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Small Business Research Board: Taxes, Energy and Fuel Costs Now Greatest Concerns of Construction, Contracting Businesses According to Latest SBRB Study
Report indicates 31% of small construction and contracting firms are considering expansion during the next 12 to 24 months. Enhancements to current locations, improved customer service cited as priorities says report issued in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - June 30, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
DirectBuy Celebrates 35th Anniversary of First Franchise
DirectBuy Continues Tremendous Growth by Opening New Showrooms and Design Centers Across North America. - June 26, 2007 - DirectBuy
Small Business Research Board Study: Taxes Now Leading Concern of Small Businesses Replacing Health Care Costs Which Falls to Fifth According to Latest SBRB Study
Report indicates one-third of U. S. small businesses plan to expand during next 12 months. Owners also intend to invest in productivity enhancements, citing improved staff training as their leading goal says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - June 26, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
Strictly FX Joins Toby Keith on the Big Dog Daddy Tour
Live special effects company, Strictly FX, joins multi-platinum recording artist, Toby Keith, on the road for the 5th consecutive year. This time on the Big Dog Daddy tour. The show features over 200 pieces of product including: a 20 second gerb waterfall, a barrage of confetti streamers and... - June 21, 2007 - Strictly FX
Small Business Research Board Study: Owners of Food Industry Businesses Showing Improved Outlook Despite Concern About Economy, Revenue During Next 12 Months SBRB Reports
Plans for increased hiring drive improved food industry confidence index says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - June 20, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
Small Business Research Board Industry Study: Manufacturers Predicting Greater Revenues, Expecting to Increase Hiring During Next 12 Months SBRB Reports
Manufacturing confidence growing despite concerns about economy says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - June 20, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
Small Business Research Board Industry Study: Confidence of Construction, Contracting Business Owners Registers Third Consecutive Quarterly Gain
Owners of construction, contracting industry businesses look to increase hiring despite concerns about economy, revenue during next 12 months says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates - June 20, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
Pain-Topics.org Offers Safety Tips for Avoiding Opioid Analgesic Risks in Patients with Kidney or Liver Disease
Opioid analgesics must be cautiously prescribed to avoid overdose, respiratory depression, and other adverse effects in patients with renal or hepatic dysfunction. A new evidence-based report from Pain-Topics.org provides vital clinical-safety guidance. - June 19, 2007 - Pain Treatment Topics
Small Business Research Board Industry Study: Small Business Confidence Indexes Rise in Three Key US Industries; Owners Plan to Increase Hiring During Next 12 Months
Outlook for Construction / Contracting, Manufacturing, Food Industries improved during second quarter says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - June 19, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
Honor Roll Announces Partnership with Scholarship Chicago
Honor Roll today announced the partnership with Scholarship Chicago, in an effort to help underserved students graduate from college and transition into productive careers. This alliance will assist HRO Corporate Affiliates recruit Diverse, High Quality Talent. - June 15, 2007 - Honor Roll Online, LLC
Nexus Distribution and MercuryGate International, Inc. Announce Implementation of MercuryGate’s TMS as Strategic Technology for Nexus
New TMS implementation provides collaboration and visibility through their customer’s entire supply chain. - June 13, 2007 - Nexus Distribution
Pain-Topics.org Addresses Oxycodone Safety Concerns
