Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
The NAAAC and Targetgov Help Even the Odds for Small Business Government Procure …
Groups Determined to Help Minority Businesses Achieve Government Contracting Success
Washington, D.C. - With the height of the acquisition season just around the corner, the National Association of African American Chambers (NAAAC) and Targetgov are focused on helping small and disadvantaged businesses located nationwide pursue and win government contracts. Gloria Berthold Larkin, President of Targetgov, will offer her expertise on the subject in an hour-long teleconference filled with essential information regarding…
National Life Group Reports 2009 Financial Results
Operating Revenue of $1.6 Billion Sets New Company Record
Statutory Surplus Reaches $1.1 Billion
Overall Sales Up 65 Percent
MONTPELIER, VERMONT, March 16, 2010 -- National Life Group reported today that overall sales increased 65 percent in 2009, a year that saw a record $1.6 billion in total revenues.
“I am incredibly proud of what we accomplished in 2009,” said CEO Mehran Assadi. “Our strong financial results, in both sales and earnings, would…
Scania, Woolworths and Linfox in a green partnership
Campbellfield, Vic -Woolworths and Linfox have joined commercial truck manufacturer, Scania, to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Australia.
Woolworths has accepted the challenge to reduce its transport emissions by 25% over the next two years. To this end, it has contracted with Scania to purchase five new trucks with Enhanced Environmentally Friendly emission standard engines.
The company took delivery of eight new Scania P380 trucks, four of which were twin…
Oxea Announces Carboxylic Acids Price Increases in North America
Dallas, March 15, 2010 – Oxea will increase list and off-list prices effective April 1, or as contracts allow on N-Butyric Acid and Isobutyric Acid with a price increase of 0.15 US$/lb in North America.
This increase follows the recent announcement of Oxea's global launch of its new product tri-octyl trimellitate (TOTM). Produced in Amsterdam TOTM is immediately available. TOTM offers superior migration resistance and is increasingly being used in multiple…
Maryland Entrepreneur Recognized by U.S. Small Business Administration
Washington D.C. March 12, 2010- Gloria Berthold Larkin, President of TargetGov, a national company providing government procurement, business development and marketing services was recently named as the 2010 Maryland Women in Business Champion of the Year by the Maryland District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA holds the annual awards competition, which is acknowledged as one of the most renowned in the country, to recognize outstanding…
MEFTEC 2010: Softpro shows best practice in E-Signing and Check Fraud Prevention
It's one of the major IT-trends of the last two years: Handwritten signatures are embedded in more and more digital workflows to guarantee authenticity. Combining the benefits of biometric signatures and cryptographic techniques is becoming more and more widespread. The basic idea is taking signatures seriously and make signature biometrics meet digital signatures. In 2009 the European IT security association TeleTrusT has awarded its innovation award for best practice in…
QuEST Global Engineering awarded International Headquarters (IHQ) status by EDB
Singapore, March 10th 2010: QuEST Global Engineering the leading global provider of diversified engineering services with core domain expertise in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial products, nuclear engineering, power generation, oil & gas, and transportation verticals announced today that it would be making Singapore its International Headquarters effective April 1, 2010.
In a major business move, QuEST Global Engineering is consolidating its global operations and ownership of entities and setting up…
Business Services: Staffing and Recruitment Services, Payroll Processing, Worker …
Saint Petersburg, FL -- -- Each year, the average business spends thousands of dollars on employment advertising, and diverts hundreds of man-hours into staffing and recruiting. Employment advertising, staffing large orders, recruitment of key personnel, establishing payroll processing and Workers’ Compensation Insurance, managing turnover; the Human Resources to-do list goes on and on. Managing part of or all aspects of Staffing, Recruitment, Payroll Processing and Workers' Compensation Insurance can be…
Mandat Consulting Group makes world-wide Mentor Program available to service pro …
Dr. Guido Quelle, managing partner of Mandat Consulting Group of Dortmund (Germany), has been accredited as a Mentor Master for the world-wide Mentor Program set up by Dr. Alan Weiss, the management expert known as the “Million Dollar Consultant.” Quelle was presented with the accreditation certificate in London a short while ago.
