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More Complexion, Gloss and Luster
December 4, 2007 - The English poet Leigh Hunt once said, „Colours are the smiles of nature“. They not only make our lives more colourful, with over a third of all information we perceive being somehow related to colours role in the characteristics of our surroundings. With this, it’s no wonder that more and more companies are turning their attention to pigments and using this possibility…
Pago increases the Number of Settlement Currencies
Step reduces financial risk for merchants and improves their cash flow
Cologne, 4 December 2007 – Pago eTransaction Services GmbH, Cologne, is now offering more settlement currencies for Visa and MasterCard credit card transactions. Up until now Pago customers from the European license area could choose to be paid in Euros, Pound Sterling, Swiss Franks, South African Rand and US Dollars. This range has been extended and now includes the Scandinavian…
Heartbroken owners of Soni Motors mourn the loss of their beloved mother
CEO and COO of world’s largest exporter of 4x4 pickups and SUVs –the Soni Group – mourned the sad demise of their beloved mother. Mrs. Quraishi was the daughter of noted automobile pioneer M. A. Quraishi who established Asia’s first automobile dealership
Bangkok, Thailand ––Soni Motors Thailand (sonirodban.com/) – world’s largest exporter of 4x2 and 4x4 vehicles as Toyota Hilux Vigo, Mitsubishi L200 Triton, Nissan Navara, Isuzu DMax and Ford…
Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd. Leads Investment into US-based, E-Band Communi …
Reliance Technology Ventures Limited (RTVL), the corporate venture capital arm of the Reliance ADA Group, has invested an undisclosed amount in E-Band Communications Corporation (EBCC) as a lead investor for its Series B round. Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Capital Ltd.
1. EBCC was started in 2003 to develop ultra-high capacity wireless communications systems for the 70/80 GHz E-band spectrum, recently licensed by the US…
Venture Funding Made Easy By TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2007
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit will connect over 1500 Entrepreneurs to Leading VC Funds
New Delhi, India (Dec 2): 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 connect over 1500 entrepreneurs from across the Asia to world\'s leading investors. Focused on inspiring and educating entrepreneurs as well as debating aspects that influence the entrepreneurial environment…
Section 179 Equipment Purchase Deductions Made Simple with a New Free Online Tax …
Atlanta, GA December 4, 2007 – When the leaves turn color and holiday music starts filling the air, many businesses turn their attention to taxes, and the potential savings they can reap by purchasing equipment before the end of the year. This is due to “section 179”, a provision in the US tax code that allows businesses to take a full, immediate tax deduction for equipment.
One of the leading…
Virtual Assistance Gaining Momentum in Western New York
Virtual administrative assistance is helping small businesses in Western New York and the surrounding counties achieve greater success by relieving the burden many business owners encounter while conducting everyday office administration.
BUFFALO, December 3, 2007 – For a growing segment of professionals who have decided to offer their skills and experience to business owners who will appreciate the value of their assistance, work means never having to set foot in an…
Evalueserve listed in the top 50 Market Research, Reports and Services (MRRS) Co …
Outsell ranks Evalueserve as a “Rising Star” in research and analytics, rating the firm amongst the fastest growing worldwide.
3 December 2007: Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, emerged as one of the four “Rising Stars” in a recent report by Outsell, a leading market research and consulting organization. Evalueserve was listed among the top 50 Market Research, Reports & Services (MRRS) companies globally, and was adjudged the fastest…
I2C ADC Guarantees 16-Bit Performance in 3mm x 2mm Package
MILPITAS, CA – November 6, 2007 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2453, a 16-bit I2C-compatible delta sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in an ultra-tiny 3mm x 2mm DFN package. Its tiny size, low power and guaranteed 16-bit resolution improves performance of portable instruments and sensors. Operating from a single 2.7V to 5.5V supply, the LTC2453 is capable of measuring a differential input up to ±VCC. This wide input range is…
direct/ Kodiak Exploration Limited: Kodiak Drills High Grade Gold Over Minable W …
Including 3.6m Grading 358.56 gpt (10.46 opt) / 2.9m Grading 45.25 gpt (1.32 opt) Gold / 4.1m Grading 20.77 gpt (0.61 opt) Gold
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - November 29, 2007) - Kodiak Exploration Limited (TSX VENTURE: KXL)(FRANKFURT: KX3) is pleased to announce that ongoing drilling has intersected minable widths of very high grade gold mineralization in multiple new drill holes along The Golden Mile.
