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Succeed to Lead Receives Honor and Adds Consulting Services
NORTHERN VIRGINIA— Succeed to Lead is proud to announce that it has recently been recognized in LegalZoom.com’s Entrepreneur Spotlight. “We’re delighted that LegalZoom.com has recognized us for this honor,” said CEO Byron L. Cherry.
Succeed to Lead (STL) is a leadership and business management consulting firm with consultants across the US, Mexico, and Canada. “Our consultants provide executive coaching to help professionals enhance their personal and business leadership skills, as…
European IT-Tenders in English Translation - Polish Government Goes Electronic
The Polish Government is going electronic and has published a tender regarding an electronic communication platform between government agencies and Polish businesses. This tender is open to all European IT companies. It is intended to make Polish businesses more competitive by enabling them to handle all government related paperwork electronically. By making use of 390 personal computers, 138 scanners and 62 servers in 36 major cities forms are to be…
Alan Stretton named Global Advisor by Project Management media entity PMForum
PMForum global advisory team expands with addition of former Rhodes Scholar and AIPM Fellow Alan Stretton in Australia
Dallas, Texas, USA—September 18, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Alan Stretton, globally respected project management authority and Fellow of AIPM in Australia, has been named a global advisor to the company. Global advisors provide advice and guidance to the company’s editorial team on ways to better serve the world of…
Credit Solutions Doubles its Meals On Wheels’ Volunteers to Celebrate Three-Year …
Dallas, TX 18 September 2007 – Credit Solutions’ employees increased their volunteer participation for Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) more than 50 percent this year. For the last three years, Credit Solutions volunteers have made helping those in need a priority.
“We chose an organization that matched our own goals,” said Credit Solutions’ Marketing Director, Heath Tudor. “Our business is about helping people out of debt to give them…
UK Business Advised on Importance of Environmental Competitiveness
18 September 2007 – Businesses can improve productivity and gain competitive advantage by adopting a more environmental approach to working practices and by using IT more intelligently, according to virtual network operator TFM Networks.
At the Institute of Directors Conference on business competitiveness, the UK’s business leaders we advised on how environmental competitiveness can improve business relationships by providing a positive marketing profile, reducing costs and opening up new business opportunities…
3rd Annual Telecoms Talent Management
With telecom businesses going global and competition becoming intense, there is mounting pressure to meet increasing expectations. Organizations therefore need to establish high performance culture, identify current and future leadership ability, raise aspirations and create opportunities for development, challenge and growth. The capacity to hire, develop, retain talent and convert into an effective organizational leadership can provide a competitive advantage.
Over the two days our speakers from top telecom companies…
rEvolution Forms Joint Venture With Alphacution
CHICAGO (SEPTEMBER 2007) — rEvolution, the Chicago-based integrated sports marketing and media services agency, announces the launch of a joint technology venture with Alphacution, a leading information management solutions provider for the global financial markets. Through the venture, rEvolution will tap into Alphacution’s system design expertise in order to develop custom marketing intelligence solutions that dramatically improve the decision making capabilities for corporations in need of optimizing the performance…
TeraCorp Enterprises Partners with M2SYS Technology Providing Added Security to …
TeraCash Check Cashing Solution now fully supports fingerprint biometrics security using M2SYS Technology, the leading provider of fingerprint security technology
FLORIDA, September 15, 2007 – TeraCorp Enterprises, a leading provider of check cashing and verification solutions, has partnered with M2SYS, integrating their Bio-Plugin(TM) fingerprint security system into its release of TeraCash, a cutting edge check cashing system.
Bio-Plugin(TM) enabled TeraCorp to seamlessly integrate a complete fingerprint recognition system, including a high-performance…
New Office Supplies Stationery Website Launched
SWINDON, UK, September 17, 2007 – Michael Griffin, from UK Office Direct says Here at UK Office Direct we have listened to feedback from our customers on how our office stationery supplies site should be improved and enhanced to make it easier to use, so we went to work and developed a brand new website under our sister brand UK Office Online at http://www.ukofficeonline.co.uk.
The idea behind the new website was…
1st Ever Franchise Blog for Veterans Launched
{Cleveland, Ohio}--- A popular franchise industry blogger has expanded his internet offerings related to the world of franchise ownership, and has started a new blog, The Franchise Blog 4 Vets. {Thefranchiseblog4Vets.com}
This is the first ever blog on franchising that will be focused on war veteran’s returning home from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of the world requiring our armed forces presence.
