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Froggy's Fog Makes Huge Impact by Changing Focus to Hand Sanitizer
Froggy's Fog shut down production of Theatrical Effects Fluids to manufacture Hand Sanitizer for essential workers. By tripling output over a weekend, Froggy's Fog has been able to offer jobs to the local community impacted by COVID-19 layoffs and business closures. Froggy's Fog has donated thousands of dollars worth of hand sanitizer to local communities, organizations and essential workers. - April 03, 2020 - Froggy's Fog
Consumers Will Soon Pay Higher Life Insurance Rates
COVID-19 has interrupted every part of life globally, and life insurance is no exception. A pandemic of this magnitude will undoubtedly result in a heightened awareness of mortality. In the life insurance arena, this has translated into a surge in demand for coverage. For many consumers COVID-19... - April 01, 2020 - AccuQuote
Kids Party Company Goes Virtual to Help Families Celebrate Birthdays
Amazing Fairytale Parties, a family run birthday party business, creates a solution for families' birthday woes, with Virtual Parties with a party character. - March 30, 2020 - Amazing Fairytale Parties
How Long Will Pre-COVID Life Insurance Rates Last?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the world, life insurance carriers are challenged by maintaining a profitable business. One looming fear for consumers is the cost of life insurance. Will it go up? - March 26, 2020 - AccuQuote
Hempton Farms Offers Their Smokable Hemp Flower in Long-Preserving Nitrogen Cans
Hempton Farms is now offering their popular high-quality, American grown, smokable hemp flower in nitrogen can packaging. Long used in the preservation of edible items such as popular snack foods, nitrogen gas can now keep your smokable hemp flower fresh for 18 months or more. - March 18, 2020 - Hempton Farms
The CEC & eLuma Partner to Present Critical Webinar for Special Educators
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, many special educators are scrambling to find solutions to take care of their students with exceptionalities. The CEC & eLuma Online Therapy are partnering to present a webinar entitled, "Teaching Special Education Online During COVID-19" to give them vital resources and support to enable them to meet their most critical objectives. - March 17, 2020 - eLuma Online Therapy
How COVID-19 is, or is Not, Impacting the Life Insurance Business and Your Ability to Obtain Coverage
As part of the panic that has consumed the world surrounding the COVID pandemic, many consumers are asking whether insurance companies are doing anything different, or perhaps, postponing the ability of consumers to obtain life insurance, for general pandemic related reasons. When a worldwide... - March 17, 2020 - AccuQuote
GiveCentral Provides Urgent Support as Charities Respond to COVID19 During the Season of Lent
Critical communication and giving support during this time of tragedy and uncertainty - March 17, 2020 - GiveCentral
MDT Ventures Has Closed Its Second Fund at $170 Million
MDT Ventures is a minority lead Venture Capital firm that has announced the closing of MDT Ventures Fund II of 170MM. MDT Fund II was substantially oversubscribed closing its hard cap and surpassing its target of 150 Million. - March 14, 2020 - MDT Ventures
J.C. Restoration, Inc. Selected as Annual Award for Business Excellence (AABE) Recipient
J.C. Restoration, Inc. (JCR) has been selected as one of twenty suburban based companies honored with an Annual Award for Business Excellence (AABE) from the Daily Herald Business Ledger. JCR is being honored in the category of Minority-Owned Business. The AABEs are presented in recognition of... - March 12, 2020 - J.C. Restoration, Inc.
Best Small Business Web Site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 24th Annual WebAward Competition
The Web Marketing Association will name the best small business Website as part of their 24th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development. The deadline for Small Business websites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2020. - March 11, 2020 - Web Marketing Association
J.C. Restoration, Inc. Ranks on Crain’s 2019 List of Chicago’s Biggest Minority-Owned Businesses
J.C. Restoration, Inc. (JCR) has earned a spot on Crain’s 2019 list of Chicago’s biggest minority-owned businesses, ranking at number 20, based on 2018 revenue. Headquartered in Rolling Meadows, IL and a 100% Hispanic/Latino-owned company, J.C. Restoration employs over 100 people and... - March 05, 2020 - J.C. Restoration, Inc.