Highlights from assays received to date include…
Wenger Corp. boosts marketing efforts and sales force
Wenger Corp., owner of GO, the unique beverage served in tubes, last week announced that in preparation for another year of even higher demand for its tube drinks it will massively expand marketing and sales capacities.
Managing director Gustav Wenger: \"We do receive about 50 inquiries regarding GO every week from all over the world, including places as far as Nigeria, Colombia or Korea. Many of these inquiries come from customers…
Iceland: Real estate market at crossroads
Housing prices will continue to rise over the coming years. The pace of these rises, however, will slow down considerably. High interest rates, tighter access to loans and a cooling labour market are the factors that will reduce demand. Supply, on the other hand, seems to have peaked and is likely to diminish over the next years – which should help stabilise real estate prices. A turn-around is expected in…
United Country US Real Estate - European Web Site Presence
USAIMMOWELT.DE and UNITEDCOUNTRY.EU now offer United Country Real Estate property in German and English language for their European customers.
In collaboration with United Country Real Estate USAIMMOWELT.DE offers real estate properties in 44 states from coast to coast in particular for prospective customers and real estate investors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
United Country has more than 650 affiliated and independently operated offices across the United States and offers approximately 6,500+ own…
ROI Consulting Expert Details How Facility Managers Can Bring More Value to Thei …
Chapel Hill, NC -- Jonathan Estes, ROI consulting expert and senior analyst with Strategic Measures, Inc (strategicmeasuresinc.com), authored the cover article for October’s Building Operation Management magazine, sharing insight with facilities executives about measuring ROI for facilities project.
As companies become even more concerned with operational costs, facilities managers are increasingly being asked to have answers when asked about the return on investment for facilities projects.
In the article,…
Scentimental Prints Announces Partnership With Demeter Fragrance Library
Scentimental Prints (scentimentalprints.com) has announced today that it has reached an agreement with Demeter Fragrances Library (demeterfragrance.com) to scent its line of birth announcements, baby shower invitations and birthday party invitations exclusively using Demeter Fragrance products.
"DemeterFragrance is an innovative company with a diverse selection of fragrances that willl allow us to offer choices to our customers that have been unavailable in the market before this," said Darren Burgess, founder of…
Business and Economic research made easy
The new information and research tool WiWi-Online has built up Europe’s first online database of senior academic staff members in the UK and Ireland. The Senior Academic Staff database at wiwi-online.co.uk features the profiles of over 4000 senior academic staff members who work in the fields of accountancy, management, economics, marketing, business studies, business law…..and so on…
This free service, which is designed primarily for students and academic staff, allows…
EchoMirror Fostering Innovation in Legal Process Outsourcing
To cultivate innovation throughout the company, echomirror has formed a policy for its associates to come up with new and original ideas to enhance services and processes in the domain of Legal Process Outsourcing. EchoMirror is strongly promoting this concept and has promissed to get patents on the same.
\"We have designed an 8-point roadmap to encourage creativity in employees and foster innovation inside the company\", said Chakshu kalra, Director…
In Home Tutoring is Big Business for Entrepreneurs – As the Demand for Individua …
Newbury Park, CA (November 2007) Education takes center stage today as parents strive to ensure that children excel in school and attain high scores on standardized tests. Nationwide, more than 6 million students expect to receive tutoring this year, an increase of 10-15 percent from just five years ago.
Over the past decade many entrepreneurs have taken note of this trend and opened tutoring centers. These business opportunities…
Romeo Mitchell named International Correspondent for PMForum in Canada
Online project management media and publishing entity PMForum adds correspondent in Toronto area to provide representation in Canada and in Ontario Province
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc announced today that Mr. Romeo Mitchell has become an International Correspondent for the Company in Canada. 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…
IPR BELARUS TAKES EVENT-PARTNER ROLE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS CONFER …
PR consulting company (IPR Belarus) is an event-partner of 2nd annual conference Corporate Communications in Russia and CIS: On the Way to Regional and International Markets, 13-14 Dec 2007, Prague, Czech Republic. Event organizer is Marcus Evans company that specializes in research and development of strategic events for senior business executives worldwide.
