planning firm, has taken a leadership role in the community by forming the ARGI Initiative, a campaign advocating fiscal responsibility & education. The current state of the economy, the rising national debt, unemployment rates, & the... - July 05, 2012 - ARGI Financial Group
SkySparc is AAA-Rated
SkySparc earns top credit rating from Nordic rating company. - July 05, 2012 - SkySparc
TIM4biz Cloud-Based Call Accounting Leader Celebrates 7th Year
Cloud computing company TIM4biz.com, who are at the fore-front of hosted call accounting solutions, are proud to announce their 7th year in the cloud. - July 04, 2012 - TIM Technologies Pty Limited
Terrace Capital, Inc. Announces- $6.5MM Fannie Mae Loan- Surrey Hill Apartments – St. Charles, IL
Terrace Capital has recently arranged for a Fannie Mae guaranty on a 6.50MM, 75% LTV, first mortgage for the Surrey Hill Apartment complex, located in St. Charles, IL. - July 04, 2012 - Trinity Street Capital Partners
VMAC Business Group: Upcoming Cash Flow Management Workshop @ Bangkok
Do you seek the ways to optimize your cash flow? Are you willing to achieve a perfect cash balance and avoid liquidity issues? This upcoming workshop offers you comprehensive knowledge and tools to measure, optimize and forecast your company cash flow. - July 02, 2012 - VMAC Business Group
Brian Thomas Johnson Has Been Awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® Designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies
The AIF designation signifies training and knowledge in the area of fiduciary responsibility. AIF designees can be an invaluable resource to investment fiduciaries and individual investors alike. Mr. Johnson is a LPL Financial Consultant for Monarch Wealth Strategies in Santa Barbara. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Monarch Wealth Strategies. - June 30, 2012 - Monarch Wealth Strategies
Michael Hensley of Guardian Capital Advisors, LLC Helps Lead Washington, D.C. Financial Event
Managing Member of Raleigh Firm One Of Only Fifteen Financial Advisors Nationwide to Participate in Capitol Hill Day Advocacy Event - June 30, 2012 - Guardian Capital Advisors
Knightsbridge Advisors AG: Providing Clients with a Unique Competitive Edge in Financial Advisory
Knightsbridge Advisors AG provides the solution to the demanding needs of novice investors. While it is a reluctant self-confessed leading firm in the field, its proprietary investment analytics hold a lot of promise for its clients. Asset managers can make or break an investor’s financial well-being. It is crucial to find the right asset manager to successfully navigate through the jungle of available investments in the market. - June 29, 2012 - Knightsbridge Advisors AG
LTC Tree Study Finds Mac Users Buy More Long Term Care Insurance, Too
An article this week in the Wall Street Journal reveals that users of Apple’s Macintosh computers who visit travel site Orbitz spend an average of $30 more per night on hotels than their Microsoft Windows PC counterparts. With higher per-capita income and different buying patterns, a new study indicates that Macintosh computer users also purchase bigger Long-Term Care Insurance policies, and more often. - June 29, 2012 - LTC Tree
Learning How to Reduce or Eliminate Capital Gains Tax
Michael Packman Educated Long Island Real Estate and Business Renaissance Attendees on How to Reduce or Eliminate Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate Transactions. - June 29, 2012 - J.P. Turner & Company, LLC
Successful 5th Edition of the International Traders Conference
The fifth Forex Conference organized by FXstreet.com welcomed a total of about 60 people in Barcelona between June 20 and 22nd, 2012. According to attendees and speakers, the event was a very instructive conference and a great trading experience. - June 29, 2012 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.
The Deley Group Opens Insurance Office in Edina
The Deley Group has opened its Edina, Minnesota location. Servicing, the State of Minnesota including Minneapolis, St.Paul, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Burnsville, Cloquet, Duluth, Edina, Eden Prairie, Inver Grove, Inver Grove Heights, North Oaks, Maple Grove, New Brighton, Plymouth, Woodbury and Stillwater. They offer American Income Life's products and services. - June 28, 2012 - The Deley Group
SkyREPORT’s Interface Builder Now Offers More File Formats and Even Greater Efficiency
SkySparc, the financial consulting firm, has further enhanced the functionality of its SkyREPORT platform to offer even greater flexibility and efficiency when building interfaces between different systems and data sets. - June 28, 2012 - SkySparc
Death of Long Term Care Insurance Industry? LTC Tree Launches LTC Summer Series on Why That's Not the Case.
