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Translation company Lingo24 launches improved platform to interact with linguist …
Language blogs hosted by Lingo24 get a brand new look and fresh content.
Lingo24 Translation Services launches a new face for its blogs, providing easier access and fresh content (http://www.lingo24.com/blogs/index.html). Linguists, translators and language enthusiasts in general now have an improved online meeting place to carry out debates.
Information from within the translation industry, plus comments and insight into everything one should know about the translation business are provided by Lingo24’s…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Glitnir Bank Ratings Unaffected By Republic of Iceland Ou …
Reykjavik, November 20, 2007 - Glitnir Bank´s rating is unaffected by S&P´s revision of the outlook on the ratings on the Republic of Iceland to negative from stable.
"Moreover, the ratings on the bank are underpinned by its strong domestic franchise, as well as by geographic diversification through its growing presence in Norway, Sweden, and Finland," says S&P´s report. "They also recognize the bank´s consistently high profitability and current good…
Buck-Boost DC/DC uModule Regulator Uses Few Components & Dissipates Less than 2. …
MILPITAS, CA – November 5, 2007 – Linear Technology Corporation extends its family of DC/DC uModule regulator systems with products that can regulate an output voltage from a variable input voltage greater than, less than or equal to the output voltage. The LTM4605 is the first device in a new family of buck-boost products and operates from 4.5VIN to 20VIN, regulates an output voltage from 0.8V to16V and delivers an…
Brenda Treasure named International Correspondent for PMForum in Australia
Online project management media and publishing entity PMForum adds correspondent in Melbourne to expand coverage and representation in Australia and Asia Pacific region
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc announced today that Ms. Brenda Treasure has become an International Correspondent for the Company in Australia. PMForum has established a global network of international correspondents to provide project management-related news and information from around the world and to provide the company with…
Local Virtual Assistant Receives Entrepreneurial Recognition
Hagerstown, MD – Ruth Martin, owner of Maplewood Virtual Assistance announced today that they are the recipient of the VAccolade Business Entrepreneurial award.
The VAccolade award not only recognizes participation at the Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA), but also recognizes the professionalism with which Martin presents herself on the web, thereby giving them more credibility amongst other Virtual Assistants.
“Virtual Assistants (VAs) are business owners who work from their…
direct/ EURid (SE) - Use of .eu domain names up 23% during third quarter
Registrations and renewals demonstrate strength of .eu domain
Brussels, 19 November 2007 - EURid, the European registry for .eu, is pleased to announce that registrations for the .eu top-level Internet domain continued to grow during the third quarter of this year.
- New registrations stayed strong, with an average of 2760 new .eu domain names registered each business day during the month of September.
- Third-quarter renewal rates stayed above…
Read for free: “Behind the Japanese Mask” – New ebook explores Japanese culture …
As the Japanese proverb says, “Beginning is easy, continuing is hard” – a sentiment familiar to anyone trying to do business with Japan. This new ebook from Jonathan Rice takes readers below the surface of Japanese culture to explain the psychology behind the way Japanese people live and work, making it easier to build lasting, fruitful business relationships.
Japan is the world's second largest market, competitor, and partner. With…
Seoul Semiconductor Holds Special Price Event to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary …
SEOUL, KOREA (Nov 19, 2007) – Seoul Semiconductor (KOSDAQ: 046890), the leading LED manufacturer in Korea and the eight largest in the world, celebrated the one - year anniversary of the company’s master brand Acriche on November 16.
Seoul Semiconductor introduced a special pricing event on November 16 where customers will have the opportunity to purchase Acriche at 30~40% discounted price from its former price.
The special pricing event will extend…
DRS Digitale Repro-Systeme GmbH digitises 120,000 microfilm jackets for SPARDA B …
The objective of the project was to migrate the 120,000 microfilm jackets (holding approximately 4 million document images) into the bank's existing optical archive via a digital media (DVD).
Several service providers were contacted regarding the possibility of digitising the microfilm jackets and invited to tender. A corresponding catalogue of requirements for the project was compiled on the part of the bank, which specified what was required of the applicants. After…
Sourcingmap.com launches a new item - Pomotional Item
Hongkong, 17 November, 2007 Sourcingmap.com, which offers online purchase of the latest products, at wholesale prices and in small quantities, have justly launched a total new item – promotional item in order to better satisfy their customers. Their promotional item containning car accessories, lester pointer, USB flash memory and Watches & clocks.
