Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
“Green” Real Estate Expert to Speak in Las Vegas in May
Sustainability consultant and green real estate expert Lisa Michelle Galley to give presentations titled “Capital for Green and Socially Responsible Developments” and “Green Building – Finance and Trends” at upcoming real estate investment summit in Las Vegas.
Of the thousands of sustainability consultants, contractors, and capital providers for green real estate transactions in the United States, Galley Eco Capital LLC is quite unique. Lisa Michelle Galley, the firm’s Managing Principal, is…
Survey confirms Echelon’s criteria for continued success
Learning specialist Echelon has received a strong vote of confidence from its customers via the results of its recent ‘Client Survey’ – which, in particular, rated Echelon’s ‘attitude’ and ‘flexibility’ extremely highly.
Echelon’s client survey asked its clients, which include transport and logistics undertakings, public sector bodies such as NHS Trusts, academic bodies and professional institutes, to rate – anonymously - its performance over the last year against a series…
The hush before the storm?
Following the previous week’s heavy buying, global markets again finished the week positively. However, gains were limited to around half a percent for the week with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rising the most. With many cross winds in the form of bank rite downs, and some positive earnings surprises from the US, it was hard for markets to make significant progress in either direction. Volatility continued in the…
Cornerstone OnDemand surpasses one million active subscribers in 141 countries
With average client engagement of over 10,000 users, the learning and talent management leader is ‘changing the game’ for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management software, content and services, today announced that it has surpassed one million active subscribers who are using its market-leading suite in 141 countries around the world. Cornerstone is evolving the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) landscape through its ability to deliver highly…
QINO FLAGSHIP - ANOTHER GREAT CALL: JAJAH and Yahoo! Announce Strategic Partners …
97 million users served by Jajah technology. QINO only possibility to participate in Jajah
BAAR, SWITZERLAND, 29 April 2008 - Jajah Inc., a portfolio company of QINO Flagship AG (Reuters: QINO.BN), has been selected by Yahoo! (Reuters: YHOO.O) as its outsource partner for its premium voice service.
Calls made by the nearly 97 million worldwide users of Yahoo! Messenger will now be routed over the Jajah network. In addition to telephony infrastructure,…
Institute of Certificate Bankers (ICB) extends accreditation to more of KESDEE’s …
Impressed by KESDEE’s globally acclaimed e-Learning course catalog on banking and finance, The Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB) – a subsidiary of American Bankers’ Association (ABA), on a mission for providing professionals-in-financial services with confidence, credibility and recognition through its certifications; thereby promoting the highest standards of performance in the financial services industry by validating individuals\' knowledge and expertise – has accredited around 300 KESDEE’s e-Learning courses drawn from 31…
Digital-Clay will grant awards to companies based on innovation of solutions cre …
Digital-Clay will accept solutions for review by organizations that use its platform. Each organization can submit up to 10 solutions for review.
(Cupertino, California.- April 28,2008) – Digital-Clay, the leading provider of codeless software solutions announced today it will be giving an innovation award to its most creative customers. The award will be given to organizations that have managed to create the utmost improvements in their business category.
\"Our customers…
AFFIRIS IN BIOTECH SPOTLIGHT 2008 - INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS CONFIRMS GLOBAL POTENTI …
Vienna, Austria, 28 April 2008: According to an analysis carried out by Lifescience-online, due to it\'s AFFITOME technology AFFiRiS GmbH could become a major player in the global pharmaceutical industry. After looking at data from a total of 67 European biotech companies, the study picked out the five firms with the most innovative approaches to therapy and most intensive R&D activities for closer analysis. AFFiRiS GmbH came top of this…
TCT introduces the newest version of predictive dialer
TCT introduces the newest version of predictive dialer
Trans continental technologies (TCT), the leading supplier of call center software solution and customer relationship management, has today unveiled its latest version of predictive dialer in the market. This advanced and extremely proficient predictive dialer of TCT has all the capabilities to provide productive gains to the telemarketing firms or to the call center industry.
Phoenix (AZ ) USA, Aprl 6, 2008:…
Do-It-Yourself Payroll Software for Small Business
Many people who start their own successful companies are intelligent, have field experience and an entrepreneur spirit to get things done. However, when it comes to accounting, and in particular payroll software, they often stumble. That\'s why Halfpricesoft.com co-founder Dr Ge went to work creating ezPaycheck payroll software, and its latest version, ezPaycheck 2008 payroll software.
