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1 in 6 People Malnourished According to Agcapita Research
According to a report by the United Nations, capital shortages created by the financial crises have caused a sharp uptick in global hunger levels with over 1 billion people now undernourished. Farmers in the developing world in particular are having more trouble sourcing working capital and... - March 22, 2010 - Agcapita Partners LP
Ferrier and Partners Changes Clearing House to Improve Trading Services
In order to increase and improve services as well as lower the fees to their clients, Ferrier and Partners will process and clear all trades through futures commission merchants OreoTrading. - March 22, 2010 - Ferrier and Partners
Legal Helpers/Macey & Aleman Opens New Oakland, California Law Office
The bankruptcy law firm of Legal Helpers/Macey & Aleman will open their new Oakland, California, law office during the first week of April to better serve their clients in that part of the state. - March 21, 2010 - legalhelpers.com
Carillion Asset Management Invited to Present at Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Las Vegas Jan. 26-28, 2010
Carillion Asset Management ( Carillion AM - http://www.carillion-am.com ) ), is pleased to announce that the annual Lithium Supply and Markets 2010 Conference has invited the Company to be a part of the conference. - March 21, 2010 - Carillion Asset Management
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management Forms Strategic Alliance with National Churchwatch Group from the United Kingdom
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management (ICSARM) is pleased to form a unique strategic alliance with the National Churchwatch out of the United Kingdom. With this alliance, ICSARM will serve as United States sponsor for National Churchwatch Coordinator Nick Tolson as he visits various locations in the United States. - March 21, 2010 - Institute for Church Safety & Risk Management
As 53,000 Repossessions Predicted for 2010 Debt Release Direct Offers Help
The Council for Mortgage Lenders have predicted the number of repossessions in 2010 to be 53,000, up by 15 per cent on 2009. Debt Release Direct is offering people the help to get back in control of their finances. - March 21, 2010 - Debt Release Direct
Ronald E. Harbison Appointed to The Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics
With more than 30 years of experience in public accounting and corporate administration, Harbison currently focuses in the areas of estate and gift valuation, commercial litigation and family law. - March 21, 2010 - MBAF LLC
Legacy Family Office Forms Alliance with CTC Consulting
Legacy Family Office, LLC, a Naples-based multi-family office has formed a strategic alliance with CTC Consulting, an investment consulting firm based in Portland, Ore. that advises on approximately $28 billion in assets for clients around the world. Through this alliance, Legacy Family Office... - March 21, 2010 - Legacy Family Office
Financial Firm Launched by Industry Experts to Help Facilitate Gold Investment
GoldXchange, a recently launched family of companies including a financial consulting firm and separate precious metals dealer specializing in gold bullion recently launched by industry experts, provides investors an opportunity to both protect one’s portfolio through investment hedging and greatly prosper through enhancing their gold position while the U.S. dollar trends lower due to the effects of excessive government spending. - March 21, 2010 - GoldXchange
Scientific Capital Arranges Financing for Ramada Inn in Phoenix and Econo Lodge in Lexington
Scientific Capital arranges a 2 million SBA 7a loan for the refinance of the Ramada Inn in Phoenix, Arizona. The project was financed at 66% Loan to Value (LTV) and included financing of the Property Improvement Plan required by the franchisor. Scientific Capital also arranges a 750,000 SBA 7a... - March 21, 2010 - Scientific Capital Group, Inc.
The Institute for Church Safety & Risk Management Selects 20-Year Risk Management Expert & International Security Professional to Lead New San Fran Roundtable
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management (ICSARM) has announced the establishment of the San Francisco Bay Area Church Safety Roundtable based out of the San Francisco, California area. ICSARM continues to grow nationally and is excited to announce their newest addition to their Church Safety Roundtable program. - March 20, 2010 - Institute for Church Safety & Risk Management
Back to Basics: Call from UAE Risk Experts
At the Dubai chapter meeting of GARP sponsored by FRSGlobal titled “Recent Lessons in Risk Management,” regional experts from the global financial risk management industry have cited that the first response to the crisis should be back to basics. - March 20, 2010 - FRSGlobal
Debt Release Direct Offers Pet Owners Debt Management Advice
Pet owners are turning to debt management companies for debt management solutions after facing high vet bills and pet insurance. - March 20, 2010 - Debt Release Direct
Crescent State Bank Named Large Business of the Year
Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ Global MarketSM), has announced that the company has been named large business of the year by the Knightdale Chamber of Commerce. The company... - March 20, 2010 - Crescent State Bank
Russell Bedford Selects Correspondent Firm in Ghana
Kwame Asante & Associates has been appointed as the correspondent firm of the Russell Bedford International accounting network in Ghana - March 20, 2010 - Russell Bedford International
Andre N. Chammas Joins the Southern Florida Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Board of Trustees
An active member in his community, Chammas forms part of Florida International University’s President’s Council and the United Way’s Young Leaders. - March 20, 2010 - MBAF LLC
Agcapita Farmland Fund II Closing
Agcapita is a Calgary based agriculture focused private equity firm which manages RRSP and TFSA eligible farmland investment funds and is part of a family of funds focusing on commodity linked, hard asset investments with over $100 million in assets under management. Agcapita’s investment team has over 50 years of private/public markets, investment and finance experience and its field team has over 150 years of direct farming experience. - March 20, 2010 - Agcapita Partners LP
Wright USA Selects Zix Corporation for Email Encryption
Wright USA’s Customers Protected with ZixCorp Email Encryption Wright USA announced today it has selected Zix Corporation (ZixCorp) to provide its email encryption services. The insurance agency entered into this business partnership in order to best safeguard personal and sensitive... - March 20, 2010 - Wright USA
John Fischer Joins Certified Business Brokers (CBB) in Houston
John Fischer Joins the CBB Team in Houston as M&A Advisor and Business Broker. - March 20, 2010 - Certified Business Brokers
Wright Joins RPC Property Tax Advisors
RPC Property Tax Advisors announced the appointment of Thomas K. Wright as its President and CEO. - March 20, 2010 - RPC Property Tax Advisors, LLC
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.
