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NEW ECREDITFREEZE.COM IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION SERVICE HELPS CONSUMERS FREEZE C …
THE WOODLANDS, TX, January 28, 2008 – eCreditFreeze, LLC, a leading provider of low cost and affordable ID theft prevention services, today announced that it has launched its identity theft protection service that gives consumers the power to easily protect their credit against the most damaging type of identity theft, new account fraud. As on November 1, 2007 consumers nationwide can stop credit agencies from allowing other people and businesses…
Alpha Executive Jobs takes global executive recruitment market by storm
28 January 2008 - Alpha 1st month - Alpha Executive Jobs, the new international executive job board launched on the 8th January 2008, is having an incredible first month. Site traffic has risen to an average of over 4000 visitors per day, putting the site on track to exceed its target of 100,000 visitors in the first month online.
47 companies from around the globe have already registered on the…
Chase Paymentech Wins Lawsuit Against Golf Club Maker
DALLAS – Dallas-based Chase Paymentech, a leading global payments firm, has won a legal battle against the manufacturers of the Spin Doctor RI Wedge golf club in a dispute over credit card processing of sales generated by television infomercials.
Judge Lorraine Raggio of the 162nd Civil District Court in Dallas entered a summary judgment in favor of Chase Paymentech in the lawsuit titled Spin Doctor Golf, Ltd. et al vs. Paymentech,…
Hendrick BMW announces attractive deals on new BMW cars in stock
Hendrick BMW boasts of a wide and varied choice of new and pre-owned BMW cars such as the 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, X3, X5, Z4, M5, M6 and Z4M. The dealership, with state-of-the-art facilities and highly committed workforce, offers the best service. The dealership extend its services in and around Matthews, Pineville, Belmont, Indian Trail, Harrisburg, Stanley, and Bessemer City, Hickory, Statesville, Salisbury, Gastonia, Rock Hill,…
CE-Approved 24V DC-LVDT Position Sensors, Hermetically Sealed Now Available In M …
Macro Sensors (macrosensors.com), a sensor company specializing in the manufacture of Linear Position and LVDT-based linear sensors and gaging probes, offers a metric version of its 24V DC-LVDT position sensors. Constructed entirely of stainless steel, the HSE/HSER 750 Series of 19.0 mm diameter DC-operated LVDTs are hermetically sealed, making them impervious to dirt, water, steam and other corrosive elements. These CE-approved and highly rugged units are ideal…
Is the Demand for Core Banking Systems Outstripping Successful Implementation Ca …
The full results of the IBS Sales League Table will be revealed at the Back Office Systems Conference on 28 February 2008, but early indications suggest it will show an acceleration in decisions to replace core banking systems. ‘China and Russia are starting to show the pick-up that has been predicted for some time, with other countries such as Vietnam extremely active.’ says IBS founder and director, Martin Whybrow,…
DREAMTECH PRESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD BOOK FAIR 2008
Dreamtech Press a leading publisher of computer, business & self help books in Delhi has announced its partaking in the approaching 18th New Delhi WORLD BOOK FAIR 2008.
The India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) will hold the WORLD BOOK FAIR from 2nd February to 10th February at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The World Book Fair is organized biennially by the NBT (National Book Trust) of India and is the second…
BizSales Business Brokers - Video City Chain for Sale
In a £1.6million deal, Video City, the highly lucrative chain of Northern Ireland DVD Rental/Ice Cream and Tanning businesses was today been put up for sale. BizSalesNI.com the NI based Business Broker has been instructed by the founder to dispose of 17 of the chain of 24 stores.
The chain of outlets with stores all over the province was established in 1995 by Ballymena man and…
Intersil Wide VIN Range Controllers Feature Independent Digital Enables To Save …
New Intersil ICs Offer Out-of-Phase Switching For Better Noise Performance and Early Warning, Low VIN To Save Critical System Performance Before Total Power Failure
MILPITAS, CA, Jan. 24, 2008 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced a new family of Triple Sync Buck PWM and LDO Controller. The ISL9440, ISL9440A and ISL9441 are designed to be extremely…
Russell Bedford named among first full members of Forum of Firms
Russell Bedford International has been named one of the first full members of the Forum of Firms after reporting it has implemented a globally coordinated quality assurance programme, committed to the use of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), and met other specific ethics requirements.
16 other international networks of accounting firms also achieved full member status, the first group to do so since the Forum was formally established in 2002.
