Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies secures $3.6 Million Order from UK Ministry …
Groby, England – July 16, 2008 - The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) recently placed an order to the value of $3.6 million for an additional 110 Air Test Data Test Sets (ADTS) from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies (NYSE: GE). The ADTS405 instruments will be used in military aircraft maintenance and flight checking in the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Navy and the Army Air Corps and complement…
Timbercon named 17th in growth for technology companies in Oregon
LAKE OSWEGO, OR – July 23, 2008 — Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturer headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon was named for the sixth year in a row as one of Oregon’s fastest growing technology and software companies by The Portland Business Journal. Timbercon is ranked 17th on the annual list of 25 Oregon businesses for 2007.
“From 2005 through 2007 we experienced 63% growth…
KP TECH Analysis: M&A transactions in the European technology sector in the 1. H …
Acquisition activity in the first half of 2008 has held up well with just a slight tailing off during the last 18-month period. There were 779 acquisitions in the last quarter, a decline of just 1% from the 787 deals announced in the first quarter of 2008. The combined value of the Q2 2008 acquisitions increased by 18% to $53.4b compared to $45.0b in the previous quarter.
After declining buyer activity…
Sangoma Names Susan De Fields as CFO
Unification and Finance Expertise Key Assets for Recent Paraxip Acquisition and continued Company Growth
TORONTO, CANADA – (July 22, 2008) – Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC), the premium provider of PC-based telephony hardware and software for proprietary and open source networking and telephony solutions, today named Susan De Fields CFO. De Fields replaces Thomas L. Davies, who acted as an external CFO for the company.
“We are pleased to…
Pinatas.com Gaining Market Share in the Party Supply Industry
In the party business, which is a hot market today, Pinatas.com is a site that is quickly growing and gaining popularity all over the web. While it had a small start in the beginning, the company has grown exponentially to become the largest supplier of party supplies and pinatas online today.
The party supply industry is a hot business today, and one website, Pinatas.com is definitely gaining market share in this…
Crescent Financial Corporation Announces Financial Results For Second Quarter En …
CARY, N.C. – Crescent Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CRFN), parent company of Crescent State Bank headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, has announced unaudited net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 of $1,031,000, compared to net income of $1,448,000 for the prior year period. Diluted earnings per share for the current three-month period was $0.11 compared to $.15 for the second quarter of 2007. Earnings in the current period…
Sekurus International LLC SekurTrack HOG Rally crosses border communications suc …
Sekurus International LLC is proud to announce the success of it’s testing of its world renowned SekurTrack™ solution is the tracking of the HOG (Harley Owners Group) members all the way back from Europe through the Middle East covering six countries that included the Swiss 2008 HOG rally.
“Sekurus International’s tracking solution handles cross border multi roaming GSM networks with communications cost optimization feature and is the first of its…
Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC Appoints PSI as New Representative in Texas
(SAN DIEGO, CA, July 18, 2008) -- Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC, announces today the expansion of its sales representation network by appointing PSI, a manufacturer’s representative firm in Texas, for its full range of microelectronic packaging related products and industrial belt furnaces.
PSI, headquartered in Richardson, Texas, was formed in 1990 and specializes in microelectronic components, services and machines. The president of PSI, Jim Pinac, has been in sales as a…
Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC Announces Appearance at Solar Power Conference 20 …
(SAN DIEGO, CA, July 11, 2008) -- Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC today announced appearance at Solar Power Conference 2008, an assembly of solar energy professionals in San Diego, CA from October 13 to 16 this year.
Torrey Hills’ full range of solar cell metallization (drying and firing) furnaces will be featured in the show, including RSK2503 (Z)-06A Solar Cell Firing Furnace, HGL5504 Far Infrared Belt Dryer and RSK3003 (Z)-09A Solar Cell…
Filter Specialists International announces exclusive Distributor in Austria
Weiss Automations Systeme appointed exclusive distributor for Filter Specialists International in Austria.
Hofheim-Wallau/Germany, 21 July 2008 – Filter Specialists International Europe today announced a new exclusive distributor relationship with Weiss Automations Systeme GmbH headquartered in Vienna/Austria. As part of this agreement, Weiss Automations Systeme will exclusively offer the filtration products of Filter Specialists International to the Austrian market.