Rogers Salutes UseMyServices’ Founders as ‘Business Innovators’
Just one week after their appearance on the hit CBC TV show, Dragons' Den, UseMyServices founders, Joseph Iuso and Brian Crozier, have been ‘saluted’ as 'Business Innovators' by Rogers Communication, Inc. The 30 second commercial, which aired initially on the March 10th Dragons’... - March 19, 2010 - UseMyServices.com
Structurer, James Ferris, Sells Option to be Hired in One Year
An ambitious marketing professional in the Structured Products field has structured a unique option: The option to hire him after completion of a one year Masters degree in Banking and Requlation Law. - March 19, 2010 - James Ferris
Michael Hathman Announces Opening of Smart Solutions Credit Repair
Smart Solutions Credit Repair, LLC (SSCR) specializes in assisting homebuyers with credit repair and credit re-establishment and are not a consumer credit counseling agency and do not report to any bureaus. - March 19, 2010 - Smart Solutions Credit Repair LLC
Maxpayments Streamlines Risk Management with Brand Protection
Maxpayments (www.maxpayments.com), a full service ISO handling Multi-Currency Payment Processing, demonstrates their focus on exemplary compliance and risk management with the announcement of their new alliance with BrandProtection (www.brandprotection.org). As one of the first partner ISO’s... - March 19, 2010 - Maxpayments
Transportation Analyst, Andy Ahern of Ahern & Associates Secures Additional Agent Location for Network F.O.B.
Indiana based Tepee Logistics Group joins Network F.O.B’s extensive group of agent locations. - March 19, 2010 - Ahern and Associates
Innovative Mortgage Match Button Establishes Homebuyers Purchasing Power
Online tool shows how much they can afford to buy and identifies best available loans. - March 19, 2010 - icanbuy
Managing Partner of Minneapolis CPA Firm Recipient of WBDC Advocacy Award
Certified public accounting and consulting firm Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP (LBLCO) is proud to announce that Beth Kieffer Leonard has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Advocacy Award by the Women’s Business Development Center of Minnesota (WBDC-MN). - March 19, 2010 - Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP
Paul Fedorkowicz of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Appointed to International Affairs Council Board
Paul Fedorkowicz, partner-in-charge at Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. (CB&H) (www.cbh.com), has been appointed to the International Affairs Council’s (IAC) 2010 board of directors. Alongside 19 other community leaders, Fedorkowicz will help IAC continue its initiative for educating... - March 19, 2010 - Cherry Bekaert LLP
Monique Van Grinsven Joins the Real Estate Inner Circle™
Top REALTOR and Real Estate Coach adds to the REIC Ranks. - March 19, 2010 - Real Estate Inner Circle
IRS Notices - Titan Tax Relief Explains How It's Not Easy to Get Rid of Them
Find out how to deal with IRS notices and back taxes. - March 18, 2010 - Titan Tax Relief
Certified Business Brokers (CBB) in Houston Welcomes New Business Broker, Rosario Franco, to Its Team
CBB Announces Rosario Franco as a New Member of Its Team of Business Brokers in Houston. - March 18, 2010 - Certified Business Brokers
Pradip Parekh Joins Certified Business Brokers (CBB) in Houston
Pradip Parekh joins CBB, the largest business brokerage firm in Texas, as a M&A Advisor and business broker. - March 18, 2010 - Certified Business Brokers
Hanz Potente, Research Analyst of Carillion Asset Management, Presents a Report on What Has Been Discussed on the Latest Las Vegas Lithium Conference, Jan/2010
Electric Cars are here, they will be on our roads soon. They will be powered by Lithium and automakers are unveiling model after model of EVs in recent months. Investment decisions in Electric Cars Value Chain will be driven by politics and Supply and Demand in a tightly controlled Lithium market space. Will Lithium market be under control of our "friends" from Bolivia, like oil is now under control of OPEC? Will it be controlled by 3-5 companies with lithium revenue as low as 8%? Read on... - March 18, 2010 - Carillion Asset Management
Frost Capital Arranges Credit Facility for a Leading Test and Measurement Instrument Manufacturer
Frost Capital LLC acted as the exclusive advisor in arranging a credit facility for a leading test and measurement instrument manufacturer, it was announced by Frederick Dallye, Director of Frost Capital. A money center bank provided the credit facility. Terms were not disclosed. “This... - March 18, 2010 - Frost Capital LLC
San Diego Jewelry Buyers Advises Customers on How to Spot Gold Scams
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) has just published a consumer tips article for people who are selling their old gold but worried about being caught in a gold scam. “Selling some old gold items is now a popular way for people to get quick cash,” explains Carl Blackburn, owner of SDJB,... - March 18, 2010 - San Diego Jewelry Buyers