Three major insurance giants have exited the individual Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) market in the past 24 months, and many in the media have begun to speculate that the industry is on life support. As Twain once mused after his obituary was prematurely published in a New York newspaper, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” LTC Tree gives the rational side of why LTCI is here to stay in a new LTC Summer Series featured on its website. - June 27, 2012 - LTC Tree
Hana Financial, Inc. Completes $26.6 Million Small Business Loan Securitization
Hana Small Business Lending, a subsidiary of Hana Financial Inc. and a nationally ranked top 25 SBA lender, completed a $26.6 million securitization on Friday, June 22. - June 27, 2012 - Hana Financial, Inc.
Enness Private Clients Expands Broking Operation
Enness Private Clients, the large mortgage and high net worth specialist, has today (XX June 2012) announced the addition of a new broker to its team continuing its ongoing recruitment drive. - June 27, 2012 - Enness Private Clients
Jessica Lyon, Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission to Speak at KC’s Data Privacy Emerging Issues: A 2012 Update Live Webcast
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Jessica Lyon, Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Data Privacy Emerging Issues: A 2012 Update Live Webcast.” This event is scheduled for July 25, 2012 from 12pm-2pm (ET). - June 27, 2012 - The Knowledge Group
A Former Reagan Adviser's Free Lecture on "Supply-Side Economics" Released to the Public as a Public Service
A free online lecture on “Supply-Side Economics” is being offered by Yorktown University, an accredited Denver, Colorado-based Internet university. - June 25, 2012 - Yorktown University
James Darle Jones Wants You to Learn How to Earn a "Cornucopia of Cash" How to Profit from the Billion Dollar Credit Card Processing Industry
Teaching how the credit card and payment processing business works, he gives you the resources you need to go out and sell payment processing and start making money fast—he even includes a business plan to get you started. You don’t need a lot of money, a special expertise, or an ungainly amount of start-up capital. You supply the hard work and dedication, and he will do the rest. - June 22, 2012 - The Credit Card Store
Cendrowski Corporate Advisors Anounces Second Edition of Private Equity Book
As private equity draws national attention in the 2012 presidential election campaigns of President Obama and Mitt Romney, a second edition of the book titled “Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations” unveils the inner workings of venture capital, angel investors, hedge... - June 21, 2012 - Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Clinical Financial Services (CFS) Unveils New Name and Brand Identity
Clinical Financial Services will now be known as CFS Clinical. - June 21, 2012 - Clinical Financial Services
Dr. Arthur Laffer's "Program for Prosperity" Released Today
Dr. Arthur Laffer, a leading advocate of Supply-side Economics, outlines his "Program for Prosperity" in a series of nine free lectures released to the public today by Yorktown University. - June 20, 2012 - Yorktown University
iOption, Binary Option Broker Introduces Two New Features "Long Term Expiry Dates" and "Cross Market Assets"
With the addition of these two features, traders can now incorporate more advanced trading strategies to their investments and also find new and exciting ways to trade, such as trading gold against the euro, in a simple one step trade. - June 20, 2012 - iOption Ltd
Forex-Metal Partners with Zulutrade
Forex-Metal has partnered with Zulutrade, the largest forex automated trading signals platform, providing access to thousands of signal providers from around the world. - June 20, 2012 - Forex-Metal
Northeast Ohio’s Plain Dealer Recognizes Cedar Brook Financial Partners as a Best Employer in Northeast Ohio
Cleveland-based Cedar Brook Financial Partners is selected as a “best place to work.” - June 20, 2012 - Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC
New Website, Online-Stock-Brokers.com, Offers Online Traders an Independent Comparison of Stock Brokers
Online-Stock-Brokers.com lists stock broker reviews including detailed information about their business practices and trading platforms as well as including an easy ten-point scale to follow. - June 19, 2012 - Best Online Brokers
Appropriate Balance Financial Services Announces Expansion Into 401(k) Pension Planning
Appropriate Balance Financial Services, Inc. (ABFS) announced today that it will leverage its extensive investment management experience by expanding into 401(k) and 403(b) pension planning services. “This is a very natural extension of the investment management and financial planning... - June 19, 2012 - Appropriate Balance Financial Services, Inc.
