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Delray Beach CRA's Silver Anniversary Recalls Milestone in Downtown's Turnaround
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is now 25 years old. The dramatic turnaround of downtown Delray is credited to many, but the CRA has led the development that has brought thousands of new residents and enhanced the tax base. - July 04, 2010 - Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
Global Private Equity Fundraising at Lowest Level Since 2003 - $41.3bn Raised in Q2 2010
The $41.3bn collected by the global private equity industry from 82 final fund closes in Q2 2010 is the lowest total since 2003, and is a reflection of the continuing harsh fundraising conditions for managers seeking capital. It it is clear that the recovery in the fundraising market anticipated by many in the industry, including Preqin, has yet to occur. However, a number of factors indicate that conditions are set to improve towards the end of this year and into 2011. - July 01, 2010 - Preqin ltd
Hard Money NYC is Proud to Announce the Launch of 48houslawsuitcash.com
48hourlawsuitcash.com provides cash advances to individuals who have an anticipated personal injury settlement or already settled case within 48 hours of taking in the application. - June 18, 2010 - Hard Money NYC
China Guarantee Industry Investments and Market Outlook to 2011 Now Available at ReportsandReports
China guarantee industry is developing rapidly. As of the end of 2008, there had been 4,247 credit guarantee agencies serving small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China; the total amount of guarantee for SMEs’ loans had reached RMB1.75 trillion, involving 907,000 companies. - June 10, 2010 - ReportsandReports
CMA Broadens Trade Hub Connectivity with Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) Exchange Trading Through InterBolsa
CMA the leading market data, order management and connectivity provider of Latin American exchange trading furthers its access in every major Latin American market adding Colombia's market leader InterBolsa onto CMA Trade Hub. - June 09, 2010 - CMA
B-EZ Enterprises Launches Self Help Debt Negotiation Essay Contest Entitled "Tell Other Consumers Your Debt Negotiation Stories"
B-EZ Enterprises has launched a Self Help Debt Negotiation essay contest to show consumers it’s possible to negotiate directly with creditors. The rules are simple; simply tell how entrant resolved debt(s) with creditors. Entrants must have successfully negotiated with creditors without the use of a debt settlement company or attorney. Any party meeting these requirements is invited to share with others struggling with debt the various self help methods that can be utilized. - June 07, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
ACCA SME Committee Experts Urge Coalition Government to Establish Recovery Plan for Small Businesses
Coalition government must “think small first” when establishing new proposals for economic recovery - May 30, 2010 - ACCA
Postcode Anywhere MD Guy Mucklow Joins Board of Intellect
Entrepreneur joins list of prominent technologists; aims to “represent interests of small to medium business.” - May 26, 2010 - PCA Predict
Wood Fiber Prices for the Global Pulp Industry Rise 11%, Reaching Pre-Financial Crisis Levels in the 1Q/2010, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The strong pulp market has pushed wood fiber costs upward in most regions around the world the past 12 months. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) have gone up the past year and were more than 11 percent higher in the 1Q/10 as compared to 1Q/09, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. - May 25, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC
Global Market for Maritime Security $15.4bn in 2010 - New Market Research on ASDReports.com
For decades maritime piracy on the high seas has been an almost accepted aspect of international trade. However, increasingly audacious attacks on high value assets such as larger oil tankers have changed the outlook. When pirates hijack vessels such as an oil-tanker carrying 2 million barrels of... - May 24, 2010 - ASD Media BV
Boise Inc. Implements Real-Time Costing System from Enterprise Performance Solutions
Enterprise Performance Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of innovative cost management solutions to the process manufacturing industry, today announced the successful implementation of its EPS Real-Time Costing system with paper products manufacturer, Boise Inc. The EPS Real-Time Costing system... - May 21, 2010 - Enterprise Performance Solutions, Inc.
Hard Money NYC Closes a 120k Bridge Loan on a Commercial Property in Bronx Ny
Hard Money NYC, a local private lender, closed a 120k mortgage on a commercial building in Bronx New York. - May 20, 2010 - Hard Money NYC
Post-Recession Consumer in the U.S. Market Report Now Available on ReportsandReports
As consumer confidence and economic optimism slowly returned in the first half of 2010, marketers and market researchers differed sharply over whether the price-conscious consumer who dominated the marketplace during the Great Recession would prove to be a temporary aberration or a permanent fixture in the American economy. - May 13, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
CPEhr Re-Releases White Paper Detailing How HR Outsourcing Helps Employers Through the Recovering Economy
Updated white paper discusses rapidly changing economy and how small and mid-size employers benefit from outsourcing human resource functions - May 12, 2010 - CPE HR, Inc.