Contrary to negative reports in the mass media, with proper prescribing, appropriate risk management, and effective patient education, oxycodone is a useful and relatively safe opioid for pain management. - June 12, 2007 - Pain Treatment Topics
“Men Who Write” Featured at Sessions - Saturday June 9th 2007
Men who write is the feature for the June "Sessions" Events Sponsored monthly by 220 Communications and Little Black Pearl Art Design Center. - June 05, 2007 - 220 Communications
RevStor, LLC Unleashes Revolutionary New Software onto the Business Data Storage Scene
Digital storage is out of control. With the exponential increase in digital storage needs, by 2010 the total amount of data added annually could approach 988 exabytes, or nearly a trillion gigabytes. In response, RevStor, LLC (http://www.revstor.com) has announced the release of SANwarePro and SANwareSB. The revolutionary new software allows businesses to securely store their data using existing networks of desktops, laptops and servers. - June 01, 2007 - RevStor, LLC
Small Business Research Board Study: U.S. Small Business Confidence Index Rises 5 Points; Expectation for Improved Economy, Greater Revenue May Boost Hiring
Regionally, businesses in Northeast, South, Midwest have increased confidence, anticipate higher staff levels. Confidence level of businesses in Western U.S. ebbs and now more in line with rest of nation says SBRB report prepared in conjunction with International Profit Associates. - May 31, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
First-Ever Guide Available for Helping Patients with Intractable Pain
Pain Treatment Topics offers a new "Survival Handbook" for patients suffering the constant, severe, and disabling distress of intractable pain. Since this condition is often undertreated, this unique guidebook also is a “must read” for healthcare providers. - May 23, 2007 - Pain Treatment Topics
PR.com Creates the “Jenna Jameson Endorses Hillary Clinton” Story with Its Groundbreaking Jenna Jameson Interview
PR.com’s interview with Jenna Jameson creates nationwide headlines and late-night television material. - May 21, 2007 - PR.com
Power Equipment Direct Opens PEDplex
Power Equipment Direct - an online power equipment retailer - continues its rapid growth with the addition of a new distribution center in Bolingbrook, IL. - May 17, 2007 - Power Equipment Direct
Commonwealth Capital Advisors: Small-Business-Financing Advisor Simplifies Product Line, Improves Functionality, and Reduces Overall Cost
Financial Architect® Expert System Enables Start-Ups and Early-Stage Companies to Control Their Own Financing at Low Cost - May 08, 2007 - Commonwealth Capital Advisors
FWO Productions Announces Unique Musical Event, "Jazz & Blues: Under One Roof," Taking Place in Chicago at The Tavern Club, May 25
“Jazz & Blues: Under One Roof” with performances by “Pippi” Ardennia & Billy Branch - May 06, 2007 - FWO Productions
PR.com Announces New Press Release Distribution Enhancements Including Yahoo News
PR.com continues to provide the highest level of service and press release distribution enhancements with these new features: distribution to Yahoo News; File Attachments; PDF Version of the Press Release; enhanced distribution by Industry Distribution Channels and Regional Distribution Channels; Social Bookmarking; and more. - April 16, 2007 - PR.com
Beauty Product On-the-Way Joins Web’s Best at smallflower.com
Boasting the best in personal care from over 30 countries, the inventive Body Buddy™ lotion applicator is on the list of distinguished products now offered at smallflower.com. The impressive product selection known since 1875 at Merz Apothecary in Chicago is carrying on 130 years of tradition... - March 20, 2007 - Body Buddy Company
Chicago-Area Publisher Launches New Travel Guide to Ireland
Mysterious World: Ireland Touted as “The Next Generation of Travel Guides” - March 08, 2007 - Doug Elwell, Inc.
Intetics Named to 2007 ‘Global Services 100’ List of Most Innovative Technology Service Companies and #2 in Top 5 Emerging Global Service Providers
Today Intetics Co. was named to the 2007 Global Services 100 list of most innovative technology service providers selected on the basis of a research conducted by CMP-CyberMedia’s Global Services magazine and neoIT, an outsourcing advisory firm. In the supplementary list of Top 5 Emerging... - February 10, 2007 - Intetics Co.