“At…
YEN announces IPEF 2008 - India’s first Private Equity Fair
January 17, 2008: India’s first private equity fair (IPEF 2008) will be held on February 27, 2008 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. The fair is being organized by YEN Expo Pvt. Ltd.
IPEF 2008 will provide a B2B platform to over 25 companies to showcase their business and growth plans to around 150 Private Equity funds from India and abroad. A large number of cases are being reviewed by YEN and…
direct/ Reykjavik Energy Invest (IS) - Reykjavik´s Geothermal Investments Hold G …
Agreements announced at the World Energy Summit
Abu Dhabi and Reykjavik, Iceland, January 23, 2008 - Two agreements between Iceland and the Republic of Djibouti can help the East African country replace its current diesel-generated electricity with green electricity. The agreements were announced at the World Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi.
First, Iceland´s Minister of Industry HE Ossur Skarphedinsson and HE Mohamed Ali Mohamed signed an agreement on energy…
CSA and MBS Join Forces to Become ‘Knowledge Partners’
CSA and the Moscow Business School will provide Russian corporations with access to knowledge and expertise
January 24, 2008 - Burnham, United Kingdom. CSA for the first time in its history has taken the initiative to cooperate with business schools in order to address the needs of corporate MBA programmes by lending its distinguished professional speakers as guest lecturers. By being knowledge partners, CSA’s experts will also provide their practical…
direct/ Carrefour SA: 2007 Full Year Sales
Carrefour meets its 2007 sales growth target
Sales inc. VAT + 7% on constant exchange rates
Q4 sales up 10% on constant exchange rates
x Third consecutive year of faster sales growth
- Group sales grew 7.0% on constant exchange rates versus 6.3% in 2006 and +4.3% in 2005
- Faster growth reflects a stronger consumer offer and the opening of more new m2 through organic growth and tactical acquisitions…
EDI Academy Continues Upward Trend With February Course Offering in Phoenix
Professionals Take Advantage of EDI Seminars Held Nationally, Improve Corporate ROI on EDI Technology
San Diego, CA – January 22, 2008. EDI Academy, which in one year’s time has led a revolution in how professionals utilize EDI technology, announces its next EDI training session. The next event, which will offer business professionals an introduction to EDI best practices, will be held on February 26-27, 2008, in Phoenix, Arizona. This will be…
direct/ Neste Oil Corporation (FI) - NESTE OIL WELCOMES STRICT SUSTAINABILITY CR …
The European Commission to propose a directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
Neste Oil welcomes the transport biofuels targets and the strict environmental sustainability criteria for biofuels proposed by the European Commission. Neste Oil agrees that no feedstocks should be permitted if obtained from high-biodiversity land (forest with no significant human intervention) or land with high carbon stock (e.g tropical wetlands).
Neste Oil´s own…
Professor Hubert Vaughan in China named Editorial Advisor for Project Management …
Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Hubert Vaughan, Professor of project management at the Institute of International Engineering Project Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, has been named an international editorial advisor for the online eJournal PM World Today. In January 2007 the company announced the formation of the editorial advisory group, which now includes representatives from some of the world’s leading universities with graduate…
FERNBACH expands into Chinese and Asian market by opening new Hong Kong office
Hong Kong & Luxembourg, 22 January 2008 – FERNBACH, a leading international provider of solutions for Enterprise-wide Value and Risk Management (EVRM), has opened another international branch office in Hong Kong to reach new customers and improve the support for its growing number of existing customers in Asia.
Arnaud Picut Director for Asia/Pacific, said: “The Chinese and Asia/Pacific market has great potential for us, particularly for the sale and support of…
Ron Hottes Leaves Sunbelt Business Brokers
Ron built his office into the largest and most successful Sunbelt Brokerage office in the nation and will now operate the same business as a Business Team office. San Jose, the largest Business Team Office in Northern California, and the other nine Business Team offices dominate business brokerage sales in Northern California.
Ron says of his decision to merge with Business Team, “There are two reasons, one, we had grown beyond…
Questrade launches forex education initiative in response to surging interest in …
Toronto, ON (January 21, 2008) – Questrade Inc., a leading Canadian online brokerage, announces a series of free education sessions for new forex traders. The company, which provides direct online access to North American markets for Canadian traders and investors, is solidifying its commitment to financial literacy by directly addressing the growing relevance of international foreign currency trading.