VoiceCash Welcomes Pascal Beij New VP Sales & Marketing, VoiceCash Mobile Bank Increases Brand Awareness
VoiceCash Mobile Bank, a turnkey supplier for international mobile money transfer services, today announced the appointment of Pascal Beij to the position of vice president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Beij will be responsible for increased marketing activities and growing sales revenue. - March 18, 2010 - VoiceCash
Deltastock Launches Economic Widgets
New economic widgets from Deltastock - March 18, 2010 - Deltastock
SIA Group Appoints Commercial Placer
Don Mills, president of SIA Group (www.siagroup.net), a full-service insurance agency with seven offices throughout North Carolina, has announced that Jane Newbern has been named commercial placer for the branch office in Jacksonville. Newbern is responsible for the placement of large commercial... - March 18, 2010 - SIA Group
Small Business as a Source of Bank Revenue Growth Key Topic at Upcoming Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium
Strategies for winning small business households and hearts will be offered by Nick Miller, President of Clarity Advantage, and Rick Otero, Executive Vice President, Services & Customer Experience for Capital One Bank during the session, “Small Business Transformers – Reinventing Business Models for the New Order”, on March 22, 2010 at the Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium. - March 18, 2010 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
Noel Cain Joins the BSC Group as Vice President
The BSC Group, a commercial real estate financing advisory firm, announced Noel Cain has joined the firm as a vice president to help support the company’s recently formed alliance with 1st Service Solutions, a Dallas-based loan restructuring organization. Building upon his previous... - March 18, 2010 - The BSC Group, LLC
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management Selects 20 Year Legal, Risk Management & Homeland Security Professional to Lead Newly Established Michigan Roundtable.
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management (ICSARM) has announced the establishment of the Southeast Michigan Church Safety Roundtable based out of the Troy, Michigan area. ICSARM continues to grow nationally and is excited to announce their newest addition to their Church Safety Roundtable program. - March 18, 2010 - Institute for Church Safety & Risk Management
UnitedProsperity.org Reaches Major Milestone in Supporting Impoverished Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries
Within a few short months of its launch, UnitedProsperity has generated $100,000 in loans for 500 Entrepreneurs living in extreme poverty - March 18, 2010 - UnitedProsperity.org
Sleepy Hollow-Tarrytown Chamber Names Linda Rey of Rey Insurance "Outstanding Member of the Year"
Annual Awards Breakfast Honors Rey and Others on March 18th at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill. At this year’s Sleepy Hollow-Tarrytown Chamber Awards Breakfast, longtime member and Chamber supporter, Linda Rey, will be honored as “Outstanding Member of the Year.” Contributions,... - March 18, 2010 - Rey Insurance
New Debt Management Site Launched by Debt Options
Debt Options have unveiled an important new UK website devoted to assisting debt-troubled consumers with unmanageable debts. Whilst most sites offer only information, the new site actually gives consumers a straightforward method for reviewing their finances and starting their recovery plan... - March 17, 2010 - Debt Options
Online Options Trading Choice Made Clearer
ChoiceTrade Announces New Options Trading Pricing. - March 17, 2010 - Choice Trade
N-iX’s Experience at CeBIT 2010
The world’s largest IT exhibition of the year CeBIT (Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik; German for "Centre of Office and Information technology") has taken place in Hannover expo center, March 2-6. Lots of the world’s biggest IT companies presented themselves on... - March 17, 2010 - N-iX LLC
Greystar Participates in World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour 2010
On Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. local time, Greystar will be taking part in what promises to be an amazing and inspiring event in the campaign against climate change: Earth Hour. Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Earth Hour asks individuals, businesses, government leaders and others... - March 17, 2010 - Greystar
Free Alert System Gives Businesses and Individuals Real Time Trademark Activity Information
Trademarkia’s New Free Subscription Feature allows users to monitor new and existing Trademarks as well as keep an eye on any Business or Attorney’s Trademark activity. - March 17, 2010 - Trademarkia.com
ACCA Celebrates Members at Annual Networking Event
ACCA members recognized for contribution towards accountancy professions - March 17, 2010 - ACCA