Advanced Behavioral Consultants Offers Training in "Why Disaster is Good for Business"
Advanced Behavioral Consultants announces their 2010 Summer Training Series. In this training students learn that disaster can be an excellent time to take a business to the next level. Scientific models give a clear picture of how a business system can thrive in a chaotic environment. There are specific skills that can ensure that instead of breaking down in these chaotic times individuals and business organizations can take it to the next level. - May 11, 2010 - Advanced Behavioral Consultants
Hard Money NYC Closes a 180k Bridge Loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY
Hard Money NYC closed a 180k bridge loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY. The loan was to pay off back taxes before a pending tax sale and to complete the rehab on three of the units. - May 06, 2010 - Hard Money NYC
Gladstone Homes Extends Unique Sneak Peak Event Through May: New Impression Series Draws Homebuyer Interest
Gladstone Homes is offering a unique "sneak peek" of an under-construction, decorated model. The special tours through May allow families to see both the quality construction behind the drywall and get a true sense of space as it is staged with furniture and mock appliances. The Sagestone model is the first in a new series of Gladstone home designs priced to meet the needs of the economy. - May 04, 2010 - Gladstone Homes
Site Location Partnership Client Announces Economic Development Project to Create 250 Jobs in Hendricks County, Indiana
Logistics Firm s2f Investing $10.8 Million in Plainfield Facility - May 04, 2010 - Site Location Partnership
Site Location Partnership Extends Economic Development Contract with Campbell County, Virginia
Central Virginia Locale Continues to Strengthen, Expand and Diversify its Economy - May 03, 2010 - Site Location Partnership
Earth Day Meets Wall Street: Lemon Tree Square Offers Trendy, Eco-Friendly Products While Saving American Jobs
Consumers have become so comfortable with eco-friendly products that it has become just one factor when deciding on a business plan. Lemon Tree Square adds one major pre-requisite to the product line-up: all products must be made in the USA. - April 22, 2010 - Lemon Tree Square
B-EZ Enterprises Notifies Florida Software Company of Perceived Infringement for Patent Pending Self Help Debt Settlement Technology Marketed to Debt Settlement Industry
B-EZ Enterprises operates the website www.2SettleMyDebt.com that utilizes a patent pending method of internet debt settlement. The embodiments of this patent pending method of internet debt settlement allows consumers to enter creditors, make offers to creditors, generates letters and allows these creditors to accept, reject or make counter offers via the internet. On April 8, 2010 B-EZ Enterprises notified a Florida software company of a perceived infringement of intellectual property. - April 17, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
Award-Winning Professional Real Estate Staging Expert Announces Home Staging Course Instructor Position with CSP International Training Academy
Kathleen Garvey, who is a nationally known leader in the real estate staging industry, announces together with CSP that she has been chosen as one of their top-level home staging course instructors. By teaching others how to create successful staging businesses, Garvey will help more individuals recover from the current economic challenges. - April 15, 2010 - Enhanced Interiors & Home Staging
Self Help Debt Settlement Website Affiliate Program Restructured to Assist in Promotion of Patent Pending Method of Debt Settlement
Their website affiliate program pays affiliates sixty percent (60%) (less merchant fees) of the $79.99 signup fee. This is an opportunity for affiliates to offer consumers a viable alternative to hiring a debt settlement company. Consumers can realize hundreds of dollars in savings by utilizing self help debt settlement verses paying a debt settlement company extremely high fees. - April 13, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
FXSTAT is the First UK Company to Launch Its Free Online Automated Analytical Platform to Help Retail and Institutional Forex Traders to Analyze Their Trading Activities
FXSTAT is an analytical tool and Forex community platform, to help traders analyze, share, collaborate and communicate together to either improve their trading skills or help others to do so. Traders will be able to analyze, publish, share the trading activities with their own created privacy and... - April 09, 2010 - FX STAT Ltd
Tale of Two Americas: Rental Rates Infographics
