CitizenWire Main Story Index ~ includes both national and local business, entertainment, and technology news, as well as articles, columns and blogs from CitizenWire’s editorial staff.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that it has established an office in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, just outside of downtown Philadelphia.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Del Mar DataTrac, Inc., a leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions, and an industry pioneer in paperless lending and loan process workflow tools, is again among the 2011 Top 50 Service Providers listed by Source Media’s Mortgage Technology magazine.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM), one of the nation’s largest managers of resort-style living homeowner associations, has expanded into Southern Nevada. PCM was chosen by eight association boards to professionally manage Pulte Group’s Southern Nevada communities in the greater Las Vegas Valley and Mesquite Region.
ELKHART, Ind. /CitizenWire/ — REMIS AMERICA LLC, the maker of energy efficient doors and covers, has expanded its American production, creating jobs and standing out in a tough economy. Driven by increased demand for its energy saving solutions and several commitments from major North American grocery retailers that extend into 2012, Indiana production of REMIS […]
CHICAGO, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — KnowledgeAdvisors, which provides learning measurement software that improves the effectiveness and business impact of learning, today announced that it has elected Kevin Oakes to its Board of Directors.
COLUMBUS, Ohio /CitizenWire/ — On July 25th, Leader Technologies filed its opening brief in its patent infringement fight against Facebook at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. Leader is represented by King & Spalding LLP and lead counsels Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Daryl Joseffer and Adam Conrad. The nine-day jury […]
CHICAGO, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — KnowledgeAdvisors, which provides learning measurement software that improves the effectiveness and business impact of learning, today announced that it will be an Executive Sponsor of the Fall 2011 CLO Symposium, which will explore the role of learning and workforce development in shaping the future for organizations. The CLO Fall 2011 Symposium […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology based in Silicon Valley, announced that it has filed counterclaims against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for fraud, breach of contract, and negligent misrepresentation.
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — 360 Mortgage Group, a privately-owned wholesale mortgage bank, welcomes Al Crisanty to its team as Vice President of National Wholesale Production. Crisanty will oversee 360 Mortgage Group’s territory sales managers as the firm seeks to expand its operations to all 50 states.
SEATTLE, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — BetterThanDiamond, Inc., a privately held U.S. corporation, today announced it has filed a patent re-examination request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regarding Charles & Colvard’s (NASDAQ:CTHR) patent for manufacturing ‘Silicon Carbide Gemstones.’ The patent in contention has allowed Charles & Colvard, Ltd. to enjoy a monopoly position and bill […]
PLACERVILLE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Jamison and Virginia Miller, of GIV-N-GET LLC, developers of Egiva (an alternative web site to ‘FREE’ items on Craigslist), announces its project on Kickstarter (the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world).
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — In a workshop held at the California Latino Superintendent’s Association, Summer Institute, Business Management Consultant, and Publisher of Family Literacy Journal, Cyndi Fischer, addressed school administrators on the impact of the digital divide on California’s Latino students.
HOUSTON, Texas (CitizenWire) — With the debut of his ‘A Cut Above’ Hearts and Arrows diamonds in 1998, Brian Gavin has been creating new and interesting diamond designs for over fifteen years. With cuts like his Signature Princess and ‘Brian Gavin Blue’ diamonds, he has set the bar high for the competition. Now, Brian Gavin […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CitizenWire) — On Friday, July 15, universal principles of eldercare were affirmed by exiled Tibetan leaders and Dr. Marion Somers, the pre-eminent U.S. advocate for better long-term care. Dr. Marion was in Washington, D.C., representing the 3in4 Association on a national tour.
AUSTIN, Texas (CitizenWire) — Buffington Homes, the leader in building Energy Star Certified Austin Homes and Austin TX homes for sale has 5 homes available in Silver Leaf. The available homes range in size from 1938 square feet to 3593 square feet and are priced from $194,900 to $269,990. In addition to the 5 available […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Recruitment for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth program, with funding administered by the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board, is under way through September 30, 2011. Approximately 500 positions are currently open and applicants should visit www.SBCountyJobOps.com to find the right service provider in their community.
BEVERLY, Mass. (CitizenWire) — RenderX, the leader in XML formatting solutions, and Altova, the creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, database, and UML tools, entered a partnership agreement to provide integrated reporting and rendering solutions.
WARWICK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — The winners of The 2011 Communicator Awards were recently announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Positive Sounds is a weekly Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Radio Program hosted by Bob Taylor. It earned an Award of Excellence, the highest honor in the Radio Programs Category.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — EaseUS Software, a leading provider of storage management and data backup and disaster recovery solutions for Windows environment, today announces EaseUS Todo Backup 3.0 Beta.
HOUSTON, Texas (CitizenWire) — Prominently featured in The New York Times Small Business section article, ‘Connecting With Clients Through the Power of Tech,’ Whiteflash has yet another reason to boast about cornering the market on bringing superior quality loose diamonds and engagement rings to consumers and winning over tough critics in the process.