“Weiss Automations Systeme is ideally placed to deliver FSI solutions to a broad band…
GJR Group expands to Indonesia
Bangalore, 21st July 2008: In an unprecedented move, the GJR Group– India’s leading mining and steel conglomerate- has partnered with PT Earthstone Resources to develop and explore mining projects in Indonesia. The GJR Group today announced that it has plans to acquire 50 percent economic interest in the Project Tenement located near the village of Nalo Baru, Sumatra .With a total mining area of 438 Hectares, the mine has…
Full Sail Ahead for Interactive Marketing Agency .Com Marketing CEO
Respected Internet marketing speaker and .Com Marketing CEO, Hillary Bressler, has been selected as a member of the Program Advisory Board for new Internet Marketing Degrees from Full Sail University.
ORLANDO, FL - .Com Marketing is a top 100 interactive marketing agency and is often considered a leader in the field of Internet Marketing. Their founder, and CEO, Hillary Bressler has recently been honored with an appointment as a member of…
ProfitCents Assists CPAs in Complying with Looming Risk Assessment Standards
Sageworks Inc., the developer of ProfitCents Analytical Procedures, is assisting Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) to comply with a series of new Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS). CPA firms are reconsidering their approach to auditing financial statements as they assess the impact of what is commonly being referred to as the “new risk assessment standards”.
Under the new standards, the procedures and documentation requirements for compliance have become more stringent.…
Iontas Partners with Award Winning Predictive Dialer Company
Austin, Texas and Letterkenny, Ireland – July 17, 2008 - A leading, award winning company supplying predictive dialers to contact centers is partnering with Iontas to offer something its competitors don’t: workforce optimization tools.
The company currently offers automated solutions for inbound and outbound calls, campaign processing and real time control. The integration of Iontas software means the company’s clients will not only have access to superb dialing tools, they…
Product Management Educational Conference East 2008 to be Held in McLean Virgini …
Hilton McLean Tysons Corners Hotel to Welcome Industry Association for Product Managers
The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the industry association for product and brand managers, announced today that the Product Management Educational Conference (PMEC) East 2008 will be held in the Washington DC region from October 13 through 15, 2008. The hotel chosen to host the event is the Hilton McLean Tysons Corners.
Both the PMEC East…
Simplifile and eFileCabinet Structure Strategic Alliance
PROVO, UTAH – July 15, 2008 - Working to increase office productivity and provide industry-leading eRecording services, Utah-based Simplifile, LC and eFileCabinet today announced the integration of Simplifile eRecording Services into eFileCabinet’s electronic document management software solutions.
The integration of these systems allows documents electronically captured and managed by eFileCabinet to be seamlessly and securely transmitted to the Simplifile eRecording Service for submission to recording jurisdictions (counties) nationwide on the Simplifile…
Nvolve Limited Call for Business Partners in Performance Management
Nvolve Limited, an Irish based Learning Management System (LMS) developer, is calling on Performance management software businesses to partner with them in the development of a Talent Management software suite.
Nvolve Limited have developed a LMS which combines the powerful features of e-learning with traditional classroom and ‘on the job’ training allowing users to have a truly blended approach to training.
Nvolve are currently in talks with a number of data management…
Quantix win Oracle Support Contract with First Bank of Nigeria (FBN Bank of UK L …
Quantix Ltd, a leading Oracle Support & Managed Services specialist, announces a contract win with FBN Bank Ltd.
FBN Bank’s core business application, Flexcube, (now owned by Oracle Corporation) is a mission critical application central to the banks trading activities. Traditionally this solution has been supported by a combination of in-house generalists and 3rd party support providers. To further enhance their levels of customer service and increase application resilience, FBN Bank…
MT Series for car seat memory position sensor applications
In automobile seat applications the seat may be linearly movable, either manually or automatically via electromechanical means, on an associated track assembly. A sensor provides a signal representative of the position of the seat for several purposes, e.g. to control deployment or the force of an air bag, to feedback the motor position of the seat in connection with a seat position memory feature, etc.
PIHER´s MT rotary series have…
New Office for Growth at FreightCenter
After many years of growth, FreightCenter, a leader in online freight shipping solutions, announces that it has moved to a new office building in the Trinity, FL area. The new office will be able to accommodate their growing sales and customer service departments. With the addition of the new FreightCenter shipping widget, new customers and escalating sales have demanded an increased number of agents and customer service specialists.…
Jeffrey Nyman, CEO of FCBB, elected as president of new Nevada Business Brokers …
Professional Nevada Business Brokers founded non-profit trade group with the aim to set quality standards – First Meeting of the association attracted over 100 attendees – Enforcing the significance of the business broker permit
Las Vegas, June 14th, 2008 – Jeffrey Nyman, Chief Executive Officer of First Choice Business Brokers (FCBB), USA, was elected to become the president of the recently founded Nevada Business Brokers Association.