Medical Assistant, EKG & Phlebotomy Now Being Offered as a Combo Program at Phlebotomy Career Training
Phlebotomy Career Training has been training students both in class and online in the medical field for over 11 years. To celebrate their longevity, Phlebotomy Career Training announces a new program for students all over the United States. The program includes three certifications. The... - March 04, 2020 - Phlebotomy Career Training
SpoiledCabbage.com, the World’s Premier Music Album Review Site Debuts
Spoiled Cabbage is the world's premier album review website. If you want to know whether to spend your valuable time or hard-earned cash on an album, simply search for the album on Spoiled Cabbage and you will find expertly compiled reviews of your album from around the globe. Spoiled Cabbage also keeps you up to date on breaking news from the music world. - February 29, 2020 - SpoiledCabbage.com
Hempton Farms Finds the Future of Hemp in Its Past
Between the update to the legality, and the boom of the CBD industry, farming hemp is, once again, on the rise. As experienced American farmers, the group of gentlemen behind Hempton Farms have been watching the industry boom with discerning eyes. - February 29, 2020 - Hempton Farms
Grand Contracting Awarded General Contractor of the Year by ISA and Named a Best Place to Work in Indiana
Local construction company receives two awards during February 2020. - February 28, 2020 - Grand Contracting, LLC
Dr. Nandi’s Blue Tie Gala Takes Aim at Colon Cancer - a Benefit to Take Place March 14 in Detroit
Dr. Partha Nandi, MD FACP, is a practicing gastroenterologist in the Detroit area, Chief Health Editor of WXYZ, ABC Detroit, and host of The Dr. Nandi Show. His foundation, Dr. Nandi Charities, is committed to providing education, prevention, screening, and treatment of colon cancer, and also supporting the research of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance through active fundraising. - February 25, 2020 - Dr. Nandi Charities
Inspire and Kia Pay Homage to Those Working Behind the Scenes
Inspire Agency (Kia Motors America’s Hispanic AOR) in partnership with Kia, is celebrating Latinos that give it everything outside the spotlight – this time, during Super Bowl LIV on Fox Deportes. The idea was rooted in the insight that while Latinos are vastly underrepresented in Hollywood, they are constantly giving it everything without the recognition as stunt people- just like Latinos. - February 14, 2020 - Inspire
How Utilities Are Leveraging Storage & Microgrids
Microgrid Global Innovation Forum - N. America, March 10-11, 2020 in Chicago, to examine latest microgrid technology advances and deployments. - February 12, 2020 - Smart Grid Observer
Eco Pod Offers Sustainable Alternative to Hospitality Industry as First Single-Use, Zero Plastic, Powder-Based Amentities
Eco Pod is revolutionizing the hospitality industry, offering the first zero-plastic, single-use, powder-based products as a substitute to traditional liquid bath amenities. The innovative product is packaged in compostable paper pods made with bamboo fiber, sugarcane, and wood fiber, using soy-based ink printing. Activated by water, the Eco Pod offers options for shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. - February 11, 2020 - Mayfair Hotel Supply
Vanseal Corporation Completes AS9100D Certification
Vanseal Corporation announces the successful completion of AS9100D certification. - February 07, 2020 - Vanseal Corporation
Covenant Living Wins "Best of Show" in 2019 National Mature Media Awards
Covenant Living Communities and Services has won three awards in a national competition for marketing to older adults. The recognition is within the marketing and communications divisions for the production of three videos. - February 05, 2020 - Covenant Living Communities and Services
Roots & Vine Produce and Cafe: Green, Beans, Tomatoes, Coffee... WiFi and Body Butter?
Roots & Vine Produce and Café Inc. has a mission to "Connect Farmers to People & Reconnect People with Real Food." Debuting a cashless convenience market/café in Chicago, with a flagship location in partnership with Trinity Church of Chicago's Imani Village project, is also teaming up with Everyday Butterfly Home Spa Collection fundraising for their Grand Opening. - January 30, 2020 - Roots & Vine Produce and Cafe Inc.
