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Trichotillomania Awareness Month Open House Support Mixers In Philadelphia and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
On Sunday, October 5, 2008 and on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, The Secret Mane Salon will host two educational open house mixers for Trichotillomania Awareness Month. - September 25, 2008 - HelpMe2Stop.org
Groves Park Commons, a Traditional Neighborhood Development, Receives the Outstanding Planning Award for a Green Development
The Outstanding Planning Award for a Green Development is the first green award presented by TAPA. The judging panel selected Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon as the recipient because, “The Groves Park Commons plan is a leader in green initiatives in Traditional Neighborhood Developments.” - September 25, 2008 - Groves Park Commons
Communications Technology Int'l Inc. Releases "Mini" and "Mini+" Wireless Voting Devices for Audience Participation
Communications Technology International Incorporated (ComTec) has today announced general availability of Fleetwood Reply Mini and Mini+ keypads. Housed in miniature packaging, yet not lacking in functionality, Reply Mini's possess the strength and reliably of regularly sized Fleetwood Reply... - September 25, 2008 - Communications Technology Int'l Inc.
First-Ever Non-Stop, Cross-Country, Biodiesel-Fueled Road Trip Concludes Today in Santa Monica
Advertising copywriters Nik Bristow and Brian Pierce clock in with an official time of 38 hours, 37 minutes, 41.1 seconds for the 2,903.3-mile journey. - September 25, 2008 - Fitzgerald+CO
Credit Repair Businesses Instantly Increase Efficiency and Profits with Revolutionary Credit Repair Business Software
DisputeSuite.com announces it’s upcoming advancement to its professional credit repair software. This advancement will help credit repair businesses increase productivity, sales and client retention. - September 25, 2008 - DisputeSuite
Baxa Corp Now Ranks in Top 35 of Largest Private Companies in Denver Area
Englewood-based Baxa Corporation has been named among the top 35 largest private companies in the area by both the Denver Business Journal (DBJ) and ColoradoBiz Magazine. In each publication, Baxa was in the Top 35 for 2008 – moving up five places to #32 in the DBJ (up from #37 in 2007) and #33 in ColoradoBiz (up from #38 in 2007). - September 25, 2008 - Baxa Corporation
Bonus Building Care in Atlanta Attends Cherokee County Job and Business Expo
Bonus Building Care in Atlanta, one of the highest ranked and fastest growing companies in the commercial cleaning and office cleaning industry, recently participated in the Cherokee County Job and Business Expo in Woodstock, GA. The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce has been linking businesses... - September 25, 2008 - Bonus Building Care
Bonus Building Care in Greenville and Columbia Awarded 2008 Franchisee of the Year Award by the International Franchise Association
Bonus Building Care, one of the highest ranked and fastest growing companies in the commercial cleaning and office cleaning industry, is pleased to announce that Bonus Building Care in Greenville, South Carolina and Bonus Building Care in Columbia, South Carolina has received a 2008 Franchisee of... - September 25, 2008 - Bonus Building Care
Astudo Hotel & Resort Management Appointed Jonathan Paul Snow as Resort Manager at X2 Samui
Jonathan Paul Snow, a New Zealand national, has been appointed by Astudo Hotel & Resort Management as Resort Manager at X2 Resorts Samui, Thailand. - September 25, 2008 - Astudo Hotel & Resort Group
How Web 2.0 Changes the Voice Over Market
New voice over portal www.bodalgo.com offers free automatic audition system saving voice seekers agency fees, time and hassle. - September 24, 2008 - bodalgo.com
Golfers Paradise in Krakow Poland
Iberian property developer, Maexpa Group, is to unveil its Valley Golf Village resort in Krakow Poland. It is one of the biggest golf complexes in central Europe and will contain a residential complex of 24 buildings, providing up to 166 apartments - September 24, 2008 - Maexpa International
Serviced City Pads Expands Into the Manchester Area
Serviced City Pads, a leading UK specialist for serviced apartments in Liverpool, has increased its portfolio of serviced apartments with the addition of over 300 apartments in Manchester. The fully furnished apartments have been made available in conjunction with the company’s new website... - September 24, 2008 - Serviced City Pads
BrilliantTrips Partners with NEXGEN Travel Distribution
New Booking Engine Offers Customers the Next Generation of Integration and Dynamic Packaging for Online Travel Products. - September 24, 2008 - BrilliantTrips
New Trade Reports Help U.S. Manufacturers Increase Sales in Canada and Mexico
ForeignTRADEX, an International industrial trade portal has published two new trade reports to help American manufacturers of industrial goods enter or expand sales into Canada and Mexico. - September 24, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Tye Maner Group Presents the Impact of Leadership and Motivation to the Leaders of Tomorrow and Their Parents of Today
While most of today’s successful professionals come from diverse backgrounds, most, if not all, possess two things that elevated them to new heights: the ability to lead and motivate others. To help inspire the next generation through skills training and real-life stories, the Tye Maner... - September 24, 2008 - Tye Maner Group
ForestWander.com Receives 2008 Best of Cross Lanes Award
U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement. - September 24, 2008 - ForestWander.com
Dexter Laundry Launches New Coin Laundry Catalog
Dexter Laundry, Inc. is proud to announce the release of their Fall 2008 Commercial Laundry Product Catalog. This new, full-color 28 page product catalog features Dexter’s entire product line of commercial front line washers, dryers, stack dryers, stack washer dryer, Easy Card™ and... - September 24, 2008 - Dexter Laundry, Inc.
