National business, entertainment, and technology news from CitizenWire and the Neotrope® News Network, USA.
MANCHESTER, Vt. /CitizenWire/ — CONIX Systems, Inc. is introducing its Risk Detective(TM) solution for real time scoring of client eligibility in support of financial institutions’ risk management strategies. Challenged to comply efficiently with FFIEC guidelines and to mitigate the risk associated with the expansion of payment options, financial institutions must carefully target the marketing and […]
DOVER, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — RXCut(R) Plus announced this week a new website that is designed to help people get the best prescription price available. ‘Our cutting-edge pharmacy price search is tightly integrated with Google Maps technology making it faster and easier for people to access pharmacy information,’ Gerard Ferro, founder and CEO RXCut(R) Plus, says.
MANCHESTER, Vt. /CitizenWire/ — CONIX Systems, Inc., a leading international provider of payment processing solutions to the financial services industry, is pleased to announce that Trustmark National Bank (Trustmark) will add Fraud Detective(R) to the bank’s payment processing operation. Trustmark, with approximately 220 branch locations in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas, is a subsidiary […]
KALISPELL, Mont. /CitizenWire/ — When the Flathead Community Foundation climbed on board as the title sponsor for the 2012 Montana Dragon Boat Festival, they knew they were in for a wild ride. After a rip-roaring success in 2012, including the $75,000 raised by local non-profits, the Flathead Community Foundation returns as this year’s lead sponsor, […]
SOUTHGATE, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — Southgate Surgery Center announced that it is again offering its complimentary screening colonoscopy program throughout March, 2013. The facility will qualify 21 applicants from Michigan who need a screening colonoscopy are aged 50 or over, uninsured, severely financially distressed and cannot afford the procedure. The facility implements the program every March […]
CARBONDALE, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — The Sexual Assault Myths Organization of Carbondale today launched an awareness campaign that explains that the Jackson County District Attorney, Mike Carr, has currently allegedly charged at least three people for reporting their sexual assault. The website and organization was formed by Larry Brunken a longtime resident of Jackson County because […]
COSTA MESA, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — LendingQB, a provider of end-to-end loan origination software, announced today that they successfully implemented their web-based, mortgage lending platform for OGI Mortgage Bankers, a fast-growing mortgage lender based in Los Angeles. Within seven weeks of signing a contract, OGI was able to launch and begin using a fully custom configured […]
ARDEN, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — When self-described worker bee Lana Wilde became an empty nester, she turned her open heart and gift for volunteer care giving into a one-of-a-kind family business. Ten years later, Mountain Home Care celebrates a decade of quality care offered in service to other western North Carolina families who need a helping […]
CALIFON, N.J. /CitizenWire/ — Author DJV Murphy believes he may have uncovered a long lost mystery about a sizable estate left to the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. In doing research for the biography ‘Who Was E. B. Gallaher?’ (ISBN: 978-1480043770), Murphy discovered that a bequest left by the Connecticut millionaire to the Institute […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Renowned photographer Wayne Schoenfeld returns to the big top in ‘Circus of the Heart,’ the completion of his celebrated Icons/Iconoclasts circus trilogy, the largest contemporary photographic series of the 1930’s North American circus, February 26, at LA Circus.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Remo Software, which is known for its robust tools to Recover, Erase, Optimize and Manage data has launched a new version of Remo Recover. The Remo Recover for Windows 4.0 features a new ‘metro’ style interface and is now Windows 8 compatible. The software is now available for purchase from […]
MILLVILLE, N.J. /CitizenWire/ — Laboratory Supply Distributors Corp., a provider of diverse products for the chromatography, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and environmental industries, today announced the launch of its 2013 catalog. It showcases many new products for the life science and biotech markets.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The Surf Sak from Seth Schiller Enterprises is the first compact dual-purpose adjustable clothes changing invention made with 100 percent waterproof-nylon material that allows all who ‘towel-change’ at the beach, to do so without the need of a towel.
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The Maple Youth Ballet along with Black, Starr & Frost, presents the second annual Diamonds & Dance Gala on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Black, Starr & Frost’s harbor side location in Newport Beach. The gala will honor Donalyn Kling of the Kling Family Foundation, who […]
ATLANTA, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — When it comes to traits of good developers (be it individuals or companies), a number of rather trivial things is often mentioned, says Oleg Lola, founder of MobiDev Corporation. Even more qualities are too vague, stated without any explanations or comments. Having gathered opinions, we outlined the main distinctions.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The Health Mate Infrared Sauna will make its Hollywood ‘debut’ at a private Academy Awards Celebrity Gift Suite event, it was announced by Sang Lee, Vice President of Sales for Health Mate Saunas, a division of PLH Products Inc.
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services announced today that Risk and Insurance Magazine has recognized managing principal Mike McMullen as one of 2013’s alternative energy ‘Power Brokers.’ McMullen was chosen as a ‘Power Broker’ for his groundbreaking presentation of risk to the alternative energy market.
FELICITY, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Appropriately on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22, 2013, at 10:45 a.m. PST, the Museum of History in Granite is having the first and only preview for the press of the 100-foot granite ‘History of the United States of America’ monument.