In May 2008, Nyman…
Financial institutions exchange real-time information with Twinfield online acco …
London, 14th July 2008 - Twinfield, the leading provider of online accounting services in Europe, has today announced that more than twenty national and international financial institutions now exchange real-time information with its web service.
The integration of online banking and online accounting provides Twinfield users with some key benefits. Payment orders no longer need to be manually copied to the banking service and bank statements no longer need to…
CEO of MEMS Manufacturer is up for the title of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of th …
EDMONTON, ALBERTA – Micralyne Inc.’s Chris Lumb, CEO of the leading independent MEMS manufacturer, has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award for 2008 in the category of Biotechnology & Technology.
Ernst & Young announced the finalists for this award on July 3rd, 2008. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards honour the spirit and contribution of entrepreneurs here and around the world.…
Higher wood chip export prices in Australia in 2008 as wood supply tightens arou …
Seattle (USA) July 12, 2008. Export prices for both pine and Eucalyptus wood chips have gone up substantially in 2008 in Australia as a result of increased demand in Japan and a tighter supply of wood chips throughout the Pacific Rim region, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Australia has become the world’s largest exporter of wood chips, shipping a record of over 6 million oven-dry metric tons (odmt) in…
Simplifile and CSI Offer Integrated eRecording Services
INDIANA – July 11, 2008 - In an effort to deliver industry-leading eRecording services to their mutual customers, Utah-based Simplifile, LC and Indiana-based Computer Systems, Inc. (CSI) today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance for the purpose of integrating and cooperatively marketing Simplifile’s eRecording and CSI’s Title 1 land record system.
The alliance calls for the two companies to integrate their respective eRecording and indexing and archiving systems,…
Lithuanian real estate investment market
Interest by international real estate funds has not seized in Lithuania, many see todays unpredictable market as an opportunity, and with rising yields Lithuania offers some attractive prospects. Agneta Sakalyte, International Real Estate Consultant, sees the same-" although the funds are more selective in their investment options, there is no shortage of interest-now is the time to buy for those who have equity ready". According to Agneta Sakalyte,…
Timbercon continues to grow
LAKE OSWEGO, OR – July 10, 2008 — Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing company headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, announced today several promotions and additions across multiple departments. Timbercon has continually added employees in 2008 to support the private company’s growth strategy and meet market demands. In addition to recent additions they are currently recruiting for the engineering department and production management staff.
Ed…
FotoInsight convierte fotos digitales en decorativo arte sobre lienzo
FotoInsight introduce un nuevo servicio de fotos sobre lienzo para ampliaciones en grande. El servicio en línea usa telas de fibras especiales de larga duración y entrega la impresión montada sobre un bastidor de madera. La empresa es reconocida por lograr a través de procesos de tecnología de punta una alta calidad en su amplia gama de foto regalos y su servicio de libros de fotos.
Cambridge, UK. 10 Julio…
Call for Papers: Virtual Reality in Practice
Stuttgart, 11.07.2008 - The ICIDO Summit provides a forum for users of virtual reality solutions where they can present particularly innovative or original approaches to a broad specialist audience. This year the conference is being held from 25 to 26 September in the Millennium Hotel in Stuttgart. Anyone wishing to make a contribution is invited to submit their proposed topic by 15 August.
Over the past few years, the ICIDO Summit…
ChicagoJobs.com, Top Job Board in Chicagoland, at Onrec EXPO 2008 Sep. 9-10
(CHICAGO, Ill. – July 16, 2008) ChicagoJobs.com, a job board devoted exclusively to the employment scene across the 11 County Chicagoland area, will be one of several sponsoring exhibitors at the Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2008, to be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago, on September 9 & 10, 2008. Onrec.com EXPO 2008 is widely regarded as the “must attend” online recruitment event of…
Automotive Market Report: Opportunities in Polish Aftermarket
Berlin, July 2008: The Polish market for new cars has reversed the decline of previous years. New cars, together with a massive inflow of used cars, are expanding the Polish car fleet rapidly. This situation generates opportunities especially in the automotive aftermarket. Globis GmbH, a German consulting company, has analyzed the Polish automotive market in a comprehensive research report.