The affordable, super-simple, custom streamlined payroll and tax software - available at http://www.halfpricesoft.com/index.asp -…
International Not-for-Profit Computer Association Announces New Board of Directo …
The not-for-profit Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) announced several of its new board of directors members ahead of the ICCA’s three-day national conference June 6-8 in Washington, D.C.
Joyce Burkard, the long-suffering executive director of the ICCA, announced the selection with a sigh of relief. “Finally,” she said, “someone else to share the glory.”
Members of the new ICCA board of directors include:
John Avellanet, Managing Director of Cerulean Associates LLC, based…
Economic Focus - Where is the króna headed?
Kaupthing Research has issued an economic analyze for the outlook for the Icelandic Króna. The conclusion is: Good long-term outlook, but difficult short-term.
The ISK exchange rate bears the hallmarks of an overshooting that will readjust itself in the longer term.
In the short term, however, the króna faces greater uncertainty than before and the immediate direction of the krona is not necessarily up.
Near term developments will principally be determined by…
PerTOOLS Announces a New European Reseller
Today in London, PerTOOLS, the provider of Time Series Analysis and Data Extractor tools announced that they have appointed Aertia SL, the specialist Software Distributor to the Spanish and Portuguese markets, as a distributor of their products. Aertia are a Distributor with over fifteen years’ experience in providing software products such as PerTOOLS to financial institutions. This alliance is another step towards PerTOOLS’s plan both to have a global…
Theofanis Giotis named PM Ambassador™ in Greece
Theofanis Giotis, a leading European project management expert and professional leader, joins the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau in Athens
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc. is pleased to announce that Theofanis Giotis, CEO of ITC Solutions and President of the PMI Greece Chapter, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Based in Athens and with over 20 years of professional experience, Theofanis advises organizations and speaks on project management throughout Greece…
Portugal's lessons in development
In the recent turmoil of the credit crisis the difficulties of Spain have been well documented, with falling prices, controversy over illegal building coming to a head when some properties were summarily demolished and a general feeling that a few chickens had come home to roost.
While such a view may underestimate the variety of possible new opportunities that Spain can offer now or in the future, which may arise from…
How transport gets investors on track
Today\'s news that the Bank of England\'s monetary policy committee has cut the base rate again to five per cent will be welcome news for investors in property amid a climate that has seen the market take something of a hit in recent months, both from the higher interest rates brought about by the increases in the rate between August 2006 and July last year, plus, more recently, the credit…
Akkustadt.de offering one stops online shopping experience
April 18, 2008, (Denmark):- Akkustadt.de offers all types of quality rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries, chargers and accessories etc all over the UK. This web portal is designed to cater all the valued customers of UK to provide them their services at their patrons’ location. They are the one stop online power shopping system with more than 2800 items displayed on the web store.
Akkustadt.de has posted all the products under…
UPVC Front Doors Could Result In Significant Savings For The Average Household
Edinburgh, UK, 1 March 2008 ( Openpr ) -- The average household in the UK could save hundreds of pounds annually simply by changing their front door, according to a study into exterior door insulation released by industry watchdog BuyDoor.net.
As a more energy efficient alternative to traditional doors, UPVC doorways are better at insulating heat than wood, according to the findings of the study, which could give rise to a…
Inventory Management System maintain the balance of supply and demand
Inventory management systems help a firm in managing the flow of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, and provide the staff to co-ordinate various activities for effective inventory management.
There are three basic reasons for keeping an inventory:
- For time saving
- Inventories are maintained as buffer to meet uncertainties in demand, supply and movements of goods.
- Balance of supply and demand
Inventory management systems do not make decisions directly, but help the employees to make…
Ontario-Based Management Consulting Firm Uses Team Approach for Small Business S …
Peterborough ON -- Today, business owners and not-for-profit managers face many challenges. How these challenges are met can have a direct influence on a business’s success or failure. Sometimes businesses need help. Whether it’s creating a strategic plan for the future, preparing a financial analysis, implementing an effective marketing campaign or finding, training, and coaching high performance personnel, not every business is large enough to employ in-house industry specialists to…
Australian Virtual Assistant Nominated for Prestigious Janet Jordan Achievement …
Tilda Virtual Services (TVS) is celebrating two years in business on May 15th 2008. That day also marks the beginning of this year’s Online International Virtual Assistant Convention (OIVAC). The convention spans three days and includes industry speakers, an international virtual assistants day celebration (IVAD) and the announcement of the winners of two prestigious awards.