Sonitrol Pacific and Cigarette Smoke Signals Led Officers to Arrest One
A call from Sonitrol Pacific and a trail of cigarette smoke led police officers to a suspected burglar's hiding place inside a boat at Bayside Outboards in Everett September 21. - September 24, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific
United Automobile Insurance Group Moves Headquarters
Property and Casualty Insurance Provider Relocates to Miami Gardens. - September 24, 2008 - UAIG
Halloween Adventure Announces Top Ten Costume List for 2008
Halloween costume and accessory retailing giant, Halloween Adventure Costume Super Stores, released its highly anticipated "Hottest Halloween Costumes of 2008" list on Wednesday morning. - September 23, 2008 - HalloweenAdventure.com
Forget Weight Loss - Low Carb Diets Are Essential to Life
Dr James E. Carlson's new book, Genocide: How Your Doctor's Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You, proves that when doctors promote low fat, low cholesterol diets, millions of Americans suffer often-fatal consequences. - September 23, 2008 - James E Carlson
Microsoft Grants Top Award to Directions Training Center
Directions Training Center, a company that offers computer training courses was recently awarded a top award from Microsoft. One of the company’s instructors, Gary Newman was also given a top instructor award. - September 23, 2008 - Directions Training
Molly Robbins is Recognized as Emerging Hispanic Leader in Northern California
Latina Business Entrepreneur honored by San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. - September 23, 2008 - LicenZing, LLC
Introducing the New Face of The Carlisle Group
The Carlisle Group has launched their most recent updates to www.tcgrec.com, introducing several new features to optimize the recruiting process for physicians, healthcare providers and employers. New additions to the site include the interactive ProviderWire, a fresh layout redesign and the... - September 23, 2008 - The Carlisle Group
WhiteSmoke Unveils WhiteSmoke 2009: World-Leading Software for English Writing
Improved usability, new style checking features, and updates to the grammar checker give users a complete writing solution. - September 23, 2008 - WhiteSmoke
Free San Francisco Foreclosure Listings by PropertyShark.com - Trustee Sale Listings Available in San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda
PropertyShark.com announces the general availability of free foreclosure listings for San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. - September 23, 2008 - PropertyShark.com
Brand New Imonitor Employee Activity Monitor 4.7 Released, World First Employee Monitoring Software Which Can Save Logs on Remote Server
Imonitorsoft released Employee Activity Monitor 4.7, an all-in-one solution that records and controls all employee computer activities and prevents loss of critical and confidential data from leaving. - September 23, 2008 - Imonitorsoft
Russian American Dental Association and Russian American Medical Association to Hold 6th Annual Joint National Convention
6th Annual Joint National Convention for dental and medical professionals. - September 23, 2008 - Russian American Dental Association
Nobel Biocare and ProSites Launch Free Website Offer for Doctors
New “Get Online Promotion” helps doctors attract new patients and market their practice online. - September 23, 2008 - Prosites, Inc.
Westmoreland Contractor Referral Services Expands Services to Include Full Service Commercial Cleaning Services
Local businesses get assistance with locating prescreened, local, quality and dependable full service commercial cleaning services companies. - September 23, 2008 - Westmoreland Contractor Referral Service
Inc. 5000 Honors CPX Interactive as #6 Fastest Growing Private Advertising and Marketing Company in America
Global Online Ad Network, CPX Interactive, posts 2,402% revenue growth during four year period - honored by Inc. Magazine. - September 22, 2008 - CPXi
GSI Pinpoints Top Five Ways to Maximize Value of an Oracle JD Edwards ERP Implementation or Upgrade
Consultants Discuss Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations at Oracle OpenWorld. - September 22, 2008 - Global Systems Integration, Inc.
YapStone Announces New Chief Technology Officer
YapStone, Inc., through its RentPayment™ and VacationRentPayment™ divisions, is the Country’s largest payment processor to the property market, focusing primarily on apartments, student housing, homeowner associations, and other property-related markets. - September 22, 2008 - Yapstone, Inc.
First-Ever Non-stop, Biodiesel-Fueled Cross-Country Trip Kicks Off Today (Monday, Sept. 22) in NYC
Nik Bristow and Brian Pierce with Fitzgerald+CO advertising raising nationalawareness for alternative fuels with the help of Willie Nelson’s BioWillie® Premium Biodiesel. - September 22, 2008 - Fitzgerald+CO
The Second Web – A Whole New Internet?