Modern business communications is a separate administrative function and its effective realization is possible together with a professional approach…
Electric Drive Vehicle Portal Captures Attention of Transportation Industry
Chicago, Illinois, -November 29th, 2007-EVtransPortal has completed the test phase and launching of its portal website to the electric drive transportation industry, EVtransPortal.com, just in time for EVS-23 The Electric Vehicle Symposium opening December 2nd in Anaheim California.
With over 20 web pages featuring over 800 links EVtransPortal is an organized, comprehensive, electric drive vehicle industry information powerhouse, making access to the recent explosion of companies, organizations, and government groups…
Rusbiz.com to begin total modernization of its portal based on Web 2.0 conceptio …
Moscow, Russia. Rusbiz.com, a leading B2B portal announced today beginning of entire portal redesign. The new-look Ajax and Python powered Rusbiz.com homepage launches in test mode on December 1, 2007. The new homepage design is a definite upgrade from Web 1 of the 90’s to Web 2. At the same time, there will be new services added to the site, such as social and business networking.
Although total portal revamp will…
direct/ ASSA ABLOY (SE) - Adjustment of the financial objectives
In connection with ASSA ABLOY´s Capital Markets Day the Group has adjusted the financial objectives:
Upgraded objective:
- Sales should increase with a total of 10 percent per year over a business cycle by a combination of organic growth and acquisitions over a business cycle.
Previous target was "Sales should increase organically by an average of about 5 percent over a business cycle"
Unchanged objectives that should be achieved by…
The 14th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference
A new attendance record is set to be achieved as 1,000 delegates representing the decision-makers of the world’s leading Islamic financial institution will gather at the 14th annual World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) at the Gulf International Convention Centre in Bahrain. Speaking ahead of the conference, which takes place on 8, 9 and 10 December 2007, David McLean, Managing Director of MEGA, the owners of the WIBC brand, highlighted the…
Amateur Photographers Assist Businesses to Expand Operations
Businesses are Using Amateur Photographers to Help Find Suitable Locations for New Restaurants, Retail Stores, and Other Facilities -
Selecting the optimal location for a new retail store or restaurant is so crucial that it can make the difference between success and failure. As the ownership of these types of businesses has shifted from private entities to large corporations, the art of selecting sites has evolved from an entrepreneur’s…
Former HP project manager Englund named PM Ambassador™
Randall Englund, project management author, consultant and former senior project manager for HP, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau
Dallas, Texas – November 27, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Randall Englund, author of several project management books and former senior project manager for Hewlett Packard (HP) company, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau recently created by PMForum. Mr. Englund is a well known project management consultant…
Mascus Announce Heavy Used Machinery Online Marketplace in Hungary and Romania
The launch of new Mascus service gives Hungarian and Romanian buyers a possibility to buy and sell used machines and trucks across Europe while using their own language. Mascus categories cover heavy machinery from used construction / plant machines, trucks, tractors, harvesters, forklifts, forest or groundscare machines. Mascus will speed up the search and make it easier to find exactly the right machine from Hungary or Romania, or some other…
High-Security Driver’s Licenses Allow Canadians Easy Access into the States
Toronto, Ontario – At the beginning of 2008, high security driver’s licenses will be allowed as a form of identification that will allow Canadians easy access into the United States. This is seen by many as a way of balancing border security with convenience and cost.
Last week, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff confirmed that enhanced or high-security driver\'s licences will be among the accepted travel documents…
CDGcommerce Announces Free MerchantPortal™ Tool
Merchants now have access to statistics and detailed information not available with other merchant providers.
Chesapeake, VA, November 28, 2007 – CDGcommerce (cdgcommerce.com), a leading Internet merchant credit card processor, announced today its free MerchantPortal™ application for CDGcommerce merchants. The new portal provides fraud and chargeback protection tools, real-time reports, quick and easy account changes, trends, graphs, and other useful features.
“Our MerchantPortal™ system was built in-house to give our merchants…
Website Launched To Assist Online Print Buyers
National – A new website, Print Compare (printcompare.com), has been launched to assist online print buyers in comparing the prices and services of online printing companies. The free site allows visitors to compare hundreds of products and receive online price comparisons without the need to sign up or register.