Australian business owner Kylie Short, of Tilda Virtual Services has been nominated for one of those…
PerTOOLS Announce a new Asian Distributor
Today in London PerTOOLS, the provider of Time Series Analysis and Data Extractor tools announced that they have appointed Columbia CP, the Asia-based specialist software reseller as their newest Distributor. Columbia CP serves the entire Asia Region from their offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and The Philippines. This alliance is another step towards PerTOOLS’s plan both to have a global network of resellers…
HR & Training Solutions takes Virgin Atlantic to new heights at Heathrow
HR & Training Solutions has undertaken a management training programme for Virgin Atlantic, following the launch of brand new facilities at Heathrow’s Terminal 3 (T3).
Virgin Atlantic’s Heathrow management team is responsible for some 750 people who ensure service provision to the company’s 2m passengers who fly from Heathrow’s T3 each year.
Towards the end of 2007 Virgin Atlantic launched the brand new Upper Class Wing at T3, which…
Best deals opening up in Cyprus
Cyprus has been having an eventful year so far, with New Year\'s Day bringing the adoption of the euro as its official currency, the election of a new president, Dimitris Christofias and with him the tantalising prospect of better relations with northern Cyprus, perhaps even leading to a permanent solution to the division of the island into Greek and Turkish segments that has remained intractably in place since 1974.
Since Mr…
ASBIS Croatia Begins Distribution of DELL Products to Domestic Consumer and SMB …
Limassol (Cyprus), April 24, 2008 -- ASBIS Group, a leading supplier of computer hardware and software to the EMEA emerging markets, announced that after a successful launch in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Turkey, Slovenia, Cyprus and the Middle East it received Dell authorized distributor status in Croatia.
The new agreement covers Dell\'s award-winning laptops, PCs, monitors and enterprise products, and ASBIS will focus on providing Dell’s solutions to the Consumer and…
Stiperformanceparts.Com Gets Boosted With Mastaminds
Mastaminds Inc. continues to expand its market and offerings by adding STIperformanceparts.com to its lineup.The company has firm plans to take over a large percentage of the market share for STI performances parts online in the next year.said President and CEO Justin Hamel.
Howell, MI,April 24, 2008 -- Mastaminds Inc. continues to expand its market and offerings by adding STIperformanceparts.com to its lineup. By adding this store to Mastamind’s Network, the…
NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE DERWENT MANOR
The Derwent Manor in Allensford, Northumberland, has appointed Karl Sharman as General Manager to lead the 70 strong teams at the distinctive country hotel. Karl joins the Derwent Manor following extensive experience at a variety of hotels and spas across the country.
With a career spanning over 15 years at the luxury Classic Lodges hotel chain, Legacy Hotels’ Royal Victoria and the Gilsland Spa in Carlisle, Karl has relocated back to…
2008 Official Online John Deere Merchandise Catalogs
Flora, Indiana, March 31, 2008 – Jackson-Lee-Pearson, Inc. announces special additions to their existing online official John Deere collectibles website. The complete catalog consists of over 1,000 items for the John Deere collector. Categories include Clothing and Apparel, Hats, Gifts and Collectibles, Toys, and everyone’s favorite Toy Tractors.
jacksonleepearson.com is designed for the serious and casual John Deere fans alike. jacksonleepearson.com is proud to offer their customers new John Deere t-shirts…
Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong to showcase Islamic finance initiatives in IFS …
Kuala Lumpur, 24 April 2008 – Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong are participating in the Country Showcases which will be held prior to the 5th Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) Summit, on 12th May 2008 in Amman, Jordan. The Country Showcases are part of this annual Summit which is scheduled to be on 13-14th May 2008. The Summit, that the Central Bank of Jordan is hosting, is held under the…
Top Iontas Partner Secures another Financial Institution Win with Iontas Technol …
Top Iontas Partner Secures another Financial Institution Win with Iontas Technologies
Austin, Texas, and Letterkenny, Ireland – April 22, 2008
Iontas disclosed today that a top Iontas Partner signed up another major US bank for the Focus Software suite. The bank anticipates using this state-of-the-art software to support their credit card division’s customer support center to gain new insight and enable them to reduce non-interaction time, increase cross selling effectiveness,…
Digital Switching Systems Adds Sales Coordinator
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 23, 2008) – Ken Wood, vice president and general manager of Digital Switching Systems, LLC, a leading provider of electronic and mechanical switching solutions to the marine and transportation industries, announces today that Christy Short has joined the company as sales coordinator. In this position, Short will provide logistical product coordination for various clients, as well as support new business development for markets within the United States.