Promotional item is an article of merchandise that is used as marketing an advertising. A promotional item usually…
Companies Embracing New Methods to Gather Business Intelligence
A New Breed of Web Services Allow Businesses to Obtain Information on Customers, Suppliers, and Competitors –
Ever since the late 1990’s, businesses have been leveraging the Internet to obtain information about potential customers, competitors, and suppliers. In many cases, valuable information can be found simply by visiting the web site of a particular company of interest. However, the information found on company web sites is invariably self-serving…
Proactive Channeling in Finance 2008
Proactive Channeling in Finance 2008, Lisbon, 21-22 February 2008
The market with retail banking products has never been more saturated. With new competitors from other industries, banks are finding it more difficult to fulfill their growth objectives, boost sales and control costs at the same time. In the age of web 2.0 and more demanding customers, traditional retail banks must rethink and redesign the ways they are providing services or they…
The Art of Service Wins New Global ITIL IPPI Capacity, Availability and ITSC Man …
The Art of Service becomes one of the 1st worldwide accredited providers of a new specialist ITIL® course for Capacity, Availability and IT Service Continuity Management.
Brisbane, Australia November 19, 2007 -- The Art of Service today announced it has become one of the first organizations to receive worldwide accreditation for a new integrated ITIL® certification course that will enable practitioners to effectively manage, organize and optimize the Capacity, Availability and…
Alycom Consulting Now a Premier Partner for FrontRange Solutions™
Dallas, Texas - FrontRange Solutions Inc.™, manufacturer of the award-winning CRM package GoldMine®, has recognized Alycom Consulting, LLC as a Premier Partner.
“FrontRange has high standards for the Premier Partner program. We are very pleased to be acknowledged at this level for our dedication and commitment to quality,” noted Dilshad Delawalla, President of Alycom Consulting. “We focused on implementing productivity improvements for our customers to maximize their CRM usage, thereby…
direct/ CellPoint (SE) - CellPoint get two of the worlds most prestige´s Award´s …
Las Vegas, NV- November 16th 2007 - CellPoint Connect AB, manufacturer of the award winning Flamingo Bluetooth headset, has announced that both its new nX6000 noise-canceling Bluetooth headset and upcoming Flamingo Stereo headset have been recognized by the CES Innovation Awards. CellPoint plans to showcase the headsets at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January. CES, the world´s largest annual trade show for consumer technology,…
TEARING DOWN THE COSTS OF RECRUITMENT
The new Cambridge recruitment start-up IBEX Resources Limited is presenting IBEX Logic, which it claims reduces the cost of the recruitment process. The company deals with vacancies predominantly from Technology companies throughout the United Kingdom
Cambridge. 26 Nov 2007. --\"Have you ever stopped to wonder how much recruitment fees are costing your organisation?\" asks IBEX\'s founder David Wood and continues: \"For larger corporates this can be hundreds of thousands of…
First Ever Online Anger Management Classes Exclusively for Corporations
The AJ Novick Group launched one of the most innovative online anger management class programs of its kind in early 2006 (www.angerclassonline.com). Since its launch, requests from corporate America has been surging.
“For many employers and human resource professionals, finding an anger management program for an employee can be difficult, time consuming, and problematic for the employee,” says Dr. Ari Novick, founder of AJ Novick Group and Anger…
Watchemall.com Conducts Survey indicates that watch still remains power in daily …
HongKong 16/November/2007. A market survay conducted by watchemall.com indicates that despite today’s high-end technology and change of taste of people, watches still stand strong among the mass. The survey also shows a growing demand in digital watches like MP3 watch, GPRS watch which emerge recent years.
“ The best way of getting the fact is having a touch with the market” said Tony Lee, Co-Founder and President of…
Panera Bread Raises $8,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness
DURHAM, N.C. (November 15, 2007)—Casey Bastian, vice president of operations for area Panera Bread locations, announced today that the company raised $8,000 during its Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign for breast cancer awareness in October. Bastian presented a check Nov. 14 to Pam Blondin, executive director of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, NC Triangle Affiliate, at a campaign wrap-up event.
“So many of us have been affected in…
Delhi to host the TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2007
Over 1500 entrepreneurs expected to converge at India\'s largest conference for entrepreneurs
New Delhi, India (Nov 14): This winter, New Delhi will play host to the annual TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) from December 11-13, 2007 at the Taj Palace Hotel. The Summit will celebrate and showcase the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Asian region by attracting different elements of the entrepreneurial eco-system to share ideas and learning. Focused on inspiring and…
Tandon Information Solutions Pvt Ltd. - SAP Business One Solutions
SAP Business one is Integrated ERP Software that is specially designed for completing the software requirement of small and mid size enterprises. This software also helps to integrate CRM with financial and logistic modules. SAP Business One helps to integrate all data and processes of an organization into a single unified system by using single database to store the data of various system modules.