With almost 40 mio. inhabitants Poland is the largest market in CEE…
New, Free Source of Information and Communication for ABS-, CDO-, MBS- and RMBS- …
Düsseldorf/Germany, July 10, 2008 — Securitisation Consulting GmbH, a German software development and consultancy company, has launched a new B2B platform on the web which provides risk transparency for buyers and sellers of ABS-, CDO-, CMBS- and RMBS structured products by combining communication with information.
In times of financial crisis on the nontransparent securitisation markets, it is difficult getting access to reliable and accurate data on structured deals as well as…
National Teleconference: Federal Fiscal Year End Business Strategies
Howard County, MD. The National Teleconference, “Federal Fiscal Year End Business Strategies” will be held Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 1:00 to 2:00pm EST. Registrants to this national teleconference can attend from any location throughout the U.S. by dialing into a central phone conference line.
Business Revenues can be increased if a contractor can tap into the buying frenzy happening in the final days of the federal fiscal year between…
National Teleconference: Creating a Powerful Capability Statement
Washington DC. The complimentary national teleconference, “Creating a Powerful Capability Statement” will be held Thursday, August 28 , 2008 from 1:00 to 2:00pm EST. Attendees to this NO COST Teleconference will learn The Five Key Mistakes Contractors Make in Their Capability Statement. Registrants to this national teleconference can attend from any location throughout the U.S. by dialing into a central phone conference line. All registrants will also receive…
Big Fish Group subsidiary QJumpers snaps up job seeking website Anonymouse and t …
National online recruitment company QJumpers today announced they had snapped up nationwide job seeker website Anonymouse.
With the purchase, the recruitment site has also taken over the partnership with the Employer Associations of Business NZ - Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) Northern and Central, Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and the Otago Southland Employers’ Association.
Tauranga based adventure education and employment company the Big Fish Group owns QJumpers, an online recruitment company…
Chetna signed on by Dixon Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Dixon Technologies signed on Chetna Consultancy Services for training the service staff in the UP region.
Dixon Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering high quality, Cost Effective Solutions for Consumer Electronics and appliances for the Domestic (India) and International markets. The programme titled M.A.G.I.C. (Making A Great Impact on Customers) focused on the softer aspects of the interaction that their service staff…
Rotech to supply innovative inkjet printer
Thermal inkjet printer technology moves ahead to print onto a wide range of non-porous materials. Most notable, is the ability to print onto blister foils and varnished cartons as found on many pharmaceutical production lines.
Rotech Machines Ltd., the specialist coding and marking company, have been granted distribution rights by APS of Herrenberg, Germany for their innovative range of Apsolute thermal inkjet printers.
Using technology developed by Hewlett Packard, the printers offer…
McKool Smith Adds Noted Litigator in New York; Klein brings major IP and busines …
NEW YORK – McKool Smith, PC, one of the country’s leading intellectual property and commercial litigation trial firms, is expanding its New York office with the addition of accomplished litigation attorney Gayle Rosenstein Klein.
Ms. Klein joins McKool Smith as a principal and brings broad experience representing companies and boards of directors in intellectual property disputes, complex business litigation and sensitive internal investigations.
Ms. Klein represents clients in state and federal courts…
Business Owners Nationwide are using Business Lines of Credit a Unique System De …
Pat Gage and his team have been busy sending Free CDs to people all over the United States, explaining the importance of strong lines of business credit
Many small business owners are not concerned about their small business credit until they need to get a business line of credit. Businesses of all sizes need to have a credit line with at least one lender as soon as they can acquire it.…
Pat Gage Discusses Credit Options and Business Start-up Loans
Keeping business and personal credit separate; start up loans and the SBA
One considering starting a business would be surprised by the financing options available to business before opening the doors. Pat Gage attended a meeting where he explained the three basic things needed to get credit for business start-up.
The first thing he covered was to register the business as a legal business entity, not a DBA. Second, one…
New Blog Focusing on China’s Private Equity Market
Blog, called China Equity Capital, launches with commentary on decoupling of US and Chinese IPO Markets
Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, July 7, 2008: A new blog focusing exclusively on China’s burgeoning private equity market has been launched by China First Capital, Ltd., a merchant bank based in China and the US. The blog’s author is Peter Fuhrman, a founder and partner of China First Capital. He is a…
Chetna Consultancy Services launches “Train the Trainer” Programme for Innovativ …
Chetna Consultancy Services announced its “Train the Trainer” programme for Innovative Grammar Facilitation, to be conducted on 26th and 27th July, 2008, at Taj Ambassador.