“When the loonie reached par with the U.S. dollar, we saw a…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Presentation of Glitnir Bank´s Full-Year Results
Glitnir will host the following presentations and webcasts in connection with the publication of the Group´s results for the full-year of 2007. An English version of the presentation will be available on glitnirbank.com as of its publication early morning on 29 January.
Presentation in Reykjavík, Iceland
Lárus Welding, CEO, and Alexander K. Gudmundsson, CFO, will present Glitnir´s full-year results for 2007 to shareholders and market participants on Tuesday, 29 January,…
Talent and Performance Management rise to new heights with Saigun Technologies
Following the victory of Indian entrepreneurs worldwide, Saigun Technologies, a software group promoted by an IIT alumnus, Tushar Bhatia and an Indian Army veteran, Major General B K Bhatia, successfully completed its 6 years, on 21 January 2008. After facing the ups-and-downs of the software industry in India, Saigun has now matured from a mere service provider to a product company giving tooth-and-nail competition to international vendors on…
direct/ Nordea (SE) - Nordea economists: At the turning point
World economy is at the turning point. If reading about the global economic situation in 2007 was like reading an exciting book it looks like the 2008-story can be compared to a thriller. That is the view expressed by Nordea´s economists in their publication "Economic Outlook, January 2008".
- Despite the leading central banks´ efforts to navigate through the sub-prime crisis, the US economy looks increasingly fragile; we believe there…
SGM Group reorganizes subsidiaries into one site
Beginning January 21th, 2008, the SGM Group will begin offering its family of services through its new Website thesgmgroup.com. According to Martha Trigueros, SGM Group’s Senior Business Development Manager, “This reorganization allows us to streamline delivery of service to our customers while maintaining our commitment to quality.”
Services available on the site include English to Spanish document translation, website translation; transcriptions of audio and video recordings, website design and…
Naughton named PM Ambassador™ in Ireland
Ed Naughton, founder and general director of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland, joins PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc. is pleased to announce that Ed Naughton, a leading expert in Europe and one of the most knowledgeable speakers on the topic of project management, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau. Based in Dublin, Mr. Naughton is one of the leading authorities on modern project…
Six Attorneys Promoted to Members at Charlotte's Helms Mulliss & Wicker
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 15, 2008)—Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (HMW), a law firm practicing in corporate law, finance and litigation, announced today that six associate attorneys: Jill Crawley Griset, J. Kate Harris Hatcher, Matthew John Hoefling, Brian Kahn, Ingrid Olson McClintock and Amy Reeder Worley have been elected to member status. All newly elected members are based in the firm’s Charlotte office.
Equivalent to a partner status, election to…
colorPol® MIR – CODIXX to enter the mid infrared range
CODIXX extends the colorPol® polarizer product family with the colorPol® MIR to cover the mid infrared range.
With the steady raise of applications in the MIR range like matter analysis or thermography, the polarizer is thrusted into the spotlight.
CODIXX\'s answer to this challenge is the new colorPol® MIR.
This filter comes with a very large bandwidth and provides high extinction ratios of above 10,000 : 1 (40dB) within…
direct/ Landsbanki Islands - Landsbanki presents Q4 2007 financial results on 28 …
Landsbanki will announce its full year financial results after market closing on Monday, 28 January 2008.
Presentation in London 29 January
Mr Sigurjón Þ. Árnason and Mr Halldór J. Kristjánsson, joint CEOs of Landsbanki, will present Landsbanki´s Q4 2007 results to analysts and investors, followed by a Q&A session. Conducted in English, the presentation will be available live on www.landsbanki.com, where relevant data and presentation material will be posted simultaneously.…
ICICI Bank launches iMobile: First bank in India to introduce complete mobile ba …
Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s second largest bank launched today iMobile, a unique mobile banking platform on mobile phones. iMobile is a breakthrough innovation in banking where practically all internet-banking transactions can now be simply done on mobiles phones. Customers can now transfer funds to ICICI and Non ICICI Bank accounts just with the click of their mobile. The application covers Savings bank, Demat, Credit Card and Loan accounts. Customers can…
National Life Group Insurance Company Introduces “Next Generation” UL Product …
Montpelier, VT, January 17, 2008 – Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (LSW), a member of National Life Group, has enhanced two popular universal life products, Harbor and Horizon, within its comprehensive product portfolio. National Life Group continues to offer more options and flexibility for its clients in the middle, emerging affluent/affluent, and business owner markets.