“Guido Quelle has been certified in the Mentor Mastery Program because of his outstanding ability to generate business…
Taiwan’s government and businesses cooperating to create jobs
With the global economic situation continuing to improve, Taiwan’s government has released its latest economic growth estimates. These predictions put the growth rate for this year at 4.72 percent, an upward revision of 0.33 percent from the previous forecast. Figures released March 8 by the Ministry of Finance show that exports for January and February of this year totaled US$38.44 billion, the second-highest amount ever recorded for the period. Premier…
HDFC ERGO has been rated iAAA by ICRA
HDFC ERGO, which is amongst the top five private general insurer in the country, has been rated iAAA by ICRA (an associate of Moody’s Investors Service) indicating highest claim paying ability. This rating denotes company’s fundamentally strong position & prospect of meeting policyholder obligations.
HDFC ERGO has become the 3rd private general insurer to have acquired this rating. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Managing Director & CEO of…
Milena Kaneva is represented for her speaking engagements by CSA Celebrity Speak …
Milena Kaneva, human-rights activist, film producer and director, producer of “Total Denial” is represented for her speaking engagements by CSA Celebrity Speakers.
Milena Kaneva is a journalist who has covered humanitarian crises and genocide (Rwanda) and shooting reports in Eastern Europe. And now CSA Celebrity Speakers the leading speakers’ bureau represents her for her speaking engagements.
“Milena Kaneva talks about her firsthand experience in gathering testimonies of slave labour, rape and…
Announcing Vistage Information Event
Vistage International, the world’s leading chief executive organization, and Lauch McKinnon, Group Chair, Vistage International, will be hosting a complimentary, informational event for visionary business leaders on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, noon until 2:00 P.M. (complimentary lunch served) at the Georgian Club, 100 Galleria Pkwy., Suite 1700, in Atlanta. Registration begins at 11:30 A.M. or by calling (800) 274-2367 x5830 or visiting vistage.com/mckinnon
“We’re searching for visionary business leaders who…
U.S. Commercial Property Crisis Let Banks Die
U.S. Court of Inquiry Report Shows the Extent of the New U.S. Commercial Property Crisis
Baech (Switzerland), March 10, 2010 – After the strong capital gains of the last days the beginning of the trading week was calmly for U.S. indices. Obviously, the market participants do not completely evaluate the threatening news from the banking sector yet. However, this could change soon as the outcome of the past commercial property…
Verizon Business Networking Solution Helps iYogi Deliver Superior Global Technic …
MUMBAI, India – Technical support services provider iYogi, which has more than 100,000 consumer and small-business customers around the world, has chosen an advanced technology platform from Verizon Business to help it deliver outstanding customer service while supporting rapid growth. Verizon Business delivered an integrated IP networking and applications management solution that met those objectives, while also setting the stage for the future deployment of advanced unified communications solutions.
The Verizon…
American Express OPEN Forum to Feature Two New Webinars
TargetGov President, Gloria Berthold Larkin, to Lead Capability Briefing Session the WIPP Give Me 5 Program
Washington D.C. March 03, 2010 The American Express OPEN and WIPP Give Me 5 program has announced the dates for the two newest webinars in their government contracting series designed to educate small businesses on the world of government contracting. TargetGov, a full-service business developing marketing firm, and its President, Gloria Larkin,…
OIT and Client Panhandle Farmers Mutual Named AIIM Award Finalists
Optical Image Technology (OIT) and client Panhandle Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of West Virginia are collectively one of three national finalists for the 2010 AIIM Carl E. Nelson Best Practices Award in the small company category. The award recognizes excellence in the field of enterprise content management (ECM) technology, showcasing projects that have achieved a strong return on investment. The “best practices” designation denotes processes that are quantifiable,…
Blackburn Group Inc. Announces Life Care Planning (LCP) Practice
Rochester, NY. (USA) - Blackburn Group. Inc.’s Enterprise Risk and Claim Management partners are pleased to announce they have established a Life Care Planning (LCP) practice for integration into their Risk and Claim Management Services. The LCP services provide a seamless medical analysis and management approach associated with all Third Party Administration (TPA), Medicare Set-Aside (MSA), Structured Settlement and other risk and claim programs. Blackburn Group Inc.’s comprehensive LCP RiskPro®…
Nikon Coolpix L20 digital camera specifications
Like sister model the L19, the Coolpix L20 is a basic budget camera with bare bonus point-and-shoot functionality in an understated body. You do get a 3.6x zoom lens (covering a rather nonedescript 38-136mm range) and a handful of new gadgets designed to provide true point-and-shoot ease of use (including Auto Scene Selector, Smile Mode and Blink Detection) and a 3.0" screen.
A variety of advanced functions simplifies picture-taking. Activated in…
Systec & Services Founds a Subsidiary in the US.