Elana N. Cohen Recognized as a VIP Member for 2020 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Elana N. Cohen of Chicago, Illinois has been recognized as a VIP Member for 2020 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Woman of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of public relations. These important women exemplify tenacity. They realize... - January 28, 2020 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
ALA Announces Appointment of Interim Executive Director
The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) today announced that April Campbell, JD, will join the Association’s professional staff as Interim Executive Director, effective February 1. This follows the news that ALA’s Board of Directors has initiated a formal search for its next Executive Director after the resignation of Oliver Yandle, JD, CAE. Yandle’s last day with ALA will be January 31. - January 24, 2020 - Association of Legal Administrators
Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, 2019 Humanitarian of the Year and Founder of Robowatch LLC, Sits Down Again with the Top 100 Registry Inc. for a Spotlight Interview
The Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, Founder of Robowatch LLC, sits down with Daniel Houle for a second Spotlight Interview discussing his life and career. In September 2019, Dr. Layman was named Top 100 Registry's Humanitarian of the Year for his work in raising awareness in the fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. - January 23, 2020 - Top100 Registry Inc.
Simfoni Raises $3M to Accelerate US Expansion of Its Spend Analytics and Spend Automation Platform
Simfoni, a global innovator for Analytics and Spend Automation, announced it has raised $3m in Series A financing led by BOOST&Co. Simfoni’s Analytics deploys machine learning to harmonize and auto-classify complex data. It also offers an award-winning spend automation platform that uses artificial intelligence to automate buying. After 4 years of 100% y-o-y growth, Simfoni is poised for even more growth. This funding will also help extend development of artificial intelligence capability. - January 23, 2020 - Simfoni USA Inc
DosePal Inc. Announces the Launch of DosePal - SmartTrack Pill Reminder Device
DosePal Inc. announced today the launch of DosePal - SmartTrack - Smart Pill Reminder Device - a tiny device that attaches to a medication pill bottle to provide on-the-bottle, visual & audible reminders and track adherence using built-in motion-sensors. DosePal Inc. was launched in May 2019... - January 21, 2020 - DosePal, Inc.
Color Marketing Group Announces 2020 President
ColorFuel’s founder and color anthropologist, Peggy Van Allen, was appointed president of Color Marketing Group® (CMG) for a two-year term starting in January 2020. Van Allen is an independent color and trend forecaster in Illinois with many years as a corporate color design professional... - January 16, 2020 - Color Marketing Group
International Peeling Society-USA Announces Peeling Around the World Course Agenda and Faculty
Session held March 19, 2020 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. - January 15, 2020 - International Peeling Society-USA
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry and Indico Solutions Announces New Searchable Guidelines Website and Mobile Apps
Indico Solutions transforms dense, complex workers compensation treatment guideline documents into robust, key word searchable web and mobile applications. - January 08, 2020 - Indico Solutions
AIM Consulting Opens New Office in Chicago
AIM Consulting, a national leader in technology solutions and services, is planting roots in the Chicago area with the expansion of a new office located at 125 Wacker Ave, Chicago, IL 60606. As part of Addison Group, AIM Consulting has been growing a presence in the Chicago market for some time. A... - January 07, 2020 - AIM Consulting
Industry Leader Robert J. Hilb Joins The Plexus Groupe
The Plexus Groupe is pleased to announce the addition of Robert J. Hilb as Chief Partnership Officer. In this role, Hilb will be focusing on acquisitions and strategic partnerships to grow The Plexus Groupe’s brand and national footprint. Founder and CEO Walter R. Fawcett, III commented,... - January 07, 2020 - The Plexus Groupe
Phlebotomy Career Training Now Incorporates Training in PRP Technology for Dental Implantation Procedures
The art and science of phlebotomy has now expanded from hospitals and clinics to dental offices and surgical centers. Platelet Rich Plasma has proven effective in expediting the patient's healing process after dental procedures such as tooth implants and bone grafts. The science behind the proper centrifugation and extraction of these precious blood products is now taught at Phlebotomy Career Training, both online and in class. - January 06, 2020 - Phlebotomy Career Training
GenInvo Launch
GenInvo launches to provide innovative and transformative solutions to the pharma industry to help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster. - December 23, 2019 - GenInvo, Inc.