The site was created by a group of print buyers that pooled resources to give other online print buyers a resource when…
Ransom Enterprizes Warns Major Metro Areas Need Foreclosure Consulting Businesse …
(Atlanta, Georgia) November 27, 2007 -- Ransom Enterprizes, LLC a national leader in real estate foreclosure consulting and training, announced today that more major metropolitan areas need foreclosure consulting businesses and properly trained foreclosure consulting specialists. The firm stressed that the impact from foreclosures is a tremendous burden on an economy and metro areas need to make sure that they have proper resources in place to help individuals in foreclosure…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Glitnir and LNJ Bhilwara Group in India sign Memorandum o …
Glitnir to partner with leading Energy Company of India to establish Geothermal Energy in India and Nepal
New Delhi, 27 November 2007 - Glitnir, the Nordic corporate investment bank, and LNJ Bhilwara Group with operations in India and Nepal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in developing geothermal power plants in India and Nepal. This MoU has been signed during the visit of the Finance Minister of Iceland…
CSA Opens a Bulgarian Associate Office
The new CSA Associate office will be located in Sofia, Bulgaria and will offer its extensive portfolio of celebrity speakers and experts.
Burnham, UK – CSA announces the opening of its Bulgaria Associate office in Sofia, Bulgaria. CSA is Europe’s leading speakers’ bureau. For twenty years, its wide ranging portfolio of motivational, business, keynote and guest celebrity speakers has been instrumental in providing inspirational speeches, rekindling vision and transferring skills to…
New Study of CHD Expert on Smoking Ban: Hard Cuts for 28 percent of German Pubs …
Survey of 550 restaurant manager in Lower Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg shows: Over 70% can’t invest in own smoking lounges
Hamburg/Germany, November 27, 2007 - For more than 28 percent of the German pubs and restaurants in Lower Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg the smoking ban means hard cuts in turnover with guest declines of over ten percent. Since August this year in the hospitality industry of this two German states smokers have to…
EchoMirror opens its new Office in Chandigarh
cEchoMirror, an intellectual property research organization, today announced opening of their new office in Chandigarh, the India\'s top 10 fastest growing city.
Commenting on the opening of the new office, Deepak Syal said: \"I have spent significant part of my career living and working in Metropoliton, however the fun of working near the nature, away from traffic, noise and pollusion is completely different. The creation of our new office demonstrates our…
Top Leadership Award for Lingo24 Managing Director
Translation company Lingo24’s head and founder was selected as a top business leader in “The Future 500”, a list by Courvoisier and The Observer establishing the elite leaders of our times.
Christian Arno, Managing Director of Lingo24 Translation Services (http://www.lingo24.com/), was announced in a special supplement of this week’s Observer as one of the top 50 business leaders from the Science and Innovation economic sector. The award was the result of…
Mercury Computer Systems to Visualize DiMora's Luxury Automobile
From engineering design to buyer customization, Patchwork3D interactively shows the Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan and every component part
Palm Springs, CA - November 27, 2007 - Mercury Computer Systems is the latest company to become a Technology Partner with DiMora Motorcar in the development of the Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan. Mercury will provide its Patchwork3D software suite to perform interactive realistic viewing of all parts of…
PMForum named Media Partner for IPMA ROMA 2008 World Congress on Project Managem …
IPMA selects PMForum for press coverage of November 2008 World Congress in Rome and for reporting to the global professional community
Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) for promotion of the ROMA 2008 World Congress on Project Management, to be held in Rome, Italy during the 10th and 11th of November 2008. As Media Partner,…
Metallurgical High Vacuum Expands Michigan Headquarters
MHV Builds Office & High Tech Engineering Center to Handle Expected Growth
Fennville, MI November 26 2007--- Metallurgical High Vacuum Corporation has capped its recent growth success with a new 2400-sq. ft. building housing its advanced Engineering Design Center. It is equipped with the latest 3-D CAD systems that accommodate all vacuum pump and system engineering. Started in 1981 by President Geoff Humberstone, MHV now offers high quality vacuum pumps…
Quality Certification
STAR Servicios Lingüísticos achieves double quality certification
STAR Servicios Lingüísticos, the Spanish branch of the STAR Group, has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2000 for its quality management system and has been certified against UNE-EN 15038, the new European Standard for translation services that was created by the National Committee AEN/CTN 174 of the Spanish Normalization and Certification Body AENOR and approved by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in April 2006.…
direct/ IBC EUROFORUM GmbH: RFID 2.0 - 4th international trade fair "EURO ID 200 …
13th-15 May 2008, EXPO XXI, Cologne
- Euro-ID trade fair: 75% of stands booked
- Many renowned companies will be exhibiting
- 3rd European Auto ID Awards to be presented
Cologne/Düsseldorf, November 2007. The goals for the 4th international trade fair "EURO ID 2008" (13 - 15 May 2008 in Cologne) are ambitious: "We want to increase both the number of exhibitors and visitors by 25 per cent," says Peter…
Why appointing a bookkeeper should be a priority for businesses
Many businesses fail due to poor bookkeeping and accounts management but, by employing a professional book-keeper, new companies can give themselves the best chance of success with their new venture.