[Karlsruhe/Cary (NC), March 9th, 2010] – With immediate effect, Systec & Services GmbH headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, a leading Full Service Provider for the regulated industries, is represented by a subsidiary in Cary, NC. This step has been taken due to the strong demand seen for high level consulting and integration services in those industries in the US. It establishes both a sales office and a service capability in the…
Language Connect are crowned Business Language Champions
Language Connect has completed the first in a planned series of interactive school workshops aimed at encouraging secondary school pupils to realise the benefits of language learning.
Language Connect devised the workshops in close collaboration with the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College in Willesden, London to educate its students about career opportunities in the translation and interpreting services industry. The workshops confirm Language Connect’s commitment to support the…
Thriving Business Networking Group Welcomes Mid-Derbyshire Parliamentary Candida …
BNI 2 Valleys Chapter welcomes Pauline Latham to its group meeting this coming Friday to discuss the region’s commercial environment.
As part of her ‘Latham Listens’ initiative, Conservative candidate, Pauline Latham, is taking the opportunity to meet face to face with the group’s members, all owners or senior staff from over thirty diverse and successful businesses from around the Derby and Nottingham area. Many are based or operate within her…
atsec Publishes "Payment Card Industry Compliance For Large Computing Systems" W …
Austin, TX - atsec information security is proud to announce the publication the "Payment Card Industry Compliance For Large Computing Systems” white paper. The paper was created by mainframe and PCI experts from atsec and IBM and is now available as a PDF document on atsec’s website at:
http://www.atsec.com/us/pci-lcs.html
atsec is accredited as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council and has a deep understanding…
WESSO establishes Blue Planet Partners in UAE
The executive board of WESSO AG, Germany, decided to establish a subsidiary in the UAE. The company will be called Blue Planet Partners (BPP) FZE and is located in the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Free Zone. This is the next logical step due to WESSO’s rapidly growing business in the MENA region explains Stefan Kimmel, CEO of WESSO AG. Blue Planet Partners will serve as hub for business in the…
Quality Is The Priority At Siddall And Hilton Products Ltd
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (March 05, 2010) - During 2009 Siddall and Hilton Products Ltd implemented a more rigid regime of quality through its entire supply chain. The company manufactures steel products from wire including wire mesh and wire fencing products for commercial, industrial and domestic users. The supply chain involves the company sourcing tens of thousands of tons of steel wire from all over Europe as their main production…
OXEA launches new plasticizer product TOTM
Oberhausen, March 8, 2010 – The global chemical company Oxea announces the launch of its new product tri-octyl trimellitate (or tri-2-ethylhexyl trimellitate), generally known in the market as TOTM. Oxea’s recently acquired esters plant in Amsterdam successfully began its industrial production and TOTM is immediately available. TOTM offers superior migration resistance and is increasingly being used in multiple applications.
TOTM is a well known and well researched plasticizer with good…
New Language Services Industry Research Details Web Marketing Best Practices
Latest market research report from Common Sense Advisory provides detailed review of 18,900 unique data points from 300 translation and interpreting company websites
Boston, MA – March 06, 2010 -- Thousands of companies around the globe offer translation services, spoken language interpreting, and website localization, competing for business in a market estimated by market research firm Common Sense Advisory at US$17 billion in 2010. However, as a new report from Common…
Produce Bag Labeling Machine – 2 Labels Per Cycle
Posie Packer Corp. a Canadian agri-machine manufacturer, announces the launch of a new produce bag labeling machine for wicketed and non wicketed produce bags. This durable cost effective machine will provide the missing link in getting the required time sensitive information label (traceability, COOL, pull date from store shelf, and best before date), on the plastic bags used for selling fresh fruits and vegetables to the consumer. Furthermore, during the…
Iraqi Prime Minister Candidate, Dr. Allawi Taps SAK
In an effort to emphasize the importance of foreign investment to Iraq’s future success, Former Prime Minister and Current Political Candidate for Prime Minister of Iraq: Dr. Iyad Hashem Allawi, invited Sanna Al Kassir (SAK) representatives to Iraqi National Accord’s Campaign Headquarters.
Early Saturday morning on the eve of the Iraqi elections, SAK representatives, CEO R M Hultz and Senior Project Director Larry Sowell, prepared themselves for a modest drive through…
Enertia Engineering Ltd. Launches Electrical Consulting and Equipment Manufactur …
Enertia Engineering Ltd. is proud to announce its newly revamped EnertiaEngineering.com website. The new website offers information on products and services including Arc Flash Analysis, Variable Frequency Drives, manufacture of oil field electrical surface equipment and the sales of fully-integrated Solar Powered Street Lights.