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Under priced, up for grabs and over there
With the credit crunch dominating the news in recent months, much of the focus has been on where the property market has seen a decline, with the US and Ireland being two examples of countries suffering heavily, while the UK and Spanish booms are universally regarded as being over.
In the meantime, of course, those investing in cheap property keep on looking. If some markets are less favourable now, there are…
Panasonic Avionics Signs Contract with Boeing for 747-8 Intercontinental Aircraf …
Panasonic Avionics Signs Contract with Boeing for 747-8 Intercontinental Aircraft Cabin Services System
-Cabin Services System (CSS) provides easy crew control of lighting, boarding music; address system, dimmable windows, cabin doors, and the emergency evacuation system.
LAKE FOREST, California – 23 April 2008 – Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) today announced the award by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to provide Cabin Services System (CSS) on every Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane.
In addition to this…
SABIC Innovative Plastics Expands Local Manufacturing and Application Developmen …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – April 23, 2008 – China’s thriving economy is driving demand across multiple industries for fast access to high-performance plastics and value-added development services. At Chinaplas 2008, Stand #W2G31, SABIC Innovative Plastics announced a multi-pronged strategy to meet these customer needs through expansion of local expertise and product fulfillment. The company is adding significant production capability to its plant in Pudong, Shanghai: a new facility…
Massachusetts Insurance Agency Announces a Strategic Partnership to Expand Servi …
The Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency (djgins.com), a provider of insurance products to the Massachusetts area, has announced they will partner with the Norfolk & Dedham Group of Dedham, Massachusetts and Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Located in Danvers, MA, the Daniel J. Guarino Insurance Agency, Inc, has partnered with The Norfolk & Dedham Group as of March 1st 2008 in order to enhance their service offerings and offer their clients more competitive…
Neil Lasher speaks on instructional design at Olympia conference
Neil Lasher joins key figures from the world of learning technologies - including Donald Clark (Ufi), David Wilson (Elearnity), Gordon Bull (Learning Forte), Jane Hart (Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies), Laura Overton (Towards Maturity), Clive Shepherd (the eLearning Network), Charles Jennings (Reuters) and Phil Green (Optimum Learning) – to speak at the Learning and Skills Group Conference. Held at London’s Olympia on 30th April, the event allows the 250…
TranSearch® helps the General Medical Council protect patients
UK Software’s TranSearch® system has not only reduced the resources needed to provide vital information for the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) but it has also appreciably increased the speed with which that information is retrieved. Installed at the GMC at the end of 2004, the system, which deals with the live file management of paper files, boxes, magnetic media and so on, from creation to final archive storage and…
Laminate Flooring Heading Out Of Fashion
Edinburgh, UK, 2 March 2008 - Carpet could be on its way back en vogue according to an industry study conducted by CarpetShopper.net which revealed interior designers are moving away from laminate and wooden floorings in search of something more luxurious.
According to the study into the design habits of leading interior designers, carpet is becoming more and more of a feature in fashion boutiques, up market hotels and chic residences,…
GAO Comm Releases New Optical Device - Handle OTDR GAO3620
Toronto, Canada – GAO Comm Inc. is pleased to announce its new optical device, Handle OTDR (optical time domain reflectometer) GAO3620.
Handle OTDR GAO3620 is a new high tech instrument developed and released to the public this year. It has the ability to show the length, attenuation coefficient, connection point, fault point and loss distribution curves of the fiber, as well as, loss between two points, splice loss, and return loss.…
Leap Year Celebration for Town Business
Sovereign Finance, the oldest firm of financial advisers in the East Grinstead area, recently celebrated their 27th anniversary. East Grinstead’s Town Mayor, Ian Dixon, and his wife, Janet, were present to officiate at the event, wielding a ceremonial sword to cut the cake.