CANTON, Ohio /CitizenWire/ — Ohio Gratings, Inc. has launched TornadoGuard a new steel louver designed in accordance with the FEMA 361 Standard for tornado shelters and other similar applications. The TornadoGuard Steel Louver System is designed to protect critical infrastructures from tornado strength wind and debris.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The Predictive Analytics Group at Interthinx, a Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) subsidiary, announced today the availability of a white paper outlining its recommendations for conducting stress testing on retail lending portfolios: ‘A Proven Approach to Stress Testing Consumer Loan Portfolios.’
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Employees of Northwest Pipe, a leading manufacturer of welded steel pipe, have completed the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board (SBCWIB) process improvement program. Completion of this program has done more than increase employee productivity and safety, it has created new jobs.
LANCASTER, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — It’s a story that could only be written by one person. A compelling autobiography that not only pushes the boundaries of sanity, it takes readers on a frightening voyage to meet it face-to-face. ‘Murder and Misunderstanding; One Man’s Escape from Insanity’ (ISBN: 9781479256969) is the story of Shuvender Sem, who in […]
CULVER CITY, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — A total of 104 film and TV production personnel from key Hollywood unions and guilds, as well as current show staffers and freelancers, received official certification as qualified users of DAX, the industry’s leading digital production workflow and media management application, during a free training session conducted Feb. 9, at […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Marriage Visa Help (‘MVH’), a global immigration consultancy specializing exclusively in family immigration with an emphasis on fiancee, partner and marriage visas, today announced that postal U.K. marriage visa applications made inside the U.K. can take up to 8-10 months to be processed by the UK Border Agency.
FLAT ROCK, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — Inventors Tom and Martin Bottorff announced this week that they have filed a patent with the USPTO for a product called the TMB Moulding/Trim Quick Release System (patent application number: 13459229; patent publication number: US20120272610A1).
GUANGZHOU, China /CitizenWire/ — SandalUp launches online store to serve native English-speaking customers. The company has grown over the 10-plus years it has been in business and customers can now shop for fashion sandles from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand.
TORRANCE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Neotrope CEO Christopher L. Simmons today announced a two week extension to today’s deadline for worthy causes to apply for the company’s annual Non-Profit PR Grants for 2013; the new deadline will be Feb. 28 at close of business. This year, 10 U.S. based charitable non-profits will receive in-kind grants totaling […]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — On Feb. 20, ‘Market Wrap with Moe Ansari’ will host Ed Carlson, author of ‘George Lindsay’s An Aid to Timing’ (ISBN: 978-0615720371). There are many methodologies for deciding when to buy and sell in the stock market, and the right advice can be invaluable.
SAN MATEO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added George Descalso as a property and casualty insurance producer and principal in its San Mateo office. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Descalso’s insurance career spans 30 years.
BOSTON, Mass. /CitizenWire/ — Truebridge, Inc., a Boston-based financial services marketing firm for banks and credit unions, has acquired American Brokerage Consultants of St. Petersburg, Fla. The announcement was made today by Stewart Rose, CEO of Truebridge.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Written and directed by international chanteuse, Juliet Annerino, ‘The Lord’s Lover’ breaks conventional boundaries of modern stage with cabaret, performance art, live music, dramatic theater, exotic dance, and cutting edge video imagery. The intricacies of human sexuality and controversial themes of desire and ‘free will’ are explored and celebrated.
DETROIT, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — Online magazine SoulTracks and soul music fans around the world are taking action to support soul music, one of the most revered forms of music in the world. From Motown to Memphis, from James Brown to Jill Scott, ‘soul music’ is the sound of our lifetime.
SAN MARCOS, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Leading mortgage compliance services provider The Compliance Group, Inc. (TCG), now offers services supporting mortgage lenders’ adaptation to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) Compliance Management System requirements.
LANSDALE, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — Global DMS, a leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, announced that due to an uptick in the mortgage industry’s need for its suite of SaaS-based technology solutions, the company has experienced significant organizational growth.
KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — Until recently, long-term care (LTC) financing has been offered to Americans primarily in the home; and the means of financing has been limited to LTC insurance, for the most part. That’s no longer so with LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America’s largest and most experienced LTCi agencies.
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Maple Youth Ballet presents the enchanting adaptation of ‘Snow White’ to Orange County dance audiences. Conceived by award-winning choreographer and Artistic Director Charles Maple, this unique production is sure to transport families to a ‘fairytale world of magic, drama and romance.’
DETROIT, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — SafeToSleep, the maker of the breakthrough Sleep and Breathing Baby Monitor capable of monitoring the breathing of a sleeping baby, announced today that consumers can now order the product at the company’s website. The long-awaited SafeToSleep system uses advanced fiber optic technology to monitor baby breathing with hospital accuracy and stream […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — On Friday, Feb. 15, at 2:30 p.m., Loren Weisman will be delivering ‘The State of The Record Deal in 2013: Myths vs. Reality’ at the 17th Annual Millennium Music Conference (MMC) in Camp Hill, Pa. Weisman will discuss a great deal of the behind the scenes activity and what is really […]
TUSTIN, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Two Orange County leaders in sustainability, Alegria Farm and Bluewater Grill, are teaming up to host a natural, healing foods celebration consisting entirely of ingredients grown or harvested locally with the least environmental impact possible.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. /CitizenWire/ — The Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company, a medical malpractice insurance carrier for Arkansas physicians, recently donated $15,000 to the Impaired Physician Program administered by the Arkansas Medical Foundation. This is the third annual donation by Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company to this critical support program for physicians in Arkansas.