Enertia Engineering Ltd. in conjunction with Incite Marketing and Bluetrain Inc., have developed the new website to match the recent business changes at Enertia Engineering Ltd. In…
American Trade Association unveils new accident medical plan
Springfield, TN March 06, 2010 – American Trade Association (ATA), a Not-for-profit organization, has launched new accident medical plan, to cover persons sustaining injuries or losing life due to accident. Any person who is employed or eligible for employment or business entrepreneur of the age group between 18 and 65 is eligible to be the member of ATA.
While disclosing this to media,…
INSIGHT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF ITS REFERRAL PARTNER AND A …
DENVER, CO (MARCH 5, 2010) – Insight is proud to announce the official launch of its Referral Partner and Affiliate Marketing Programs, in support of the talented professionals who contribute to Insight’s success. Recognizing the value of referrals from trusted advisors to the small business community, Insight developed these programs to solidify its relationships with key partners and provide a framework that allows for the development of strategic marketing opportunities.
Insight’s…
CROS NT Announces its Expansion into German Market Creating CROS DE GmbH
CROS NT is pleased to announce its expansion into Europe through the creation of CROS DE GmbH, a new wholly-owned subsidiary based in Augsburg, Germany. The company, born from the experience of a German-based CRO, Estimate GmbH, is specialized in providing statistical services to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industries.
Estimate enrich CROS NT with its expertise and a particular excellence concerning the oncology and dermatology-related research. Estimate was found in 1992…
Content Management System Will Help Decrease Cost For A-lignTM CPAs’ Website Upd …
TAMPA, FL, March, 2010 — A-lign™ CPAs partnered with Tampa website development firm Bayshore Solutions to create their new CPA website found online at AlignCPA.com. In addition to creating a custom content management system for A-lign™ CPAs, Bayshore Solutions also provides search engine optimization and paid search services.
The Tampa website development firm implemented a solution that would eliminate cost for A-lign™ CPAs by allowing them to manage their…
Strategically exporting to/marketing in Europe
Seekirch, 03/05/2010 - Internationalization is important for every company. The European Union – representing a bit more than 50 % of the European countries - with its nearly 500 million inhabitants in the member states -, is a perfect place for companies to go. Especially the Western countries are highly industrialized. Find some reasons and help in this article.
Most of the European companies - actually more than 90 %…
Berry.En Kick Off
Exactly five weeks; that was the duration of the pre-launch phase for the dietary supplement supplier Berry.En GmbH & Co. KG from Obrigheim, Germany. Having made their first public presentations on January 17th, the brothers Rainer and Armin Ludäscher have now officially launched their innovative direct selling company in Germany and Denmark on February 22nd. More than 300 guests experienced the invigorating Kick Off event at the Frankfurt Hilton Hotel.…
Mastersgroup as national distributor for wooden products manufacturer
Mastersgroup.ru is about ready to be launched with full wooden products catalog on choosing a proper website based on strict criteria the industry now demands. Just released, Mastersgroup website (.ru) is proud to announce what will be one of the sites to have fully functional criteria for wooden products manufacturing.
As a furniture manufacturer, the company has several lines of products. Its primary product line is furniture from solid wood,…
PLTW Thriving in Wisconsin; Education Program Grew 37% in 2009
(March 4, 2010) – Wisconsin students’ participation in Project Lead the Way (PTLW) – an innovative series of middle and high school classes that blend science, technology, engineering and math – grew by 37 percent in 2009. Nearly 28,000 students from 200 schools took part in the program. The numbers are indicative of the program’s continued growth within the state, which featured 15,000 Dairyland students two years ago. Nationally, PLTW…
Free Timecard Calculator from Redcort Software
FRESNO, CA – March 5, 2010 – Redcort Software has released a free web based timecard calculator that provides a convenient weekly timesheet for totaling employee hours. The free timecard calculator from the publishers of Virtual Time Clock software for Mac and Windows PC computers provides employees with an easy way to total daily and weekly hours.