"The Second Web" is an unique concept to sell advertising space on the internet by selling Domains on a Virtual, second World Wide Web. Julian Z., an austrian student, started the project as an approach to creating a whole new world wide web. Their Home-Page... - September 22, 2008 - The Second Web
Emerging Asia Releases Free Report on Chinese Milk Crisis
Melamine in Milk: Tainted Chinese Dairy Products, provides a summary of information known to date, along with detailed English language tables identifying the brands and products found to contain traces of Melamine, as well as the quantity of Melamine found and the production date of the batch tested. To date, the Chinese government is not known to have released such detailed information in English. - September 22, 2008 - Emerging Asia
RevitaLume Dark Circles Eye Cream Now Available
Dark under-eye circles may well be a thing of the past thanks to RevitaLume (http://www.revitalume.com/), a topical skincare solution that eliminates dark circles. "We’re very excited about RevitaLume," said Alex McMullen, product development specialist at Dermavánt Labs. - September 22, 2008 - Dermavánt Labs, Inc.
Learn to Write Proposals Releases Job Search for Business Development Professionals
Learn to Write Proposals provides free worldwide proposals job search through RSS feed for business development professionals. - September 22, 2008 - Learn to Write Proposals
ClubzUp® Keeps Your Golf Club in Sight and Your Golf Club Grips Clean and Dry
Patented product fits on the end of your golf club keeping your golf club up, in view and your golf club grips free of debris, dry and more comfortable. - September 21, 2008 - ClubzUp
Mario Martinez Named President of Dark Myth Production Studios
Mario E. Martinez has been named President and Chairman of Dark Myth Production Studios (DMPS) it was announced today by David K. Montoya, Founder and CEO, Dark Myth Production Studios. Mr. Martinez will replace Mr. Montoya who announced his resignation earlier this year. In this capacity, Mr. - September 21, 2008 - Dark Myth Production Studios
3GS, LLC Acquires Louisiana-Based On-Site Document Destruction Company
Business entrepreneurs, Mike Boehringer and Mike West, have announced that 3GS, LLC, a business venture formed to consolidate the document destruction industry, has acquired ShredMasters of Baton Rouge, La. ShredMasters specializes in secure, on-site document destruction and provides shredding... - September 21, 2008 - NorthShore Capital Advisors
Welding Equipment Directory from Worldwide Industrial Swells to Thousands of Products
The US-Asia Manufacturing Trade Portal Worldwide Industrial Marketplace has added thousands of products to its directory of Welding Equipment, Machines and Supplies for welders and weld shops worldwide. - September 21, 2008 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Starbucks Marketing Mastermind Offers Insights at NPSA Conference
John Moore, the marketing genius that helped grow Starbucks and Whole Foods, is speaking at the NPSA's 6th Annual Conference and Exposition at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. - September 21, 2008 - National Portable Storage Association
VTechCare Launches 24/7 Unlimited Monthly Computer Support Plan for US Customers
Unleash a new customer experience for Home Users, Home Professionals and Telecommuters at a new price point of $29.99, giving the customers access to computer support throughout the month without limitations on incidents and no hidden charges. - September 21, 2008 - VTechCare LLC
Michael Aubut of The Capitalist Group International Gets Back to Business
Michael Aubut of The Capitalist Group International Gets Back to Business in order to help small to mid-sized private businesses gain an edge in today's difficult environment. - September 21, 2008 - The Capitalist Group Intl., LLC
New Community Message Board for Those That Wish to Start a Business, Build Business Credit or Protect Their Assets
For those interested in starting a business, building business credit, real estate investing or asset protection, 1-800-COMPANY.com has started a free online community message board for people to ask questions and network. - September 21, 2008 - 1-800-COMPANY.com
See the BMW 128i at Irvine BMW
The 128i Offers Luxury with Economic MPG. - September 20, 2008 - Irvine BMW
"www.nobrokerage.in" Directly Connects Property Owners, Buyers and Eliminates Payment of Brokerage
Surf & Fish Internet Solutions a company co-headquartered in Philadelphia, US and Bangalore has recently launched nobrokerage to target property owners, buyers and tenants across the India. The websites focuses on real estate domain and directly connects Property Owners, buyers and tenants,... - September 20, 2008 - nobrokerage.in
United Way of Miami-Dade Sharpens Their Fund-Raising Skills Through the Training Provided by the Tye Maner Group
Selling a product is hard enough in today’s economic climate. But for non-profits, fund-raising efforts may be even harder. However, thanks to the Tye Maner Group, the development team at the United Way of Miami-Dade learned how to sharpen their skills for maximize fund-raising... - September 20, 2008 - Tye Maner Group
ASAF at Bimu 2008
September has arrived. It’s time for returning and starting again. For many people it’s the beginning of the working and fiscal year. A moment when you draw conclusions about the past year and start to plan future investments. That’s the importance of the autumn exhibition... - September 20, 2008 - A.S.A.F. Machinery Tool