This programme focuses on the essentials of Grammar and facilitation to enrich learning. It incorporates a radical style of Training by using innovative techniques for creating enhanced and long-term learning. It features trainers who have demonstrated extraordinary success in their chosen fields and is…
Sponsorship for Local Football Team
Local football team “tackleway” (Hastings) have recently received sponsorship from an established health and safety company. RB Health and Safety Solutions Ltd who manage all aspects of health and safety from training to management, offered to sponsor the club this year. Operations manager Justin Jarrett attended one of the teams games to see how the money was being used. Justin said “we are pleased to offer something…
Kotak Securities Introduces ‘Security Key’ to Safeguard Online Transactions
Kotak Securities Limited, the stock broking arm of the Kotak Mahindra group today announced the implementation of Entrust Identity Guard from Entrust Inc. for its customers. In keeping with Kotak Securities’ commitment to provide optimal online security for its customer to increase the safety of online trading, the Security Key solution uses the concept of a dual password system. The security key generates a dynamic and unique six-digit password every…
The European Card Issuing Forum to be held in Rome on October 1-3, 2008
Leading European Card Issuers, Merchants, Schemes, Processors and others involved in card issuing will meet for a three day event to discuss the latest thinking on cost cutting, credit card profitability, co-branding, corporate cards, fuel cards and more.
The main aim of this event is to start an open discussion and engage all parties in order to understand different perspectives and share best practices in order to decide on future business…
MEMS Foundry makes the cut for the 2008 EuroAsia IC Industry Awards
EDMONTON, ALBERTA – Micralyne Inc., a world leading MEMS foundry, has been selected as a finalist for the EuroAsia IC Industry Awards in the category of Foundry of the Year.
EuroAsia Semiconductor announced the finalists for this award on July 1st, 2008. The IC Industry Awards are in their 4th year. It enjoyed an amazing response last year with over 100 companies entering and as importantly, over 22,000 votes cast.…
US Real Estate Market attracts European Buyers
With real estate prices considerably down coast to coast in the United States and the Euro almost record strong compared to the US-Dollar, European investors and real estate buyers are taking an even closer look into the high-end segment of the US property market.
Starting in July Homes and Ranches, LLC is going to extend its coverage of the high-end property market. Due to a recently increasing demand the US-based…
Business Success Coach Donna Price presents at the Annual Holistic Mentorship Ne …
Newton, NJ. July 2, 2008- Donna Price, President of Compass Rose Consulting presented two workshops at the Holistic Mentorship Network’s annual conference “Transforming Yourself, Transforming Your Business” held June 27-29 in Highland Lakes, New York.
Price, a strategic planning expert and business success coach presented a marketing workshop entitled, “Transforming Leads to Business”. Generating leads is at the heart of business, but building relationships over time with those…
AVISTA SOLUTIONS NAMED ONE OF NATION’S TOP 50 SERVICE PROVIDERS
COLUMBIA, SC, June 30, 2008 – Avista Solutions, a leading provider of end-to-end, Web-based mortgage industry loan origination software (LOS), was recognized in the June 2008 issue of Mortgage Technology magazine as one of the nation’s Top 50 Mortgage Technology Service Providers.
“Columbia, S.C.-based Avista Solutions has earned a place on the list because it offers a fully Web-based LOS that provides lenders toolsets for wholesale, correspondent, retail and consumer…
INDESEC EXPO 2008 – The Annual Indo-international Homeland Security & Defence Ex …
INDESEC EXPO 2008 - the cluster of international homeland security & defence exhibitions, comprises three highly focused, co-located exhibitions:
- NECE 2008 (Network Enabled Capability Exhibition - www.nec-exhibition.com)
- BSEC 2008 (Border Security Exhibition - www.bsec-exhibition.com) &
- MSI 2008 (Maritime Security International Exhibition - www.msi-exhibition.com)
JUNE 2008, NEW DELHI: Informa, the owners of information super-brands including Lloyd’s List and Datamonitor, and global mega-events including the Monaco Yacht Show, Cityscape, 3GSM and Leaders in India…