Whilst a book-keeping service is often overlooked when starting a new business Gloucestershire based sage book-keepers BookCheck, believe that good account management and a firm knowledge of company accounts can be a company’s greatest asset.
They have teamed up with national incubation…
Monaco Banks Boom
Two of Europe's top tax havens - Monaco and Andorra - are seeing an influx of funds to their banks, despite governments worldwide actively trying to stop their citizens using tax havens to bank their money.
The financial industry in Monaco is attracting money from wealthy individuals seeking a degree of privacy, and keeping their assets away from the clutches of their governments at record levels with most of the money…
Trade Powerhouse DHgate.com Surges Ahead
As the world’s most popular shopping season (Xmas buying) gathers momentum, sourcing from China on the leading trading marketplace dhgate.com has gathered momentum. Technological innovations like a more user friendly search functionality, smart customer focused additions –Mastercard and Visa credit card payment options have greatly helped in boosting online traffic and conversions. In anticipation of the big shopping rush on its site, DHgate management has taken proactive steps to increase…
SEP – the first bank operator of public electronic services in Bulgaria
SEP becomes the first bank operator of public electronic services in Bulgaria which received a lisence from Bulgarian National Bank for payment system operator utilizing electronic payment instrument \'\'mobile payment\'\' .
After the success of mobile payment in Japan and USA, Bulgaria is the third country in European union which will transform the mobile phone from a communication device into a safe electronic terminal. Contributing to market development of future services…
Mobiweb - Straight2it launches its mobile website builder – Mobiweb
Mobiweb – Standards compliant mobile website builder, in 7 different languages English, French, Nederlandese, Italian, German, Chinese, Spanish and will soon be available in more languages like Hindi, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, and Russian. With all new features like Customizable forms, receive mobile payments, Driving directions, Click-to-Call, Image Editor, Date/time stamp etc
Mobiweb – The worlds first diy mobile website building tool that helps even novice users to build a world class…
IFSB Council appoints new Chairperson for 2008, Members increase to 150
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan is appointed as the fifth Chairperson of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) Council.
• Hamad Al-Sayari, Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency is Deputy Chairperson.
• The IFSB admits 13 new members bringing its total membership to 150 organisations. The IFSB members now total 150 comprising 37 regulatory and supervisory authorities, 5 international inter-governmental organisations and 108 market players…
direct/ Landsbanki Islands - Fitch affirms Landsbanki at ´A´ with stable outlook …
Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Iceland-based Landsbanki Islands´ (Landsbanki) ratings at Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) ´A´, Short-term IDR ´F1´, Individual ´B/C´, Support ´2´ and Support Rating Floor ´BBB´. The Outlook for the Long-term IDR is Stable.
In their statement, Fitch marks that the ratings reflect Landsbanki´s leading position in its domestic market, the growing diversification of its earnings, its prudent provisioning policies, comfortable capitalisation and marked improvement in its funding…
Shop Online This Holiday Season – Black Friday Sales Begin Early at Online Books …
Margate, FL (November 2007) – Shop early this holiday season and with just a quick click of a mouse, get gifts the entire family will enjoy.
At Virtual Word Publishing, virtualwordpublishing.com, find books from starting a home-based business or virtual assistant business, to sci-fi thrillers, children’s books, Christian books, cookbooks, and more. And just in time for the Black Friday Sales to save big.
From delightful children’s books like…
i1search Gains in New Alexa Traffic Rankings
West Palm Beach, FL - November 21, 2007 – In another surprise, one of the internet's fastest growing search engines, i1search (i1search.com) has leapfrogged several thousand websites to move into the top 45,000 websites in the United States, as determined by traffic rank measured by Alexa, the world's leading authority on internet traffic.
i1search, as of November 21, 2007, has a traffic ranking of 43,875 in the…