Joel Libava, a Cleveland, Ohio franchise expert/consultant started…
Launching of SourcePILANI BPO - Goenka Brothers Initiative
Pilani BPO Pvt Ltd (SourcePILANI) aims at providing low cost business solutions (back office operations) with improved efficiency by focusing on the untapped potential of rural India. It will specifically target to empower the educated but unemployed women in and around Pilani, a tier 4 city in India. The BPO unit will offer clients a cost advantage of 40-60% as compared to the over hyped cities while simultaneously addressing the…
Liverpool Business Conference 11th October - Communication is about Reception
ClarityClarity Conferences Announce Business Conference on Communication
ClarityClarity Conferences announce their Half Day Conference entitled …
“Communication is about Reception”
It’s not what you say it’s about what people think you said!
… for Merseyside based organisations on 11th October 2007 at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. This Conference is designed to help local businesses, public sector and voluntary sector to better communicate their message, both internally and externally and save wasting…
Precedent Launches Revolutionary Individual Health Insurance Plans In Texas
Online Site Promises Easy Application, Instantaneous Quotes Plus Increased Coverage ‘On Demand’
DALLAS – A new era in health insurance dawned today in Texas, promising affordable individual health insurance for the estimated three million uninsured young, healthy adults in the state.
With the launch of the Precedent | Remix™ individual health insurance products at www.precedent.com, the health insurance industry has moved to an online retail model, just as so many other products…
Bratislava Likely To Benefit from Schengen Zone Extension
Propertastic! (propertastic.com), a new website which claims to be the leading independent source of information for buyers of property in Central & Eastern Europe plus the developing Mediterranean area, today announced that Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is likely to see rapid growth in property prices following its entry into the Schengen zone on 1 January, 2008.
The Schengen area constitutes a border-free travel zone within the EU among the old…
Public Private Partnership Called for E-governance at Village level
Rural Small Cyber Enterprises and SME IT Companies.
IT Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will gain by tapping the huge domestic market. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has plans for promoting SME IT companies. Moreover rural based Small Cyber Enterprises can expand their businesses by partnering with the Local Government Institutions (LGIs) to strengthen their E-governance initiatives by taking up digitization works. In addition, Small Cyber Enterprises can help SME…
Computer aided architectural, engineering & mechanical drawings, design and draf …
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Bank of Japan and Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority among 12 New Mem …
Kuala Lumpur, September 14, 2007 - The Council of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) has resolved to admit 12 new members to the IFSB bringing the total members to 137.
Two new regulatory and supervisory authorities have joined the IFSB membership, namely Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, United Arab Emirates, which was admitted as an Associate Member, and Bank of Japan which joined as an Observer Member.
The Council…
GAORFID Inc. Announces LocateWare™ RFID Locating and Tracking Software
(Toronto, Ont.) GAORFID Inc. announces, LocateWare™, an RFID middleware that is cost effective, easy to setup and configure and reports real-time location of people, animals and things.
LocateWare™ enables comprehensive tracking, locating and identification for a wide range of businesses. This GAO RFID application is easy to implement, provides real-time information and has a Web interface. LocateWare™ working in conjunction with RFID readers and RFID tags can significantly improve the utilization…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Glitnir Capital Market Day Agenda
Glitnir invites you for its Capital Market Day on 1st of October in Oslo, Norway. The management of the Bank will introduce Glitnir´s strategy, operations and outlook.
We look forward to see you in Oslo.
To register please visit: www.glitnirbank.com/cmd
Best regards,
Vala Pálsdóttir
Head of Investor Relations
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Dresdner Kleinwort signs with Temenos to replace international corporate cash ma …
GENEVA, Switzerland - 12 September 2007 - TEMENOS Group (SWX: TEMN), the provider of integrated core banking systems, today announced that Dresdner Kleinwort has selected TEMENOS 24™ (T24), Temenos’ modular core banking system, to support 16 subsidiaries and branches across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US.
