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KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — The majority of adults believe that long-term care insurance should be purchased between the ages of 45-64, yet 82 percent of this age group have not purchased a policy, finds a new study from the 3in4 Association. The study, sponsored by Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW), also shows that since the 2008 financial […]
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the addition of property and casualty insurance broker and risk management consultant, Scott Lihme as a principal in the company's Irvine, Calif. office. Lihme brings 25 years of underwriting, production, client advocacy and program management experience […]
CONYERS, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — Hill PHOENIX Inc., a Dover Company (NYSE:DOV), has expanded its portfolio of operating companies with Dover's acquisition of Denmark-based Advansor A/S. The Danish company specializes in the design and manufacture of HFC-free, CO2 transcritical refrigeration and heat pump systems for supermarkets and light industrial applications. Advansor and Hill PHOENIX combined have […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — Divi Resorts Group reported first half operating results, showing a healthy revenue increase of 11.2 per cent over the same period last year. The resort development and management company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, outperformed its competition in the first half of 2011, exceeding revenue measures in the premium […]
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — 360 Mortgage Group, a privately owned wholesale mortgage bank, welcomes High Sinclair as a newly hired account executive. Covering the Washington-state region, Sinclair brings more than 10 years of mortgage industry experience. Sinclair worked as a corporate services manager for Routh Crabtree Olsen, a wholesale account executive for Sierra Pacific Mortgage, […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that the SecuGen Hamster IV v2 and the ID-USB SC/PIV v2 have been added to the General Services Administration's FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Approved Products List. The SecuGen Hamster IV v2 is an updated version of SecuGen's widely […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio /CitizenWire/ — Ohio Restaurant Recruiters – a restaurant manager recruiting firm – announced its launch this week in Ohio and Pennsylvania. While there are many other recruiting firms out there, none quite match up to the features and benefits that Ohio Restaurant Recruiters can provide. Through an approach that combines serious tech-savvy and […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — In a letter to Texas Governor Rick Perry, 27 exonerated ex-death row survivors – all members of the group Witness to Innocence – urged the governor to halt the execution of Hank Skinner and allow for DNA testing in his case. Skinner, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 triple […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The County of San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board's partnership with California Manufacturing Technology Consulting(R) (CMTC) helped a local manufacturer, Microdyne Plastics, create a more competitive pricing structure and identify cost savings to maintain profitability. Judy Lopez, Director of Business Development at Microdyne has witnessed many changes since she joined the […]
FAIRMONT, W.Va. /CitizenWire/ — Backbone Security is pleased to announce a new program to allow current users of other digital steganography detection solutions to replace their tools with Backbone's Steganography Analyzer Artifact Scanner (StegAlyzerAS) and Steganography Analyzer Signature Scanner (StegAlyzerSS) by just paying the cost of software maintenance – a low $625, or less if […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The County of San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board (WIB) has been an instrumental partner in helping local manufacturers such as California Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI) successfully graduate 34 electricians and 17 mechanics from its craft development program. The in-house program provides on-the-job training and mentoring for employees to become "A" […]
MANCHESTER, Vt. /CitizenWire/ — CONIX Systems, Inc. (CONIX), a leading international provider of payment processing solutions to the financial services industry, and Trustmark National Bank (NASDAQ:TRMK) have completed the bank's implementation of Dupe Detective(TM), the payments industry's leading Day 1, multi-channel duplicate payment product. Trustmark is a subsidiary of Trustmark Corporation (TRMK), a diversified financial […]
MIAMI, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — A Heat-Wave during winter! Yes, it's true. True Fan Sports, Inc., a Miami based company, recently began selling several new sports related products, primarily "Sports Rally Towels" and is today announcing The Heat-Wave Towel(R). "With sporting events and the need for greater fan loyalty growing annually by leaps and bounds, with […]
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association (TMBA) today announced the location and dates of its annual Southern Secondary Market Conference. This year's conference – dubbed Ingredients for Success: Education, Understanding, Execution and Results – will be hosted at the Marriott Woodlands Waterway Hotel and Convention Center in Houston, Texas on January 18-19, […]
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — 360 Mortgage Group, a privately owned wholesale mortgage bank, welcomes Rosa Beaty as a newly hired account executive for the Midwest region, specifically Illinois. Beaty comes to 360 with more than 30 years of experience in retail and wholesale mortgage lending. Beaty has been responsible for operational oversight of a centralized […]
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Buffington Homes, the leader in Austin Texas and Central Texas real estate for over forty years, is excited to announce the release of their Capital Series in Meadow Park. This boutique community offers the exceptional quality found in Buffington's popular Austin homes for sale, the excitement and convenience of metropolitan living […]
DULUTH, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — Third Law Sourcing, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting company, will sponsor Special Olympics Georgia's 16th Annual Bob Busse Golf Tournament. Scott Drobes, a managing partner of Third Law Sourcing, has served as an honorary board member of the Special Olympics and been active with the organization for over 20 years. […]
HOUSTON, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Following on the success of their first Facebook "Rock the Vote" engagement ring popularity contest, Whiteflash Inc., online jeweler and specialist in ideal cut diamonds, has decided to host a second round of their own democratic election to crown the top engagement ring setting in their collection. Fun, fresh and engaging, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. /CitizenWire/ — Ecologic Leasing Services announced today that it has appointed David Bromage and Rod Suhan as its leadership team dedicated to Boart Longyear Financial Services. "Ecologic Leasing Services has dedicated two seasoned veterans to help develop and administer the global vendor financing program recently launched with mineral exploration drilling equipment maker Boart […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, is being recognized by the North Bay Business Journal with a 2011 Healthiest Companies award. EPIC is one of just 13 companies to be honored with this award in the North Bay area. Partnering with the […]