Bull Valley Retrievers Receives 2019 Best of Woodstock Award - Dog Trainer
Bull Valley Retrievers has been selected for the 2019 Best of Woodstock Award in the Dog Trainer category by the Woodstock Award Program. - December 19, 2019 - Bull Valley Retrievers
Power Wellness Management Has Successful Grand Opening Celebration at Piedmont Wellness Center
The Piedmont Wellness Center at Pinewood Forest held its grand opening celebration on Saturday, December 14 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Approximately 400 guests took a tour of the state-of-the-art facility that features the Human Performance Center - a 5,000 sq. ft. training ground for... - December 19, 2019 - Power Wellness Management
ALA Announces Resignation of Executive Director
The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) announced today that Oliver P. Yandle, JD, CAE, has resigned as Executive Director. The ALA Board of Directors accepted Yandle’s resignation effective January 31, 2020, and the Board will commence discussions to appoint new... - December 14, 2019 - Association of Legal Administrators
AI Journey for Furniture Retailers
Small to Mid-Size Furniture Retailers Now Have Access to Fortune 500 Technology - December 12, 2019 - XSELL Technologies
AmericaTowne Announces Start of Partnership
AmericaTowne Starts Partnership with the National Government of the Republic of Kenya and eighteen County Governments. - December 12, 2019 - AmericaTowne, Inc.
GiveCentral’s Advanced Donor Management for Better Management
5 Second Giving with quick transaction and automated donor recognition make GC the ideal choice. - December 11, 2019 - GiveCentral
Distinct Revenue-Based Financing Firm Meeting Great Need in Tech-Startup Market
Novel Growth Partners Raises $12M for New Fund; KC-based but Expanding to Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis. - December 10, 2019 - Novel Growth Partners
Auto Driveaway Acquires a Majority Interest in Sparkle Mobile LLC
Partnering with mobile, eco-friendly, waterless car wash and detailing services - December 06, 2019 - Auto Driveaway
Acutrans Launches New Web Site
Acutrans, a leading translation service provider with 20 years of translation experience, just launched their new website - taking advantage of new web-enabled technologies. - December 06, 2019 - Acutrans
Anti-Tarnish Packaging Paper and Film Protects Silver-Plated Parts
Quality and cleanliness are critical in preserving silver-plated parts for the aerospace and electronics industries. Daubert Cromwell's anti-tarnish Silver-Guard™ film and Silver Saver® paper packaging products provide environmentally friendly, recyclable protection. - December 06, 2019 - Daubert Cromwell
Thanksgiving Feast & Smoked Turkeys to Go at Weber Grill Restaurant
Weber Grill Restaurants will be open on Thanksgiving day in addition to offering Whole Turkeys prepared for pickup the day before and day of Thanksgiving. - November 20, 2019 - Weber Grill Restaurant
Pangea Cares to Distribute Turkey Baskets to 135 Families in Chicago and Indianapolis for Thanksgiving
Pangea Cares, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves underrepresented communities in Chicago, Indianapolis, and Baltimore, will prepare and distribute 135 Thanksgiving turkey baskets to residents of Pangea Properties, a private Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), on Saturday, November 23rd... - November 14, 2019 - Pangea Properties
Converged Technology Professionals Achieves RingCentral’s Prestigious Preferred Partner Status
Converged Technology Professionals is proud to announce they have achieved preferred partner status as a RingCentral partner. As an IT and business communications consulting company, Converged helps Mid-Enterprise businesses migrate their communications to the RingCentral cloud platform for greater usability, efficiency and enhanced omni-channel functionality. - November 13, 2019 - Converged Technology Professionals
Authors' Children Record Audiobook Version of "Lotus and Lily Go to the Park"
Malcolm and Denise M. Johnson's book for new beginning readers, "Lotus and Lily Go to the Park," has been brought to life with their daughters' audiobook. "Lotus and Lily Go to the Park" is a fun story featuring a happy family, that introduces children to colors, sight words,... - November 08, 2019 - Johnson Jr. Family Books
A New Powerfully Insightful Book for Men
Author, A. Moriel McClerklin has written a powerfully insightful new book, "Triumphant: The Journey to Healthy Manhood." A. Moriel states: “There is awesome potential in every man. Every man holds treasures inside himself to offer to the world. To tap into higher dimensions of ourselves and live our true potential, we only need to acknowledge our ability to grow and change for the better. This book is a guide to help men on their journey to the inward changes that lead to triumphant living.” - November 06, 2019 - A. Moriel McClerklin