This concept of SAP Business one…
BTM Institute Launches Leadership Insights: Invites Industry and Academic Though …
STAMFORD, CT -- 11/14/07 - The BTM Institute today announced its latest contribution to the business technology management community. This most recent expansion of the Leadership Insight Series includes a roster of industry practitioners and academic leaders that speak to innovation, leadership, succession planning, and corporate strategy. Recent contributors include former Fortune 500 CEOs, leading Academics, and best-selling management authors. Current titles include:
• Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author Talks…
International Claims are a Breeze to Handle with GCS
November 14, 2007 - For many agency owners, receiving requests from their clients to handle overseas claims, especially in countries in which English is not spoken, can often be a hassle or a daunting task to undertake. With clients continuing to expand globally, collection services need to also keep pace. This is where Global Credit Solutions (GCS) Limited comes to the fore.
Global Credit Solutions (GCS) Limited is…
Jaycee Krüger named International Correspondent for PMForum in South Africa
Online project management media and publishing entity PMForum adds correspondent in Gauteng to expand coverage and representation in Southern Africa
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc announced today that Mr. Jaycee Krüger has become an International Correspondent for the Company in South Africa. PMForum has established a global network of international correspondents to provide project management-related news and information from around the world and to provide the company with local representation.…
AXIGEN Announces 2 Million EUR Investment
Bucharest, November 14th, 2007 – Gecad Technologies, AXIGEN Mail Server developer (axigen.com) announces today the first round of investment from a consortium of important venture capitals and technology companies such as Global Finance, 3TS-Cisco Growth Fund III and others. The investment amounted to 2 million euro and is equivalent to 11.76% of the Gecad Technologies/AXIGEN shares.
“This is the first wave of investment in AXIGEN subsequently targeting an Initial Public Offering…
direct/ Landsbanki Islands - Landsbanki Opens an Office in Hong Kong
Landsbanki formally opened its latest overseas office, after receiving authorisation from the financial regulator in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, to open an establishment in the country. Landsbanki already has valuable connections in this market, as witnessed by the over 500 guests, mainly business and financial executives in Hong Kong, attending the official reception. After opening this new office Landsbanki operates in 17 countries.
Landsbanki´s Hong Kong office…
direct/ EUROFORUM Deutschland GmbH: 14th Handelsblatt Annual Congress on "Strate …
28-30 January 2008, in Berlin
- US companies are more productive
- More IT growth through private consumption
- IT Strategy Award presented for the fourth time
Berlin/Düsseldorf, November 2007. London´s Centre of Economic Performance (CEP), one of Europe´s leading university research institutes, has discovered why US businesses achieve an increasingly higher rate of return on each hour worked. This holds true almost exclusively in those industries where information technology (IT) plays a particularly…
Unique and Exclusive Range of Thanksgiving Flowers from Pickupflowers.com
Wilmington, Delaware, USA: November 14, 2007 - PickUpFlowers.Com, The leading online florist E-commerce web site has launched an exclusive floral product range for thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving, which is celebrated extensively in Canada, the USA and Mexico, is an ode to goddess Fortuna who endows her citizens with abundance. The products are specially designed to reflect this spirit of thanksgiving. The ace products from the range are traditional warm-looking cornucopias and bouquets…
Diamond Eagle Graphics Expands to New Office
Glen Burnie, MD Diamond Eagle Graphics has opened up a new 2,400 square foot facility on McCormick Drive in Glen Burnie MD. The building houses offices and display space as well as a fully enclosed work area to accommodate vehicle wrapping of full size tractor trailers and transit buses and signage of all types for car, truck and van fleets as well as oversize banner production exceeding two and three…
England Brothers Inducted into the University of Utah’s School of Business Hall …
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT – Eugene and William England of C. R. England trucking company were inducted into the David Eccles School of Business’ Hall of Fame at the University of Utah and joined a prestigious list of successful businessmen and women honored previously. Dean Jack Brittain also announced a surprise $1 million donation to the David Eccles School honoring Eugene and William and their spouses…
PMForum named Media Partner for International Project & Program Management Sympo …
PMAJ in Tokyo selects PMForum to promote and report about 2008 Project Management Symposium to global professional community
Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” for the International Project & Program Management Symposium Tokyo 2008, to be held in Tokyo, Japan during the 10th and 11th of March 2008. This will be the second International Symposium hosted by Project Management Association of Japan…
SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT SUIT AGAINST NICHIA IN THE UNITED …
It is pertaining to its patent covering all of Nichia’s LED products
SEOUL, KOREA (November 14, 2007) – Seoul Semiconductor (KOSDAQ: 046890), the eighth largest light emitting diode (“LED”) manufacturer in the world announced that on November 6, it filed a lawsuit against Nichia Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The complaint was delivered to Nichia on Thursday, Nov 8, 2007. Seoul Semiconductor illustrated…
New Search Tool on iXtenso
Rodgau, Germany - 13.11.2007: Today\'s update of iXtenso, online media for retail and its partners, brought along various novelties of which the new search tool Lucene is most important.