Harbor and Horizon Universal Life products allow two additional opportunities for those seeking traditional…
PMForum named Media Partner for PMSA 2008 Project Management Conference in South …
Project Management media entity PMForum selected to promote and report about May 2008 international project management conference to be held near Johannesburg in South Africa
Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” for the PMSA International Conference 2008: From Strategy to Reality, to be held at Gallagher Estate in Gauteng Province (Johannesburg region), South Africa from 26 - 28 May 2008. PMForum will…
Down To Earth Toys offers Wooden, Natural and Educational Toys made in the USA a …
Ortonville, MI USA January 17, 2008 – Down To Earth Toys is a web-based retailer of wooden, natural and educational toys. More than 90% of our toy selection originates from the USA. Down To Earth Toys provides a source for today’s consumers to find toys made in the United States or Europe or Fair Trade Federation Certified. Consumers have become increasingly conscious and concerned about a toy’s country…
Major Gold Price Site Down Through Domain Registrar Blunder
Sydney, Australia January 17th 2008 -- goldprice.org, the major gold market information site, "Where the world checks the gold price™", was down for three days over the weekend, just as the gold price peaked at a historic 900 dollars an ounce.
Thousands of people were unable to access Gold Price resulting in frustration around the world just as gold climbed to the new historic height of 900US dollars an ounce.
Said Joel…
Ciao GmbH enlarges PR & Marketing department
As PR-Manager, Ulrike Piesch is responsible for European-wide corporate and product communication / Sabine Kaufmann, as Marketing Manager, leads all brand activities of the seven European internet portals
Munich, January 17, 2008 - Ciao GmbH, one of the leading online comparison shopping and opinions portals in Europe, continues to expand the department of PR & marketing. Ulrike Piesch started work as PR Manager in January 2008. In this function she…
ineedhits earns Google AdWords Qualified Company Status
Small business search marketing pioneer ineedhits has achieved Google Adwords Qualified Company status in recognition of their outstanding Google Advertising management efforts.
Perth, Western Australia, January 19, 2008- Committed to providing the most effective and affordable search engine marketing solutions for small to medium sized businesses, ineedhits (ineedhits.com) has further asserted itself as a search engine advertising leader by becoming a Google Adwords Qualified Company.
Google's paid search (pay per click) platform…
HometownQuotes executive named Reader Favorite by Inc. magazine readers
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – HometownQuotes President and CEO Hunter Ingram has been voted a Reader Favorite for Inc. magazine’s 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Among the several hundreds of nominations submitted, critiqued and ranked, Ingram is one of ten entrepreneurs across the country whose nomination was categorized as a Reader Favorite.
“One of the great things about the web is that it’s a two-way street. We invite people to…
In-house Counsel for Feuring: Dr. Frank Peter Ohler is new Legal Counsel for the …
The international hotel development and consulting group Feuring in Mainz, Germany has taken on board an in-house counsel. On 1 December 2007, Dr. Frank Peter Ohler (36) moved from the Frankfurt offices of GSK Stockmann & Kollegen on the river Main to the Rhine where he will fill the newly created position as Legal Counsel for the Feuring group.
Matthias Lowin, Managing Director of Feuring Hotelconsulting GmbH, commented: „We have…
Voices.com Wins 1to1 Impact Award for Customer Relationship Management
The voice-over website, Voices.com, recently won a silver medal in the Full-Suite CRM award category at the 7th Annual 1to1 Impact Awards presented by 1to1 Media, a magazine published by Peppers and Rogers. The 1to1 Impact Awards spotlight leading companies that have implemented effective and innovative customer strategies that have led to clear and quantifiable business results.
Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli accepted the award on behalf of the Voices.com team…
Shelving Announces Products for Business Organization
ROCHESTER, MI-1/16/08-It’s now 2008 and it’s time for businesses to organize their facilities for the new year. Shelving systems and storage solutions from Shelving, Inc. are available for businesses of all types and sizes.
As the year begins, it is the perfect time for a business to start cleaning up and get organized, according to Shelving, Inc. president, Joe Schodowski. “There are so many things to think about as a business…
direct/ Rotter Rechtsanwälte - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG: Law firm seeks damag …
Rotter Rechtsanwaelte claims damages against the company and its directors due to misleading statements
Munich, 16th January 2008 German-based law firm Rotter Rechtsanwaelte has been hired by disgruntled investors of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG to claim damages against the company and its directors after shares of the company have plunged more than 30% on 15th January 2008. On that day the Munich-based property and public-finance lender announced to take…
24hGold launched mobile site: 24hgold.mobi
24hGold.com is expanding its service on to mobile devices internationally, allowing users to look at quotes and news on resources and mining sector.