FAIRMONT, W.Va. /CitizenWire/ — Backbone Security is pleased to announce the release of Version 3.11 of the Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains 1,000 steganography applications. Developed in Backbone's Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB is the world's largest commercially available hash set exclusive to digital steganography applications. The database is widely […]
MONTEBELLO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The City of Montebello announces an improved path. As Americans, we are all in this together. Our country has gone through the worst recession since the tumultuous years of the Great Depression. Thousands of cities across the nation are in financial turmoil. Economic analysis shows continued stagnation over these next few […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — RobotDough Software Corporation has issued a call for entries in a writing competition for finance students. The competition, initiating an annual series, requires use of RobotDough's online equity research platform to deliver 500-word articles on the world's equity markets. A panel of expert judges will select five winners, each of […]
CHANTILLY, Va. /CitizenWire/ — Four Points Technology, LLC has appointed Joel Lipkin to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Lipkin joins Four Points from Affigent LLC (formerly TKC Integration Services), where he was general manager. "Joel's experience in leading and managing fast-growing businesses will enhance our already strong leadership team," said David "Chief" […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Inventive Minds continues to add useful and inspirational media products to its line of tools for inventions. Most recently, it has created and released "A Workbook For Young Inventors" (ISBN: 978-0983344803). This workbook for kids incorporates colorful characters known as the "Dreamalings(R)" that are used to educate and motivate children […]
DALLAS, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Radio personality, best-selling author, filmmaker, and leader of the successful civil rights march in Jena, LA, Michael Baisden not only talks the talk afternoons on his nationally syndicated "Michael Baisden Show," he also walks the walk. Baisden recently announced his plans to give away a half-million dollars to small businesses and […]
FREMONT, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, today announced its support for the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) that aims to foster the adoption of open virtualization technologies, including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). With its membership in the OVA, TeamF1 plans to build […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — EaseUS Software, a leading provider of data backup and disaster recovery and storage management solutions for Windows environment, today announces the general availability of EaseUS Todo Backup 3.5. To remotely backup and restore another computer within a Local Area Network (LAN) is now available in Version 3.5. With a […]
BOULDER, Colo. /CitizenWire/ — Boulder-based TeamSnap, which operates an online service that helps sports teams and other groups communicate, manage schedules, share photos, track game statistics, and coordinate refreshments and other activities, has raised close to $910,000 in new funding, according to CEO, Dave DuPont. DuPont said the funding came from all its existing investors, […]
BERGEN, Norway /CitizenWire/ — Harlequins Enigma is back again, This time with their third volume in the octagon series: "Battle Without Dishonour." Battle Without Dishonour is an instrumental hip hop album and contains some of Age Rissnes' all-time favourite tracks in the dance genre.
MALVERN, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — Reaction Biology Corporation (‘RBC’) today announced the publication in Nature Biotechnology, of the largest kinase profiling data set in the public domain, disclosing previously unknown kinase inhibition relationships. The data set was compiled from over 100,000 independent activity assays performed with RBC’s proprietary HotSpot(SM) technology.
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — The Austin Business Journal has named RC Billing to its 2011 Fast 50, the list of 50 fastest growing privately-held companies in the Austin area. The Fast 50 ranks companies based on compounded annual average sales growth over three years. RC Billing was named #21 in the $500,000 to $9,999,999 category.
ATLANTA, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — Jay Fenello, a homeowner who has been working on a mortgage modification with Bank of America for over 18 months, today announced that he has filed a pro se legal action against the bank, alleging 13 causes of action including Fraud, Bad Faith, Equitable Estoppel, and violating numerous state and local […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — The leading Internet provider of paper rolls and other point-of-sale (POS) supplies, POSPaper, announced this week that it is opening two additional distribution centers in Dallas and Chicago. They are expected to open in mid-November of this year.
DENVER, Colo. /CitizenWire/ — A new look, new services and a new partner for Culinary Procurement Specialists, LLC has been unveiled. The new company name, Restaurant Mechanix, LLC (the ‘Company’), signifies the expansion of its consulting services into all aspects of restaurant operations and management.
HOUSTON, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Whiteflash Inc. announced today the exclusive launch of the latest collection of engagement rings by award winning jewelry designer Vatche. The ‘Serenity’ collection features modern designer styling for the classic engagement ring.
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a national wholesale mortgage lender operating in 47 states, announced that they earned a spot on Mortgage Technology magazine’s 2011 Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lenders list for the first time. UWM built its own proprietary technology, which in part helped the company to become one of the largest […]
ALPHARETTA, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — InnoVergent, a technology consultancy firm and reseller and system integrator of cloud computing accounting software, announced today the availability of Fixed Assets and Collections Management modules for Intacct Financial Accounting users.
HOUSTON, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Brian Gavin scores another first with the introduction of the customized American Gem Society (AGS) Proprietary Light Performance Diamond Quality Document for his Signature diamonds. The AGS Proprietary Light Performance Diamond Quality Document provides the most technologically advanced, scientifically rigorous and independently vetted cut grade system in the industry as well […]
ARLINGTON, Va. /CitizenWire/ — Remarks by ‘Black Box Casino’ author Robert Stowe England at this month’s Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) annual conference in Chicago detailing his exploration of how, in his words, ‘The story of the financial crisis is the story of mortgage banking,’ have been posted on YouTube.