“In our 20 years of publishing time clock software, we regularly get inquiries from…
Thrilling Currency Market: After Euro Now Pound Focused
Euro Shows Stability After Good Economic Data, British Pound Could Continue to Decline
Baech (Switzerland), March 4, 2010 – Indeed, the euro decreased to a new nine-months-low on Tuesday morning but due to the encouraging economic data, these losses have been outweighed over the week. However, the decline of the British pound could continue, currency traders increasingly perch on devaluation of the sterling. Moreover, bad economic outline data and political…
Presentations: ‘Opus – German Stage Award’ and ‘Sinus – Systems Integration Awar …
‘Opus – German Stage Award’ for the world’s biggest stage show at present: U2’s ‘360° Tour’ and the ‘Król Roger’ opera production
‘Sinus – Systems Integration Award’ given in four categories: from a culinary school to a Formula 1 race track
‘Opus – German Stage Award’ and ‘Sinus – Systems Integration Award’ will be presented during the Prolight + Sound and Media Systems Prolight + Sound trade fairs in Frankfurt am Main…
One of Spain’s largest financial groups entrusts its learning content management …
Caja Madrid – established for some 300 years and currently Spain’s fourth largest financial group – has revolutionised its training systems through the use of a learning content management system (LCMS) augmented by a learning management system. The new system – supplied by Giunti Labs, the leading learning and mobile content management solution provider - is intended to improve both the efficiency and cost effectiveness of Caja Madrid’s staff training…
Jackal, LLC Donates $10,000.00 in Consulting Services
Sacramento, CA – Jackal, LLC today announced that it has donated its services to the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law’s Public Legal Services Society (PLSS). Local businesses and community members will have the opportunity to bid on a Customer Experience Evaluation & Consultation through a live and silent auction on Friday March 05, 2010 at the law school in Sacramento, California. The donated services equal a value…
Berris Mangan Chartered Accountants becomes Vancouver member of Russell Bedford …
Berris Mangan Chartered Accountants has joined Russell Bedford International as the global accounting network's member firm in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Berris Mangan was founded as a partnership of chartered accountants in 1989 with offices located in North Vancouver, B.C. The firm moved to downtown Vancouver in 1993, and in 2002 it merged with Shikaze Ralston, an established Vancouver practice. Early 2006 saw the purchase of the firm's own building…
Continents Apart, LLC Launches New Website, Project leads to strategic partnersh …
Continents Apart, LLC continentsapart.com, recognized as the first national rep group specializing in drop shipping for home, gift, licensed sports and leisure lifestyle products has launched a new B2B website through a joint development project with WebSimplify.
Continents Apart CEO Steven Husak stated, “Being a unique drop ship sales rep group we wanted more than just a website built. We wanted a partner than can also work closely with us…
LinkUp’s February Jobs Report Shows Modest Gains in Job Listings On Corporate We …
Minneapolis, MN – February’s jobs report from the Department of Labor is scheduled to be released later this week and based on data released this morning by LinkUp, Friday’s report will show that the job market was essentially flat in February, making only modest gains in job growth.
LinkUp, a job search engine that indexes jobs from over 20,000 company websites throughout the U.S., reported that new job listings on…
Veteran-owned Aerospace Company Recognized for Completing $7.7 Million Air Force …
Vetrepreneur Magazine Article Highlights Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc.
March 1, 2010 --- Lomira, WI. Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc, an up and coming, veteran-owned business in the aerospace field, was recently profiled in the January edition of Vetrepreneur magazine for completing their large-scale, government contract.. The company, composed of fifteen employees, successfully closed their multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. Air Force, supplying 2,000 Dual Mode Portable STAND GUARD©LED lighting systems to…
Taiwan GDP for 2010 revised upward to 4.72 percent
With continued improvement of the global economic situation, Taiwan’s Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) forecast on February 22 that economic growth this year in Taiwan could reach 4.72 percent, up 0.33 percent from its previous forecast. The growth rate for the first through third quarters was also revised higher. According to DGBAS estimates, Taiwan’s real GDP could reach NT$13.43 trillion, and average GNP per capita is expected to…
Upgraded Real Estate Investor Websites Enhance Search Engine Visibility
The upgraded real estate investor websites recently unveiled by RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net now come with increased visibility on the internet with better search engine optimization. Every website delivered is manually submitted to the main search engines along with a sitemap that search engines recognize listing every page they need to index on the website.
As such it is typical to appear in search engines within a few days to a few weeks.
In addition,…
Jackal, LLC Announces Free Customer Service Engagement Training
Sacramento, CA – Jackal, LLC today announced a series of free customer service engagement trainings will be conducted through the end of March 2010. The free one hour live webcast presentation will be offered every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. (PST) through the company’s training Web site.
O. Lee Mincey, President & Managing Partner of Jackal, LLC, said “businesses large and small must properly engage their customers in a meaningful…