The webiste offers a compact version of its website, specifically optimized for small screen wireless devices such as internet-enabled Phones, Blackberries and Treos.
In fact, 24hGold.com is putting more power into the hands of its current website visitors who own mobile devices.
This new capability allows public, private and institutional…
IonGate completes third funding round and expands its business to the USA
Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 16th January 2008. IonGate Biosciences GmbH announces the closing of the third funding round. The capital contribution of the investors Heidelberg Innovation and KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) therewith amounts to €4.6 million in 2007. IonGate will use the increase in capital to expand its international business activities, for the worldwide commercialization of the SURFE2R Technology (SURFace Electrogenic Event Reader) and for the further development of the SURFE2R Workstation.
In…
Riley County, Kansas Recording Documents Electronically with Simplifile
Riley County, KS – January 15, 2008 - Simplifile announced today that they will begin electronically recording (eRecording) land record documents such as deeds, mortgages, and reconveyances submitted by title companies, abstractors, banks, and attorneys, in the Riley County Register of Deed’s Office.
To introduce the public to eRecording, Riley County is hosting an eRecording kick-off meeting from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm, Thursday, January 24, 2008 in the…
GRSI appoints new Vice President
Mark Riedel will join GRSI as its new Vice President. The news was announced last week by GRSI’s CEO Steve. Riedel will be focused on sales and business project management while working from GRSI's Western regional office.
Conshohocken, PA, 1/12/2008 – GRSI, a leading material handling and packaging systems integrator, announced last week that Mark Riedel has joined its executive team as Vice President. Riedel, working…
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Icelandic FSA director: The Icelandic financial market well equipped to weather the storm
"The foundations of the Icelandic commercial banks are sound and the Icelandic financial market is well equipped to weather the storm that is now shaking the international markets". This was the conclusion the director of the Iceland Financial Supervisory Authority, Mr. Jónas Fr. Jónsson at a meeting organized by Icelandic Investor Relation Association this morning. He furthermore…
direct/ West Siberian Ltd (SE) - West Siberian announces merger with Alliance Oi …
West Siberian today announced plans to merge with Alliance Oil and create a vertically integrated Russian oil company with a stable supply of crude oil, substantial refining capacity and important assets in distribution and marketing of petroleum products. The group will have proved and probable oil reserves of 430 million barrels, production of close to 51,000 barrels per day, refining capacity of 70,000 barrels per day, and 255 gas stations…
Protagen raises €1 million to expand its protein biochips business unit
Dortmund, Germany and New Jersey, USA, 15 January 2008: Protagen AG, a leading provider of products, services and software solutions for protein research, announces the closing of an interim financing round. The €1 million raised will be used to expand the company’s protein biochips business unit.
The capital raised in this round has come from the existing institutional investors, MIG AG and Co KG Beteiligungsfonds 3, Munich, and S-Venture Capital Dortmund…
Seminar on Islamic Finance - Opportunities and Challenges in Hong Kong
January 15, 2008 - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) jointly organised the Seminar on Islamic Finance held today (15 January) to promote discussion of the development of an Islamic financial platform in Hong Kong.
The seminar was well attended by over 280 delegates including representatives from central banks, financial regulators, prominent commercial bankers, market professionals and legal practitioners from Hong Kong and…
Publishing BPO Trends: 2008
Pune, India; 15th January 2008 - Offshoring of publishing services to India continues to grow, both horizontally and vertically. New "horizontal" niches and opportunities across hitherto untapped segments of publishing are opening up as vendors develop vertical capabilities across the publishing value chain. We expect that the increasing activity witnessed in the publishing outsourcing space will be sustained during 2008. A few of the key trends for the publishing outsourcing…
Former U.S. Congressman Michael G. Oxley to Speak at SYNERGY 2008
CLEVELAND — January 14, 2008 — Corporate United, the nation’s leading group purchasing organization, is hosting its seventh annual SYNERGY conference April 15-17, 2008 in Baltimore. SYNERGY 2008 will feature the Honorable Michael G. Oxley, former U.S. Congressman and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as the keynote speaker.
SYNERGY 2008, a national spend management conference, brings together leading supply chain and spend management professionals to discuss…