Dresdner Kleinwort, headquartered in London and Frankfurt, is the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank AG. The bank was looking for a more scaleable and…
The Shelving Store Celebrates Grand Opening Ceremony September 20
On September 20, 2007, The Shelving Store invites the community to its Grand Opening event. The brand new 1,800 square foot residential storage showroom provides a unique and visually pleasing, boutique shopping experience offering storage and organization solutions for every room in the house. The Shelving Store designed the showroom to display storage ideas for bedroom closets, kitchen pantries, home offices, laundry rooms, living spaces, kid’s spaces and garages.…
Allied Steel Buildings Inks Sponsorship Deal with NASCAR Canada
[Toronto, ON - September 2007] Allied Steel Buildings is proud to announce it is now an Official Partner of NASCAR in Canada. The Woodstock-based building company is the latest sponsor to sign on with NASCAR Canada, by finalizing a multi-year deal to support the growing popularity of stock car racing in Canada.
The sponsorship will include a variety of assets, beginning with presenting status of the…
Canada's First Virtual Assistant Training Program Celebrates 5 Years With Unique …
September 11, 2007 – (Powell River, B.C.) Canada's first Virtual Assistant Training Program (VATP) is celebrating 5 years in business with another first in the profession – a comprehensive 4-week course on Building a Multi-VA Business.
In the mid to late 90's a small group of independent entrepreneurs began developing collaborative relationships with business owners supporting them in the growth and success of their business. Calling themselves Virtual Assistants (VA's)…
PMForum named Media Partner for Project Management Professional Development Summ …
PMI GNO chapter to receive publicity & visibility for October project management event
Dallas, Texas, USA – September 11, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” by the Greater New Orleans (GN0) chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in support of the chapter’s Professional Development Summit in late October 2007. The 2007 PMI-GNO Professional Development Summit will be held at the Astor Crowne…
ValuePrice AG with extended product portfolio
Frankfurt/M., September, 11th 2007 ValuePrice AG, the independent valuation service provider, has extended its service about the products Credit Spread Curves and Risk Figures.
Whether Government Spread Curves or spread curves for ABS / MBS-Issues, spread curves are the key- and prize-forming factor in the fixed income world nowadays.
ValuePrice offers his customers, with this new “Flagship” “- products, the set-up and daily operation of spread curves.
The spread curves are customer defined…
ICICI Bank in association with Jewellery Major Gitanjali Group launches India's …
Mumbai, 11 September 2007: Gitanjali Group, one of the largest integrated diamond and jewellery manufacturers and retailers in India, and ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank, announced the launch of the first ‘Jewellery Card’. This premium credit card is powered by a host of unique features, benefits and rewards and is ideal for patrons looking for greater convenience and exclusive purchase and lifestyle benefits.
The ICICI Bank-Gitanjali Card is a comprehensive…
direct/ ASSA ABLOY (SE) - ASSA ABLOY acquires majority stake in iRevo
ASSA ABLOY announced today that it has agreed to acquire in excess of 50% in iRevo, a Seoul-listed company and market leader in digital door locks *.
ASSA ABLOY has reached an agreement with a number of the main shareholders, including Mr Jae Hong Ha, the founder and CEO of iRevo, to acquire in excess of 50% of the shares and voting rights **.
Founded in 1997, iRevo has grown rapidly…
DPS Sporting Club Development Opens London Sales Office to Service European Clie …
DPS Sporting Club Development, LLC, the company behind the Sporting Club brand of ultra-luxury resort home communities, has opened a London sales office to simplify the purchase process for the ever-growing number of upscale Europeans buying into the properties. Matthew Clapp has joined the company as its sales and marketing executive for the European region.
\"We\'ve had amazing interest across the U.K. and the European Union from discriminating consumers interested…
Wanted: International sales agents, distributors, representatives
There are hundreds of thousand of ads or classifieds circulating through the media with a similar wording from individuals or companies trying to find partners of all kinds for their companies or products.
Of course: The Internet is basically a perfect place for this and it is perfectly qualified to supply such connections.
However, it is unfortunately often overlooked that also 'adventurers' of all kinds use this as a contact. Until the…
VACOC Hosts September 20 Teleseminar on "Earning Your Worth" for Women Business …
TACOMA WA, September 1, 2007--\"Earn Your Worth Queen\" Mikelann Valterra, founder and director of the Women\'s Earning Institute, will be speaking at a business teleseminar hosted by the Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 8pm EST.