RentersInsurance.org has developed a two part infographic that displays the highest and lowest rent areas in the United States. - April 07, 2010 - Renters Insurance
1st Quarter Report on New Jersey Consumer Perception Job Worries, Credit-Card Difficulties Continue
New Jerseyans continue to worry about their job security, according to the quarterly consumer survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Silberman College of Business. More than a third (36%) of those employed say they are worried about losing their job in the next 12 months—a third of... - April 07, 2010 - Fairleigh Dickinson University
Bluestone America Enhances Its Legacy Charitable Gifting Program
Bluestone America introduces its Legacy Gifting Program which will provide its products and services which specify in financial strategies, philanthropic programs, and charitable gifting programs utilizing both traditional and alternative funded life insurance products. Bluestone America’s most commonly used programs are The Heritage Plus Program and The Legacy Builder Program. These programs offer clients a favorable new way to donate sizable gifts using life insurance. - April 03, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
Bluestone Wealth Management Appointed as Transamerica General Agency
Bluestone Wealth management has been selected by Transamerica as its general agency offering its financial services and products. The agreement will allow Bluestone to underwrite Transamerica’s insurance product line and was selected by Transamerica, in part, because of its existing charitable gifting programs and proprietary trust structures that are well aligned with Transamerica products. - March 27, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
Titan Tax Relief Offers IRS Debt Relief
Find out how to receive IRS debt relief and end your tax problems. The IRS has come up with several tax debt relief options especially for small business owners. If you want to refrain yourself from being sunk in the economic crisis, you can make use of these tax debt relief programs. - March 24, 2010 - Titan Tax Relief
Charles Nam Announces Bluestone Wealth Management to be Incorporated as Part of Bluestone Preferred Wealth Center
Charles Nam, CEO of Bluestone America, announces the expansion of the Bluestone Preferred Wealth center to include Wealth Management & Insurance Services. Bluestone Wealth management was created in 2005 and offers financial services utilizing insurance products, asset allocation, alternative investments, and estate planning. - March 19, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
Weiser LLP Teams Up with IASeminars to Offer Training Courses on International Accounting Standards
Weiser LLP is pleased to announce that it is partnering with IASeminars, a leading global provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), to offer certified public accountants and other financial professionals a comprehensive range of IFRS training... - March 18, 2010 - IASeminars Ltd
Dixon Hughes Teams with IASeminars to Offer Training on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Dixon Hughes PLLC is collaborating with IASeminars, a leading provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), to offer CPAs and other financial professionals a comprehensive global range of IFRS training solutions. “The SEC will clarify the roadmap for the... - March 05, 2010 - IASeminars Ltd
CMA Announces Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) Market Data and Trading with Casa de Bolsa Finamex
CMA the leading market data, order management and connectivity provider of Latin American exchange trading announces deployment of CMA Series 4 market data and order management system deployed at Mexican Exchange Brokerage, Casa de Bolsa Finamex. - March 04, 2010 - CMA
Trust for Architectural Easements Hosts Orange Seminar on Financial Incentives for Historic Preservation
The Trust for Architectural Easements protects more than 800 historic properties in California, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and Illinois. On Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 p.m., the Trust will host a seminar on the financial incentives for historic preservation. To RSVP, please email easements@architecturaltrust.org. - March 03, 2010 - Trust for Architectural Easements
Consumer Metrics Institute Sees GDP Contracting in Second Quarter
According to the Consumer Metrics Institute, the demand side of the U.S. Consumer Economy has been in contraction since January 15th, 2010. This slowdown should cause the recently reported growth in the production side of the economy to turn negative during the second quarter of 2010. - March 03, 2010 - Consumer Metrics Institute, Inc.