OpenMake Software Aggressively Extends Leadership in Build-to-Release Management
Catalyst Systems changes their company name to OpenMake Software. - February 07, 2007 - OpenMake Software
“Paint The Parks” Continues the Tradition of Arts for the Parks
PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, has announced the Call to Entries for the 2007 “Paint The Parks” Art Competition. The competition was developed to fill the void created when the Arts for the Parks program was recently... - February 07, 2007 - PaintAmerica
Jessup Manufacturing Chooses NM Marketing Communications
Jessup Manufacturing Company, North America’s leading manufacturer of non-slip and photoluminescent technology, has chosen NM Marketing Communications for development of an extensive public relations program to create greater awareness of the company’s brand and... - February 06, 2007 - NM Marketing Communications
Revolutionary New Products Make it Easier than Ever to Build and Maintain a Successful Website
Even for those who are not computer savvy, two brand new products can help anyone build a successful website. SEO Membership Pro Software and Membership Mastery Video Series have just hit the market and will change the future of websites. These products will reach a broad range of consumers... - February 05, 2007 - SEO Membership Pro
Adazon Anounces Availability of Sony Thermal Transfer Printer Ribbon
Full line access is critical in supporting a customer base with many unique and diverse brands of installed barcode printers. Branded ribbon from the printer manufacturer is an expensive option. - February 02, 2007 - AdaZon Barcode Labels & Equipment
Print Your Own Color Product Labels In House with the LX810 and New LX400 Color Printers
No plate charges, no huge equipment to buy. Print your own small run custom color labels in house and make a professional impact on your customers. Find out how to inexpensively produce color barcode labels, product branding labels, and shipping labels that are water resistant and either semi gloss or high gloss right from your desk top. - January 30, 2007 - AdaZon Barcode Labels & Equipment
GlobalView Delivers Next Generation of Data Connection API
GlobalView Software Inc., the energy industry’s leading provider of real-time, delayed, historical and proprietary data management solutions, has released the latest version of its web service, Data Connection. Initially launched in February 2006, Data Connection answered the energy... - January 30, 2007 - GlobalView Software
NW Real Estate for Sale Offers New Promotion for Real Estate in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago
NW Real Estate 4 Sale is proud to announce the launch of a new promotion; for a limited time, if you make a purchase with them, they will pay a part of your closing costs. The web site, which is operated by Avian Realty, a realtor that focuses on homes in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, is run... - January 30, 2007 - Avian Realty
Maybe You Can’t Go Home Again, But You Can Start Over
Outskirts Press is pleased to announce the publication of Nomad’s Land, the highly anticipated first novel by Susan Kathleen. An experienced ghostwriter and comedy writer, Kathleen has turned her talents toward fiction to tell the tale of Catrin Moran, a young woman whose wandering existence has brought her back to Chicago, and to the people she once considered friends. - January 27, 2007 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
International Profit Associates Charitable Giving Surpasses $1,000,000 Mark
Buffalo Grove, Illinois (January 25, 2007)- International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) and its foundation, IPA Charities, has donated more than $1,000,000, since its inception, to many local and national charities in the quest to improve communities and the world. Approximately $600,000 of that was... - January 26, 2007 - IPA
Spring-Green Lawn Care Scores Four-Star Rating by Franchise Business Review
Spring-Green Lawn Care Franchisees Are More Than Satisfied - January 25, 2007 - Spring-Green Lawn Care
A Successful Insurgence in America? New Book Shows It’s Possible
In Beyond the Failure Club, author James I. McGovern offers a compelling vision of the ultimate reaction to politics and government that have failed society. The insurgence here is not in some small or backward region of the world, but within greater North America, the United States and... - January 25, 2007 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Esutras Opens Wellness Center