Women business owners often find themselves struggling against an \"internal income ceiling.\" In this powerful teleseminar, Valterra explores the psychology of why even successful women undersell themselves and what to…
Sourcingmap.com announces latest halloween masks for halloween 2007
September 7th,2007-Hongkong: sourcingmap.com - The world's first Factory-Direct Wholesale Online Superstore , today announced its latest halloween masks for the coming halloween,one of the most popular holidays among adults and children worldwide.
Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting…
Outstanding statesman Yury Maslyukov to celebrate jubilee in September
Russian statesman Yury Maslyukov will celebrate his 70th birthday in September. Yury Maslyukov dedicated his life to development of the local industry. Yury Maslyukov and his colleagues come from the pleiad of Soviet industrialists known as the intellectual elite of the defense industry. Occupying key public posts, Yury Maslyukov has always been considerate of people and their problems. All followers of Mr.Maslyukov point to this distinguishing feature. Today, Yury Maslyukov…
World’s Most Power-Efficient Integrated FET Buck Regulator Extends Battery Life …
MILPITAS, CA, September 7, 2007 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced the ISL8009, a high-efficiency, 1.5A synchronous buck integrated FET regulator ideal for point-of-load regulation for datacom/telecom, battery powered systems, medical instrumentation and several industrial applications.
The ISL8009 is designed to utilize a special multi-operation capability, allowing selection between forced PWM mode and automatic PWM/PFM…
Printing, packaging and consumers
Doom, taking place from September 27th to 29th in Bari, Italy, is the first conference of its kind on international level, confronting technology, marketing and the consumer.
The initiative involving important multinational companies active in the sectors of the food industry, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, as, for example, Nestlé, that use carton as packaging material are confronting these topics with the consumer world by taking a closer look at converters,…
Citi India Chief Risk Officer BITS Pilani Rajasthan Alumnus
Risk is a fact of life and financial services organizations have always grappled with credit and market related risk as an integral part of doing business. Citi is today’s pre-eminent global financial services company, with some 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries. Citibank India offers a whole spectrum of financial services covering credit cards, Banking Accounts, Wealth Management, Loans, Insurance, Investments, NRI Services, in short everything about…
Local college students put knowledge of the macabre to business use with Costume …
Pittsburgh, PA—September 1, 2007— Two local California University of Pennsylvania Students, Ethan Turon, 21 and Emily Amato, 22, are taking their experience of scaring people to a whole new level. Ethan and Emily have designed and run the Hundred Acres Manor haunted house in Bethel Park for 4 years and saw a gap in the market of providing affordable but quality Halloween props and costumes, so they decided…
PMForum named Media Partner for first APM national Project Management Conference …
Media partners to receive extensive publicity & visibility for project management events
Dallas, Texas, USA – September 6, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that it has reached agreement with the Association for Project Management (APM) to act as “Media Partner” in support of APM’s national project management conference in late October 2007. The 2007 APM national Project Management Conference - The Business of Projects – will be held at…
Voices.com Wins a CRM Elite Award
Toronto, Canada - September 7 – Voices.com, the premier destination for people seeking to hire voice actors directly online, was honoured to receive a CRM Elite Award bestowed by CRM Magazine as public acknowledgment of their achievements in customer service and customer relationship management. Officially, Voices.com was named the winner of a CRM Elite Award in the Small Business category with a sophisticated deployment of Salesforce.com.
One of a few choice…
Finding Local Business Online Just Got Easier
The Canadian Office for Applied Research Studies (COFARS) has launched an online directory to help bring together Canadian businesses and consumers. The directory can be found at http://cofars.ca and includes more than 60,000 listings for 500 communities across the country.
Victoria-based COFARS is a think-tank founded in 2003 to study issues in Canadian business. The group focuses mainly on topics and trends related to small business and the Internet. The online…
Allied Steel Buildings Celebrates NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Sponsorship with a …
[Toronto, ON - September 1, 2007] Allied Steel Buildings celebrated their first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series win with a thrilling first place finish at the Subway 200 @ Cayuga Speedway on Saturday. “What a great way to start off the new relationship!” beamed NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Team #77 driver Derek Lynch. “The whole team did a great job. The car looked great, it ran great……
Allied Steel Buildings Continues Worldwide Expansion in to Orlando
[Orlando, FL, Aug 24 2007] - Continuing its explosive growth, Allied Steel buildings has opened its newest office located in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Allied Steel is one of the worlds leading suppliers of pre-engineered steel buildings and continues to aggressively expand its global business operations. Ben Meister, a seasoned veteran of Allied Steel Buildings will be leading the company’s growth in the Orlando market. Allied Steel Buildings…
Nihongo Bashi introduces JobSkills® English language training & soft skills dev …
Bangalore, September 07, 2007: Linguistic services company Nihongo Bashi (nihongobashi.com) is expanding its portfolio of career-oriented education and training programs with the introduction of JobSkills®, English language training and soft skills development program in India.