Established in 1981, the company is an independent firm of financial advisers and mortgage and loan brokers. In the past year, the company, along with their Cardiff…
The rate that won't wait
With the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) due to meet next week to discuss interest rate policy, some may see the outcome as being quite obvious. With the property market at a fairly low ebb and wider economic concerns there will be no shortage of those seeking a rate cut, although the inflationary pressures present mean that, in the words of the Bank\'s governor Mervyn King this week,…
National Directory of Catalogs 2008 Edition Now Available
In this 18th edition, the National Directory of Catalogs features detailed information on 12,230 of the top catalogs in the U.S and Canada.
Minneapolis, MN--(Direct Marketing Newswire- April 22, 2008) – Catalog marketing beats retail marketing—again. Between 2001 and 2006 the annual compounded growth rate for catalog sales was 5.95%. Those figures show that the catalog industry has grown 25% faster than brick & mortar retail that had a compounded annual…
DRSdigital Contributes to Earth Day by Offering Free Digital Space
April 22, 2008 - DRSdigital LLC, the New York based provider of virtual business organization platforms and virtual data rooms is making its contribution to Earth Day by offering free digital space on its platform to first time customers who want to kick the paper habit.
“Think of the forests that go into producing paper, the fossil fuels that go into moving professionals and business people on airplanes, trains and…
Ticket Relief announces professionally edited Online Traffic School Course
San Diego, California, March 14, 2008-- Ticket Relief has recently announced that its online traffic school course has been edited by a professional editor to assist in improving driving skills of drivers over the age of 16 years in the United States and especially in California.
This online traffic school course focuses on educating drivers to adopt safer driving practices and to be aware of various driving hazards. This, in a…
Cornerstone OnDemand’s Extended Enterprise solution increases business success
Talent management solutions provider helps organisations develop their partners and customers and train for profit.
Cornerstone OnDemand, provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management (ITM) software, content and services, today announced growing demand for - and new enhancements to - Cornerstone Extended Enterprise, which is used to deliver training, certification programmes and knowledge assets to a company’s extended enterprise of resellers, suppliers, distributors, customers and members. Cornerstone’s Extended…
FERNBACH appoints Christian S. Reisner as the new Country Manager for Austria & …
Vienna & Luxembourg, 22 April 2008 – FERNBACH-Software, a leading provider of software solutions in the field of Enterprise-wide Value and Risk Management (EVRM), has selected Christian S. Reisner as the new Country Manager for Austria & CEE in charge of the FlexFinance® Product Suite. The Luxembourg banking software specialist intends consolidating its international expansion strategy and demonstrating its commitment to these growth markets.
In his new position, the Viennese-born Manager…
Continuous Improvement as the Basis for Group Development - Triple Certification …
Tycon S. A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Curtis 1000 Europe AG and \"European Leading Tyvek Converter\" has every reason to celebrate. Not only is this the company\'s 20th anniversary year forthcoming in 2009, it now also has quality, environmental and health & safety certification.
\"The combination of the three certifications, EN ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001, generates additional synergies and it is paving the way for our group\'s integrated management…
Save by Shopping Insurance Rates
Summary:
Many insurance companies have filed rate revisions over the last 12 months. Consumers can now check if they are paying a competitive insurance rate as shopping for insurance is now much easier then it has been in the past.
Portland, OR, April 21, 2008
Most people do not realize it, but they maybe paying too much for their insurance. The reason for this is that many…
Kellerman Investigations Expands Because Business is Booming
April 21, 2008. Glen Carbon, Illinois. While some businesses are cutting back in this economy, Kellerman Investigations announces a major move to a much larger corporate headquarters in Glen Carbon, Illinois to handle the increase in business.
“Since starting Kellerman Investigations in 2003, we’ve seen double and triple-digit growth in each year of operations,” says Greg Kellerman, CEO and Lead Private Investigator. He further states, “Because…
ASBIS Group Establishes Presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina through Acquisition o …
Limassol (Cyprus), April 21, 2008 – ASBIS Group, a leading supplier of computer hardware and software to the EMEA emerging markets, announced it had established presence on the emerging market of Bosnia and Herzegovina through acquisition of MEGATREND d.o.o. Sarajevo, a local distributor of IT products and components.
The Board of Directors of ASBISc Enterprises Plc, the head company of ASBIS Group, has informed that on 15 April 2008 the company…