Esutras Organic Wellness product line is proud to announce the opening of Centered Wellness a place to come, relax take classes and learn how to live healthy. - January 24, 2007 - Centered Wellness
Strictly FX Joins Roger Waters Once Again on His 2007 World Tour
Strictly FX, in conjunction with lighting designer Marc Brickman, is joining Roger Waters on the second leg of his tour. Strictly FX is providing the special effects, including Pyrotechnics, Confetti and Flame effects. - January 23, 2007 - Strictly FX
Travel Assist Network Launches Global Insurance Plans for Travelers
Company Will Offer Direct Travel Insurance Globally - January 23, 2007 - Travel Assist Network
Sassy Midwest Housewife Launches with Style -- Vintage and Modern Fashion, Artwork, Decor and More
Tired of searching through Ebay and etsy for quality crafted items? www.sassymidwesthousewife.com, a new online boutique has done the searching for you. Featuring Vintage and Modern Fashion, Artwork, Decor and more, www.sassymidwesthousewife.com has launched with a creative and outstanding... - January 22, 2007 - Sassy Midwest Housewife
mrc Announces New m-Power Advancements with Web 2.0 Capabilities
Business Intelligence applications get a boost with more flexible data access and built-in Web 2.0 capabilities - January 18, 2007 - mrc
Continuum's Strong Fourth Quarter Showing Pushes John Mayer's New Album to the Top of Musicbox-Online.com's Readers' Favorites for 2006
John Mayer's Continuum was the most popular album among The Music Box's readers in 2006. Van Morrison's Pay the Devil, T Bone Burnett's The True False Identity, and the self-titled debut by Norah Jones' side project The Little Willies followed. - January 17, 2007 - The Music Box
Supercharge Your New Year's Resolution with NAPO
Struggling to keep your New Year’s resolution? Get Organized Month, sponsored by the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), is in full swing. NAPO’s dozens of chapters and thousands of members are holding public events throughout the country. Look for Get Organized... - January 17, 2007 - National Association of Professioanl Organizers
Romancing the Book - Novelist's Boot Camp Helps Make Romance Authors' Dreams Come True
Former Army Airborne/Ranger and West Point Instructor will march romance authors through tough drills in Novelist's Boot Camp workshop at Romantic Times Book Lovers Convention. - January 11, 2007 - TVMProductions
Beyond If™ Solutions Teams with CenterTools to Prevent Rising Threats from Mobile Devices
Beyond If™ Solutions, a security technology company located in Palos Park, Illinois, teams with CenterTools, LLC, a global provider of data security software. This partnership will allow Beyond If Solutions to provide their customers with CenterTool’s DriveLock™ 4.1 product which... - January 11, 2007 - Beyond If Solutions, LLC
John Mayer's Continuum Tops Musicbox-Online.com's List of Readers' Favorites During 4th Quarter 2006
Popular magazine The Music Box has released the ranking of its readers' favorites for the fourth quarter of 2006. Topping the list is John Mayer's Continuum. Trailing the album are Bob Dylan's Modern Times, Neil Young's Live at the Fillmore East, and Ray LaMontagne's Till the Sun Turns... - January 11, 2007 - The Music Box
IPA SBRB Study: Transportation Companies in Gear for Healthy 2007 Start; Owners, Operators “Most” Optimistic About Business Prospects
Forecast for higher revenues to be challenged by concerns about energy and fuel costs as well as health care expenses, taxes and costs for materials. - January 10, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
IPA SBRB Study: Food Service Companies Cautiously Optimistic about Economy, But Most Still Looking for Revenue Increases
Costs for health care and taxes along with expenses for energy and fuel considered leading concerns. - January 10, 2007 - Small Business Research Board
AOS, Inc. Introduces New Research Suite of Technical Charts, Tools, News, Fundamental and Historical Data at aosbroker.com
Continuing their push to provide investors and traders a single-source platform for research and trading, online broker AOS, Inc. (Chicago, IL) announced the launch of their expanded suite of research tools, charts, news and fundamental data at aosbroker.com. This latest release includes a wide... - January 10, 2007 - AOS, Inc.
CCA is Revolutionizing the Way Capital is Raised for Private & Public Companies
Commonwealth Capital Advisor’s (CCA’s) Capitalization Planner™ and Pro Forma Producer™ produces the most critical and often overlooked elements in the capital raising process: The Correct Transaction or “Deal Structure”. The program enables you to... - January 09, 2007 - Commonwealth Capital Advisors