Global Islamic Finance Standards Come to Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand
Ethica brings fully AAOIFI-compliant certification to Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand. AAOIFI is the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, the de facto standard for over 90% of the world's jurisdictions. - June 19, 2012 - Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance
CFLA Presents Foreclosure Defense, Quiet Title & Securitization MCLE in Westchester, NY - 06/30
Achieving Principal Reductions with Lenders by Creating Leverage - New NY State Laws, UCC, and others - (MCLE 7 Hrs) will be presented by Davina Westerfield, Esq.; Oliver Hull, Esq.; and Andrew Lehman, J.D. in New York, NY on June 30, 2012. - June 19, 2012 - Certified Forensic Loan Auditors, LLC
MyPrivateBanking Global Banking Survey: Banks Should Invest More in Facebook
Banks’ communication weak on Facebook - LinkedIn most popular and best maintained social media platform. - June 17, 2012 - MyPrivateBanking GmbH
Lenders Cautious About Prospects for Residential Mortgage Markets
CRIF, a global company specializing in the development and management of credit reporting, business information and decision support systems, and Efma, the retail financial services community, today published a new study that includes the results of a survey providing insight into the European consumer credit market and estimated impacts of the adoption of the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on credit agreements relating to residential property. - June 17, 2012 - CRIF
Cedar Brook Financial Partners’ Eric Rubin is Recipient of National Achievement Award
The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance selects Cedar Brook’s Eric Rubin to receive the 2012 Achievement Award for a second year in a row. - June 16, 2012 - Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC
"How do You Like Me Now? A True Story of Greed, Fear, and Disaster as a Wall Street Day Trader" by Successful Day Trader Robert James Perrego Now on Sale
Robert James Perrego releases memoir. - June 15, 2012 - Buy Low Sell High LLC
The StoneHill Group Offers MERS® System Members Assistance with Monthly Reconciliations and Annual Reporting
The StoneHill Group, a national provider of pre- and post-closing quality control audits, fulfillment, due diligence, and collateral audits to mortgage bankers, banks, credit unions, and the financial services industry, today announced a service to help MERS® System members comply with their... - June 14, 2012 - The StoneHill Group
OTM Put Option Selling Finally Places Investors in the Driver’s Seat
Dallas trading partners share their overwhelmingly successful stock market technique in a new book. - June 14, 2012 - Buchanan & Palmer Financial Services LLC
TrimTabs Portfolio Manager Leon Mirochnik to Appear on “Tim Connolly’s Winning Strategies” on Friday, June 15 at 12 pm CT
Leon Mirochnik, Associate Portfolio Manager at TrimTabs Investment Research (www.trimtabs.com), will discuss a recent market report by BarclayHedge and TrimTabs citing astronomical redemptions at hedge funds over the last 12 months and the bearish indication it holds for markets on Tim... - June 14, 2012 - Corporate Strategies, LLC
MeritKapital Goes Live with SunGard’s SGN for Direct Market Access
MeritKapital Limited, an investment firm licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, is providing its clients with direct market access (DMA) to the London Stock Exchange via the SunGard Global Network (SGN) international order routing service. MeritKapital also selected SGN to... - June 14, 2012 - MeritKapital Limited
Empire Capital of America Announces Strategic Plan to Allow Equipment Leasing Regardless of Credit History
A growing company in commercial leasing, Empire Capital of America is working with financially strapped small businesses to help provide the capital those clients’ need. - June 13, 2012 - Empire Capital of America
Ovostar Union LLC Was Rated uaA by IBcontacts
Ovostar Union LLC was assigned by IBcontacts company a short-term credit rating at the level of uaA. - June 13, 2012 - IBcontacts
Direct Currency Markets Limited Announce the Launch of DIRECT Institutional Services for Retail Currency Traders Worldwide
Direct Currency Markets Limited is excited to announce new Institutional level trade services and trading account options to retail clients globally. As the next step in the Company global growth plan, and to better service the growing demand for DCM's reliable, transparent, high performance trade execution, the Company has upgraded all trade execution infrastructure and MetaTrader 4 trading account options, including Mobile trading platforms for iPhone/iPad, Android accordingly. - June 12, 2012 - Direct Currency Markets Limited
DUECO, Inc. Names Marikris O’Grady Executive Vice President
Largest Final-Stage Manufacturer of Terex Utilities Products in the Nation Taps O’Grady to Lead Operations and Administration. - June 11, 2012 - Dueco, Inc.
Lois Hamblet, CEO of Ziptip, a Mobile Payments Solution for Tips and Gratuities, and One of Boston's Hottest Startups, Interviewed by Pymnts.com
Lois Hamblet, CEO of Ziptip, Inc., (ziptip.net) a mobile payments solution designed specifically for the payment of tips and gratuities for service workers, has been interviewed by Alex Walsh of Pymnts.com as part of Pymnts.com’s Innovators Series. Pymnts.com is an online media channel that... - June 11, 2012 - Ziptip, Inc.
Commercial Lending X Announces New Correspondent Relationship
Commercial Lending X proudly announces additional funding source with aggressive new loan programs to provide real estate financing throughout the US. - June 11, 2012 - Commercial Lending X
Hurdles and Rewards - High Frequency, Quant and Algorithmic Trading in Asia (Opalesque Hong Kong Roundtable)
High frequency trading (HFT) is a subset of quantitative trading, and in fact many low frequency trading strategies are traded via algorithms, which distribute orders in slices. - June 10, 2012 - Opalesque Ltd