Inc. today listed Nashville-based
Educational Services of America (ESA) No. 1,015 on its second annual ranking
of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America. This is ESA's
second appearance on Inc.'s comprehensive list of the country's
independent-minded entrepreneurs.
The Bipartisan Policy
Center (BPC) is pleased to announce the selection of former Detroit Mayor
Dennis W. Archer as Co-Chair of its National Transportation Policy Project
(NTPP). Archer currently serves as Chairman of the Michigan law firm Dickinson
Wright PLLC. The BPC also announces ...
Governor Edward G. Rendell today said Pennsylvania's agricultural industry is struggling with high fuel costs and a broken healthcare system, underscoring the need to secure the state's energy independence and make healthcare more affordable for working adults.
The Valspar Corporation
(NYSE: VAL) announced today that, at its August 20, 2008 meeting, the
Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 14 cents per
share, payable October 15, 2008 to all common stockholders of record on
October 1, 2008.
Bio-Pharma executives are
increasingly finding value in the research products and services offered by
Best Practices, LLC and in particular in use of the on-demand benchmark
repository known as the Best Practice Database.
( www.BestPracticeDatabase.com ) Although documents from the dat...
American Capital, Ltd.
(Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it realized a gain of $57 million from the
sale of Contec Holdings, Ltd. in the third quarter of 2008. Including the
investments in Contec of American Capital's affiliated funds under management,
the gain totals $98 million ov...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is preparing to grade each of the 50 states on mental health services and invites the public to help by taking an online survey -- and forwarding it to others.
As it turns out, the pen really
is mightier than the sword. And the machete. And the bulldozer, or whatever
else they're using to demolish Earth's endangered rain forests.
Enobia Pharma, an emerging biotech
company focused on developing novel therapeutics for serious bone disorders,
today announced that the first patient in its clinical program for
hypophosphatasia has been dosed. Enobia is investigating Enzyme Replacement
Therapy (ERT) with ENB-0040 fo...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has
been selected to operate and maintain the message routing infrastructure for
the Pentagon's command messaging systems in support of the Pentagon
Telecommunications Center, an organization of the Army Information Technology
Agency. In this capacity, Lockh...
SpongeTech(R) Delivery
Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SPNG) a company which designs, produces and
markets innovative, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive packaging
and product delivery solutions through its exclusive patented packaging
technology received an increase in t...
Fourteen physicians who have been part
of Commonwealth Medical Group have announced that they plan to enhance the
care and service they provide to their patients by joining Aurora Health Care.
Inc. today ranked ProfitPoint, Inc. No.
59 on its annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the
country with three-year sales growth of 2,642.0%. ProfitPoint, Inc. ranks No.
7 in the Top 100 Business Services Companies and ranks No. 2 in the Top 50
Businesses in...
As gasoline prices
continue to challenge everyone, Skychain -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air
Products (NYSE: APD) -- offers a way for chemical and lubricant manufacturers
and distributors to offset some of those costs. Skychain's web-based
inventory monitoring technology accesses r...
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
(NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated exchanges and
over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the 2008 Labor Day holiday trading
schedule for its futures exchanges: ICE Futures U.S.(TM), ICE Futures
Europe(TM) and ICE Futures Canada(TM).
Bank of America today announced that
David Flannery will be joining the company as global head of Leveraged
Finance. Flannery, who is currently at Deutsche Bank, will be based in New
York and report to Bruce Thompson, head of Global Capital Markets. Flannery is
expected to commence wor...
Michael Madsen, George
Hamilton and Paul Ben-Victor will star in COMA, an original web series set to
premiere on Crackle.com on August 20. Produced by Drew Fitzgerald & Stefan
Haller from WIMO, Miguel Melendez at Overbrook Entertainment and Anonymous
Content, the seven-episode series ...
Intel Developer Forum,
CMD Booth # 832 -- California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) announced that it
is developing display controllers based upon the Mobile Industry Processor
Interface (MIPI(TM)) alliance standard for high speed serial display
interfaces. These display controllers will...
David Abdo, CEO of Bitam, a leading
provider of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software, understands the
importance of developing software products in house and providing clients with
a comprehensive EPM suite of applications that are built on one platform. The
seamless integ...
The first 'Innovation Leader
Summit', developed by partnering innovation consultant companies Pure Insight
and Innovationedge, will take place on November 3-4, 2008 at the Copthorne
Hotel Slough Windsor, UK. The summit has attracted a global faculty of
session leaders as well as a sen...
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading
global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation
and decision-making, today announced the company has now ported solver
solutions to Sun's Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) on x86 systems. The
ported versions of RADIOSS...
Le Meurice, part of the famed Dorchester
Collection and Paris' most fetching setting for a rendezvous, recently
introduced Les Nocturnes du 228 a series of monthly wine tasting events
featuring selections by Head Sommelier Nicolas Rebut paired with chic hors
d'oeuvres from three-star M...
iNutrition, a weight
loss, fat loss, fitness tips, and information portal, announced today the
third winner of the "Summer of Fit" sweepstakes, featuring a free Nintendo Wii
and Wii Fit system. The Winner of the third drawing is Ron Miller of Fair
Haven, Michigan. iNutrition sweepsta...
Debt Resolve, Inc.
("Debt Resolve") (Amex: DRV) announced today that it has developed a
revolutionary consumer driven debt settlement Internet site to be know as
iSettleNow. Go to www.iSettleNow.com to see how consumers will be empowered
to resolve their debt online and avoid the usua...
The secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has signed a site certification order authorizing construction of a new clean coal generating unit at Seminole Generating Station in Putnam County.
Inc.com, the online arm of Inc. magazine
today announced its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private
companies in the country. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most
important segment of the economy -- America's independent-minded
entrepreneurs.
Hillcrest Labs issued an official
statement about legal action that the company has taken today against
Nintendo(R) for patent infringement. The statement is as follows:
Power-Save
Energy Company (OTC Bulletin Board: PWSV), an emerging leader in the renewable
energy and energy savings products industry, today announced its dismissal
from a recently filed lawsuit reported in our latest 10-Q.
As President Bush begins another visit to a region devastated not only by a tremendous hurricane but an excruciatingly slow recovery process, the international humanitarian agency Oxfam America called on both presidential candidates to renew the federal government's commitment to rebui...
This September, singer, actor and
producer Donnie Wahlberg will urge millions of Americans to make sure their
financial plans have the "right stuff." When he's not touring the country
with the reunited New Kids on the Block, Wahlberg will serve as the front man
for national Life Insur...
Softex Incorporated, the world's
leading supplier of innovative security software products and solutions for
computing devices, and Campana Systems Inc., have partnered to provide
Campana's AAA/CAA auto club customers with secure access to the AXIS business
and information management s...
nGenera(TM) Corporation today
announced that it has partnered with The Cygnal Group to offer customers of
nGenera's Total Compensation Solution(TM) an authoritative and independent
analysis of their sales compensation plans.
Tianyin
Pharmaceutical, Co., Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TYNP, TYNPE), a manufacturer
and supplier of modernized traditional Chinese medicine ("TCM") based in
Chengdu, China, today announced that the Company's stock symbol had been
inadvertently changed to OTC BB: TYNPE due to the electr...
BPL Global(R), Ltd. (BPLG), a smart
grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and
information delivery, announces the addition of power transformer bushing
monitoring to its portfolio of solutions for electric utilities. BPL Global's
Serveron(R) subsidi...
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