AMI International Teams with Jacob Fleming Conferences as Market Information Partner for International OPV 2010
AMI International announced today it has joined Jacob Fleming Conferences as the official Market Information Partner for the International Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) conference to be held 19-21 May in Brussels. As the first ever dedicated market information partner for this conference, AMI will... - March 02, 2010 - AMI International
More Residents Avoid Foreclosure Thanks to Success of Local Non-Profit Housing- and Credit-Counseling Program
Successful loan modifications through the federally funded Consumer Credit Counseling Service foreclosure-prevention program saw double-digit increases in 2009, according to numbers released this week by Program Director Bettye DeRamus. Lenders approved 65 percent, or 1,675, of the agency's... - March 01, 2010 - Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Aurora
Charles Dargan Appointed as CFO of Bluestone America
The appointment of Charles Dargan as CFO of Blusetone America was announced today. Mr. Dargan will head up management of all financial structures including accounting, finance, investment planning, mergers and acquisitions and structured debt instrument planning. Mr. Dargan brings a wealth of banking experience, most notably as banking director of Seidler Companies Inc. - February 27, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
William Soady Appointed as President of Bluestone America
William Soady has been appointed President of Bluestone America to provide additional project funding for asset based projects using high securitization methods. Mr. Soady brings over 30 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies as well as other areas of finance and asset management including commercial real estate, insurance & annuities, banking & lending, management and marketing. - February 27, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
The Little City of Falls Church Files Trademark Applications for The Little City
The Falls Church Economic Development Authority has partnered with local intellectual property attorney Erik Pelton to obtain trademark protection for the city’s The Little City(SM) slogan and logos. “We are proud to be a part of this exciting campaign to raise the visibility of Falls... - February 26, 2010 - Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC
Greater Valley Group to Host Regional Impact Forum Feb. 25
Greater Valley Group announced today that it will host a regional economic impact forum for members of the media and dignitaries to examine the influence of projects planned for development in the Greater Valley Area. - February 24, 2010 - Greater Valley Group, LLC
Market Research Industry Stabilizes: Budgets Reverse Decline with a Planned 1.1% Increase for 2010
Despite a difficult 2009, 43% of research organizations expect to hire in 2010. - February 22, 2010 - MarketResearchCareers
Real-Time 'GDP' Analog Contracts at Over 1% Annualized Rate
The Daily Growth Index published by the Consumer Metrics Institute has recently recorded an annualized contraction rate of 1.24%. This index records trailing 'quarter' consumer demand, and is a demand side proxy for a real-time 'GDP.' - February 16, 2010 - Consumer Metrics Institute, Inc.
Business Tourism Boost for Edinburgh Economy
The value of conferences which attract high spending business delegates to Edinburgh is expected to beat its predicted target of £73.9 million set by the Edinburgh Convention Bureau (ECB - http://www.conventionedinburgh.com). - February 10, 2010 - Edinburgh Convention Bureau
Employers Reduce Costs and HR Risks with HR Outsourcing, Reports New White Paper by CPEhr
Report shows how small and mid-size employers benefit from outsourcing human resource functions as the economy slowly recovers. - February 09, 2010 - CPE HR, Inc.
Author to Award Financial Assistance to Deserving Families
A Florida author is giving back to help families in need. With his new book, Saving Your American Dream, finance professional Jason Biro launches a campaign to provide direct financial assistance and one-on-one advice to help families save their homes and rebuild their finances. - February 05, 2010 - CRDG
Iraq’s Economic News Channel Visits SAK Corporate Offices in Baghdad
Following the recent flurry of activity posted by Sanna Al Kassir (SAK) regarding its recent contracts with Iraq’s Ministry of Trade - State Company for Construction Materials; The Iraq Economics News (IENN) Channel came to visit to see what was happening. On a busy Tuesday evening following... - February 04, 2010 - Sanna Al Kassir General Trading Company
CMA Announces Sao Paulo Based Proximity and Collocation for Brazil Exchange Trading Community
Ultra-Low Latency Proximity and Collocation offering for local and international financial institutions and vendors looking to participate in the explosive Brazilian Exchange traded market place. - February 03, 2010 - CMA
Emergency Plan Should Include Financial Readiness, Advanced Preparation for the Unpredictable Can Pay Off
Don't panic. Be prepared. Although the Chicago area is not likely to endure the devastating effects of an earthquake, it is subject to its own set of impending natural disasters, like tornadoes and flooding. Consumer Credit Counseling Service, a program of Family Counseling Service of Aurora,... - February 01, 2010 - Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Aurora
Banks Concerned About Driving Efficient Revenue Growth Creating Need for Innovation in Distribution and Staffing
Distribution and resource management solutions have been loosely coupled in the marketplace. As clients concern for revenue efficiency has grown, so has the need to better match resources within and across channels and improve their sales and service effectiveness. - January 27, 2010 - Novantas LLC