Lucene
iXtenso’s new search tool is named Lucene and is most commonly known for being used on Wikipedia Online Encylopaedia. Lucene is one of the most modern search algorithms on the world wide web today. It brings along a great deal of benefits…
Kaupthing Bank's results for the first nine months of 2007
Reykjavik, Iceland--November 13th 2007--Net earnings of ISK 60.2 billion (EUR 683 million)
- Shareholders\' net earnings for the first nine months of ISK 60.2 billion, increasing by 31.3% compared with the same period in 2006. Earnings decreased, however, by 10.5% between periods taking into account the one-off after-tax profit of ISK 21.4 billion related to Exista in the third quarter of 2006
- Shareholders\' net earnings in the third quarter of ISK…
direct/ ASSA ABLOY´s Crescendo(TM) Smart Card has earned the "Works With Windows …
ASSA ABLOY, and its business unit HID Global, today announced that its Crescendo(TM) smart cards offer a Windows Smart Card Framework Minidriver. Crescendo cards also work with all physical access control systems.
Crescendo C200 has been tested for baseline compatibility with PCs running the Windows Vista operating system and earned the "Works with Windows Vista" logo. It is also certified for use with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server…
Pulaski County, Arkansas Recording Documents Electronically with Simplifile
Pulaski County, AR – November 12, 2007 - Simplifile announced today that the company will soon be electronically recording (eRecording) land record documents such as deeds, mortgages, and reconveyances submitted by title companies, abstractors, banks, and attorneys, in the Pulaski County Clerk’s Office.
To introduce the public to eRecording, Pulaski County is hosting an eRecording kick-off meeting from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm, November 19, 2007 in the Jeffery…
Price Headley of BigTrends.com Inducted to Trader's Hall of Fame
Cincinnati, OH - November 5, 2007 - Trader\'s Library recently announced the induction of renowned stock and option trader Price Headley, of BigTrends.com, into the Trader\'s Hall of Fame. The honor is given each year to a public figure in recognition of that individual\'s contribution to the advancement of the stock and option trading industry.
Since the site\'s inception in 1999, tens of thousands of stock and option traders…
NEOS Healthcare launches The NEOS HSA
Phoenix, AZ – November 1, 2007 – NEOS Healthcare announces the launching of The NEOS HSA. The NEOS Health Savings Account is a premium Consumer Driven Healthcare product for Employers, Employees and Individuals. We provide an enriched learning experience designed to empower consumers to manage their healthcare and create a culture of accountability.
NEOS Healthcare is a Health Savings Account (HSA) Administrator. An HSA allows consumers…
Single/Dual/Quad/Octal Precision Voltage Monitors Guaranteed to +125°C
MILPITAS, CA – November 7, 2007 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces a family of single, dual, quad, and octal voltage monitors that guarantee operation across -40°C to +125°C. The LTC2910, LTC2912, LTC2913 and LTC2914 all feature a threshold accuracy of ±1.5% over the automotive temperature range, allowing them to accurately monitor single channel point-of-load or multi-channel applications. These voltage monitors are all offered in tiny leaded and leadless packages and…
Kautschuk Gesellschaft Announces Cooperation with APV Engineered Coatings
Kautschuk Gesellschaft\'s Isogran GmbH has become APV\'s exclusive marketing partner for Germany and eastern Europe. APV Engineered Coatings was founded in 1878 in Acron, Ohio, USA and is today the leading producer of high quality paints, lubricants, coatings, adhesives, inks and release agents for the tire and other industries. Isogran GmbH will provide an experienced technical sales force, just-in-time delivery from local stock, and a dedicated support team. Kautschuk Gesellschaft…
Sourcingmap.com launches new Festival Gifts for the coming Chrismas Festival
Hongkong,12 November,2007 Sourcingmap.com,which offers online purchase of the latest products, at wholesale prices and in small quantities, has announced the launch of its new Festival Gifts for the coming Chrismas Festival. These various style Christmas Gifts contain stocking, Christmas tree, Santa hat, Xmas costume etc.