The company is making its entry into this segment to help fulfill the huge demand for candidates with good English communication and soft skills to take on global opportunities, both from within India & overseas. In…
Harmonization of Farm Assurance Systems: EUREPGAP now GLOBALGAP
Cologne, Bangkok 7th September 2007 - Using its eighth annual conference being held in Thailand this week as an appropriate platform, EUREPGAP has announced it is changing its title and logo to GLOBALGAP.
The decision has been taken to reflect its expanding international role in establishing Good Agricultural Practices mutually agreed between multiple retailers and their suppliers.
In ten years since its inception - initially targetted at Europe - the voluntary organisation…
ValueNotes Ranked 2nd Among Market Analysis And Research Firms In "The Black Boo …
Pune, India – September 06, 2007 – Business research and competitive intelligence firm ValueNotes announced today that it has been rated as the Number Two market analysis and research vendor as per survey results published in the 2007 edition of "The Black Book of Outsourcing."
“We feel honored to be in the top league among global market analysis and research firms. This is even more special, as the Black Book…
KASB RAISES FOREIGN EQUITY FOR NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH
Karachi, 05 September 2007: KASB Capital Limited, the local partner of Merrill Lynch and the asset management, brokerage and investment banking arm of the KASB Group, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised PKR 2 billion (US$ 33 million) through a private placement of equity to GLG Emerging Markets Special Situations Fund, Tikehau Asia and Liberty Harbor. Under the terms of the placement the above mentioned investors will…
IMI Forums Partners With FSTC
Analysts In Media is pleased to announce a successful partnership of the Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) with IMI Forums. IMI Forums is a division of Analysts In Media which plays a pivotal role in uniting elite organizations with vendor service providers for solutions to business most challenges. Partnering with FSTC further provides IMI Forums with further reach into the meetings and events it hosts.
This partnership comes in the wake…
Creditsolutions.com Introduces Informative Blog
Dallas, TX 30 August 2007 – Credit Solutions now provides its website patrons with timely and useful information and news regarding debt and debt consolidation alternatives. Thousands of visitors a day can now click through the latest financial news, get tips on staying out of debt in the Watching Out 4 You section, as well as personal accounts of debt relief success in Drew’s Corner.
The Blog, launched this month…
Questrade launches new consumer website featuring enhanced trading technology
Leading Canadian direct access brokerage emphasizes customer experience by introducing a slate of new features
Toronto, ON (September 4, 2007) – Questrade Inc. unveiled this weekend a new public website and significant upgrades to its direct access trading software. The roll-out is part of Questrade’s commitment to providing technologically-advanced and secure brokerage services within a user-friendly online environment.
Says Edward Kholodenko, CEO and President of Questrade: “Improving our clients’ experience is our…
Verbumsoft released instant quotation enabled websites for translators and trans …
Poznan, Poland July 14, 2007 - Verbumsoft, the leading provider of freelance solutions, announced today the release of Translation Portals, instant quotation enabled, lead generating websites for freelance translators and translation agencies.
Translation Portals are customizable websites where translation clients can upload documents, obtain an instant quotation and place an order for translation and proofreading services. Freelance translators and agencies process orders obtained via their websites using Translation Management System…
direct/ Algebra Capital Limited: Strategic Relationship
Algebra Capital Enters into Strategic Relationship with Franklin Templeton Investments
Leading Global Asset Manager Acquires 25% Equity Stake in MENA Specialist
September 4 2007 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Algebra Capital, a leading asset management firm in the Middle East/North Africa region (MENA) and Franklin Resources, Inc. (operating as Franklin Templeton Investments) (NYSE: BEN) of San Mateo, CA, USA, have announced a strategic joint venture through which Franklin Resources…