BUSHKILL, Pa. (CitizenWire) — Billioninvest Corporation, a U.S.-based international marketing and management consulting company, is breaking ground with its most challenging project ever – connecting distant regions of Russia to places of industry and commerce via bush planes.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — EaseUS Software, a leading provider of storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions for Windows, announces today that its beta program of the latest version of EaseUS Partition Master 9.0.0 is ready for testers.
GREAT FALLS, Va. (CitizenWire) — Ecologic Lessee Services, a global provider of outsourcing, software, and capital sourcing services to corporate and non-profit equipment lessees, today announced the publication of a unique whitepaper that addresses how lessees can prepare for the coming IFRS lease accounting changes.
OXNARD, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Chief Investigative Correspondent for Inside Edition, award-winning broadcaster, actress and mosaic artist Lisa Guerrero is not just investigating it; she has been rehearsing for it these last 5 weeks, with a fanfare on July 31st at the Oxnard Salsa Festival Dancing With The Community Stars Contest, says Salvation Army Oxnard.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CitizenWire) — SecuGen Corporation, a world leading provider of optical fingerprint technology, announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against Korean biometric company Suprema Inc. for patent infringement.
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) announces the availability of hundreds of experts who will speak to local groups supporting a new national awareness campaign. The campaign is titled 3in4 Need More, www.3in4needmore.com, and it is about educating Americans on all their long term care planning options.
TAMPA, Fla. (CitizenWire) — Telovations, Inc., a leading provider of Cloud Communications services to business has launched Speech Assist, a voice recognition technology for Auto Attendants. With Speech Assist Telovations’ customers can easily and cost effectively add speech recognition to their call flows.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — AMT Datasouth Corp. a leading supplier of value added printing solutions, announced today that, the Fastmark PT-1 battery powered portable thermal bar code printer is now available. The Fastmark PT-1 is supplied with AMT Datasouth’s proven proprietary PAL programming language.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — To celebrate the launch of its new website, Fare Buzz – a leading travel company based out of New York City – is giving away several pre-paid rewards cards through their social communities.
CUPERTINO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — CarpoolAssist Inc., the web-based service that helps people connect to create carpools for work, school or special events, today announced that it has been selected by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district in Charlotte, North Carolina for a pilot program.
DENVER, Colo. (CitizenWire) — Titan Lenders Corp (TLC), a U.S.-based domestic mortgage fulfillment outsource company, now offers its Whole Loan Purchase Review (WLPR) service to institutional and correspondent investors. TLC is leveraging its extensive experience in whole loan delivery on behalf of correspondent lenders to complete an organic expansion of its service offering.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — California, Florida, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada made up more than half of the foreclosure activity in May. According to ForeclosureListings.com, there were 8,828 California foreclosure listings in May and 10,506 in June; an increase of 19.0 percent.
ELKHART, Ind. (CitizenWire) — TCL picks DEHCO Commercial to distribute its line of LCD TVs to the health care industry. Dehco Commercial has combined their HC20 technology with LCD TV’s made by TCL. The result is a pillow-speaker-ready (Intertek listed) TV system priced 30 to 40 percent below what is typically spent on health care […]
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (CitizenWire) — If you have a video on your website, your company is 50 times more likely to land on the first page of Google than websites without video, according to Dr. Sharon Livingston.
SCHWENKSVILLE, Pa. (CitizenWire) — Millennium Administrators, Inc., a benefits administrator, has signed a contract with the City of Scranton to provide benefit administration services for over 500 city employees. Millennium is providing administrative oversight for the city benefit program, including cost containment initiatives, claim audits and administrative services
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CitizenWire) — Active Empty Nesters, the free social networking site aimed at helping baby boomers maintain an active lifestyle, is proud to announce that Pamela D. Wilson, host of the weekly radio show The Caring Generation, will be joining us an ongoing contributor.
CHARDON, Ohio (CitizenWire) — e2b software, a business software developer, has been named a Sage Gold Development Partner of the Year for 2011. e2b software provides e2b 500 supply chain product extensions and Anytime Collect credit and collections software for Sage ERP MAS 500.
CARLSBAD, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Carlsbad, California attorney Stanley D. Prowse is pleased to announce that on June 1, 2011 he became a Certified Family Law Specialist (‘CFLS’). Specialist certification is conferred by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the California State Bar. Certification requires that an attorney devote the majority of his practice to […]
MESA, Ariz. (CitizenWire) — Long-time Chicago Cubs spring training P.A. announcer, Tim Sheridan, has partnered with Kickstarter.com to help complete a documentary film over 25 years in the making. ‘Boys of Spring – The Movie,’ follows Tim on his journey with the iconic, hard-luck, Chicago Cubs as both he and the Cubs attempt to reach […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Investor advocate and public finance watchdog Kevin Olson has launched DoNotBuyMarylandBonds to warn Maryland bond buyers about the dangers of investing in Maryland bonds.