Now Let's know somthing about the orgin of the Chrismas Day. Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure…
Autumn Graphics Selects Global Vision
Montreal, Quebec. October 30th, 2007 – Autumn Graphics, a prepress house specializing in a wide range of packaging graphics called on Global Vision, the leader in delivering automated inspection solutions, to help them ensure the accuracy of their production files during the inspection process.
Handling all the artwork inspections manually can be quite a laborious and time consuming initiative. “Before the Global Vision system was installed, our proofreading department could only…
direct/ Saxo Bank A/S - Albert Maasland New Head of Saxo Bank´s Activities in Eu …
COPENHAGEN Saxo Bank has successfully concluded its search for a new member of the bank´s Senior Executive Management. Albert Maasland joins the Copenhagen-based online investment bank as the new European COO on 1 December 2007.
Albert Maasland joins Saxo Bank´s Senior Executive Management from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was Global Head of Business Development, Global Markets E-Commerce, for the past two years.
Saxo Bank is already operating with an…
Online brokerage Questrade ranks #1 for both fees and customer satisfaction in a …
Questrade in coveted first position for two top trading issues, as rated by survey author and independent investors
Toronto, ON (November 1st, 2007) – Questrade Inc., a leading Canadian online brokerage, was selected as best online brokerage in two categories in the Globe and Mail’s annual online broker survey: customer satisfaction and fees & commissions. The survey author noted that independent investors rated costs and fees as their top…
Fitch assigns Condor Allgemeine, Condor Leben, and Optima Versicherung IFS 'A'
Fitch Ratings has assigned German insurer Condor Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG (CA), Condor Lebensversicherungs-AG (CL) and Optima Versicherungs-AG (Optima Vers.) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of \'A\'. Fitch views CA, CL and Optima Vers. as core entities -of Condor group. The Outlooks for all the ratings are Stable. At the same time, the agency has assigned the companies the Fitch Financial-Strength-Seal, which is only given to financially strong insurers.
\"The ratings reflect…
direct/ Statement regarding announcements by Cenkos Securities plc and Close Bro …
Landsbanki Íslands hf. notes the recent announcements by the English financial services provider Close Brother´s Group plc. and Cenkos Securities plc. concerning the bank´s involvement in a possible offer for the Close Brothers Group plc.
Landsbanki confirms that it has, in conjunction with Cenkos Securities plc, made an approach to the board of directors of Close Brothers Group plc. regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued share capital…
Not All Recruitment Agencies Are The Same
Jephcott Associates was born out of the desire to provide an exceptional quality of service to address Candidates and Clients' demands for a better recruiting solution, one that far exceeds that normally found within the recruitment industry.
Based within the Thames Valley but able to recruit nationally, we are committed to building mutually rewarding, long term relationships with our Clients, Candidates, Associates, Colleagues, Suppliers and the Communities in which we work.…
Multi PCB Ltd. switches to Orbotech’s Frontline GENESIS pre-production CAM syste …
Multi PCB Ltd. and Orbotech S.A., the European subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd., today published that Multi PCB has completely switched to GENESIS CAM system for pre-production data preparation. Multiple seats of GENESIS have been successfully installed and are already in use for Multi PCB`s printed circuit board CAM division in Germany.
The CAM station engineers of Multi PCB Ltd., emphasize the importance of using the GENESIS software: “The modular design, based…
Forex Trading Made Easier with MoneyForex
Foreign exchange trading (Forex) like any other forms of business has its own set of challenges and hurdles; perhaps even more so than others. With it being acknowledged by far as the largest financial market in the world serves only to accentuate that point. With MoneyForex, the world’s premier online currency trading broker, traders and investors will find forex trading that much easier and efficient to perform.
In the world…
HugeRoI to link small businesses and investors
Company has recruited business people from around the world with money to invest
One of the top reasons that new businesses fail is lack of capital. And many inventors get patents for their creations, only to see their ideas never developed because they don’t have the money. As businesses and inventors look for a way to succeed in a tough market, one company is bridging the gap between new business owners…
