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Borders decides to liquidate; 10,700 workers to lose jobs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:10PMBorders Group Inc., the Ann Arbor-based bookstore chain that helped popularize the super bookstore concept, said today it is asking a bankruptcy court for approval to sell the company to a group of liquidators.
Table Trac, Inc. names Glenn Goulet as new CEO Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:10PMMINNETONKA, Minnesota -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Table Trac, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBTC), a developer and provider of casino management and table game management systems for the global gaming industry announced today that Glenn Goulet has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
Eni to Invest $2B in Junin 5 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:10PMEni SpA and Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA entered into a $2 billion development plan for their joint venture in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, as well as an electricity generation plant.
LinkedIn founder: It’s a force for change Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:07PMLinkedIn is more than an online social network. It is a force that will help change the world by encouraging a new attitude toward life planning, at least according to its founder, Reid Hoffman, who spoke at MIT yesterday.
On the Move Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:07PMComputer Troubleshooters Global LLC awarded its local franchise, Computer Troubleshooters of Las Vegas, the Rising Star Franchise Award at the company's conference in Atlanta.
Got ideas for a movie script? Get 'em written Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:06PMWith little more than a month to go, aspiring screenwriters had better get busy. Through its 24th annual screenwriting competition, the Nevada Film Office hopes to promote creativity and find new film projects that can be made in the Silver State. The submission deadline is Aug. 31.
Warning: Text message scams Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:05PMNext time you get a text message trying to sell you something -- don't ignore it. What you do in that very moment could cost you hundreds of dollars.
A Wider Social Circle Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:05PMCommunity banks and local credit unions don't face the same volume of questions and complaints that national financial institutions do. But, like all businesses, they are turning to social media to connect with customers and monitor their online reputations.
Daylight Energy Provides Operational Update and Declares Q3 2011 Dividends -Liquids Rich Montney Results Exceed ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:03PMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 18, 2011) - Daylight Energy Ltd. ("Daylight" or the "Corporation") (TSX:DAY) is pleased to provide an operational update and declare Q3 2011 dividends.
Satellite Logistics Group Appoints Jeff Sommers VP of Business Development Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:03PMHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beverage industry international supply chain leader Satellite Logistics Gr...
Police, Cowboys basketball game to benefit CACDC Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:37AMFLOWER MOUND -- Members of the Flower Mound Police Association are looking for a little revenge next week against the Dallas Cowboys Alumni.
No exceptions to CPA rules Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:36AMSome companies appear to be having a hard time interpreting and implementing the CPA’s most straightforward provisions – mainly the bits that entitle consumers to recourse if something they buy doesn’t work properly, or if they have second thoughts after succumbing to a direct marketing sales pitch.
Brian J. O'Connor: Bizcations combine family trip with corporate travel, and they're becoming popular Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:23AMFirst we cut vacation costs with the "staycation." And now comes the "bizcation," where the kids accompany a parent on a business trip so corporate travel can double as a family getaway.
Felon profits from SBIA Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:20AMSAN BERNARDINO - A developer who was banned from the aviation industry has received millions of dollars for projects at San Bernardino International Airport, according to a Grand Jury report.
Pre-Auction 'Buy It Now' Period Extended Until July 18th for 83 Properties Going to Online Real Estate Auction at ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:19AMLicensed real estate broker Rowell Auctions Inc. has announced an online auction of 83 unique properties in the Georgia and North Carolina. Bidding ends on July 26th. The auction will include new homes, townhouses, subdivision lots, whole subdivisions, commercial properties, and businesses. Moultrie, GA (PRWEB) July 16, 2011 This highly anticipated auction has many sought-after properties ...
PRINCETON: Thomas Sweet ice cream expanding to China Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:18AMLife in China is about to get a lot sweeter, thanks to a new deal Thomas Sweet has for distribution in the Asian country.
Assessing the latest trends in the social buying category Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:13AMIN-DEPTH: Doug Miller, SVP New Business Initiatives, LivingSocial says the social commerce movement fills a gap in travel discovery and buying. It champions evocative travel stories and pairs these stories with transactional “buy” buttons like never before.
Online buying market growth explosion Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:12AMThe online buying market in Australia leapt by $52 million in just six months this year as the industry stays on track to reach or exceed predictions of a total market value of $400 million by the end of this year.
Ice cream fest cools off family crowd Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:03PMToms River, NJ- 07/16/11-The The New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival takes place in downtown Toms River on Saturday. Kennedy Pfeifer, 9, of Toms River enjoys ice cream at the festival.
Muska's Sponsor -- We DO NOT Condone N-Word Rant Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:44PMElement Skateboards is taking a much more serious approach to Chad Muska 's use of the N-word during his arrest this week -- now saying they are "extremely disappointed with his behavior." As TMZ first reported, Muska was arrested vandalizing two buildings on Wednesday night -- and hurled the N-word at security guards several times during the ordeal. At the time, TMZ spoke with a marketing ...
State of the art academy may come up in city Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:02PMNew Delhi: The country’s first state of the art football academy might be set up in Calcutta, where, 80 boys of different age groups will be imparted training for two to six years.
Town mulls issuing first taxi cab permits for commercial areas Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:40PMA service may be become legal if approved by the Town Council.
Zimbabwe: Parastatal Restructuring Slow, Says Minister Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:29PMTHE restructuring of parastatals and State enterprises is on course, although the process is moving at a slower pace than previously expected.
Town mulls issuing first taxi cab permits Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:25PMTaxi! Being a small, sophisticated town rather than a teeming metropolis, taxi cabs are not a big part of the Palm Beach nightlife.
Zimbabwe: Countries Sign Foot and Mouth MoU Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:15PMZIMBABWE and Botswana on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in controlling the spread of foot and mouth disease along the border areas of the two countries.
Pawn Shops Come Into The 21st Century Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:10PMPawngo is here to help change the way people think about pawn shops and pawning their items.
Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:02PMThe nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthy foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.
Businesses find ways to adapt in slow economy Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:48AMIn a slow economy, small business owners know what to do: adapt. "We have to constantly keep adjusting," says Janice Cutler, president of North Raleigh Florist in North Carolina. She has changed her marketing strategy since the start of the recession in late 2007. That has kept people buying -- even though flowers aren't always a high priority.
Report criticizes Miami hospital's international marketing effort Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:14AMThe Miami-Dade inspector general finds fault with company that used to run Jackson Health System's international marketing program.
Making it: Jeanine Hays Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:14AMJeanine Hays and her husband, Bryan Mason, are plotting the transformation of the deck off their Old City apartment for a photo shoot for Matchbook magazine.
Chinese brands get the goods on Transformers Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:10AMShanghai (China Daily/ANN) - When Marjorie Ma, a Chinese student in the United States, heard "May I finish my Shuhua milk?" in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, she couldn't believe her ears.
Lenovo to boost brand recognition Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:59AMBEIJING - The Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group said it plans to significantly boost its brand recognition in the world's major markets in the coming years, as part of its efforts to develop into a consumer-based technology company.
Nissan Middle East and DuPont Extend Strategic Partnership Agreement Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:45AMThe science company and the leading automaker to continue together serving growing Middle East automotive market Dubai, United Arab Emirates - July 16, 2011 - Nissan Middle East Nissan Middle East and DuPont Performance Coatings [DPC] have announced that they extended the 3 years agreement by an additional three years for the supply of DuPont's leading refinish brands - Standox, Spies Hecker and ...
Govt printer evolves into imaging solutions firm Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:04PMIT is no surprise that some people still refer to Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Bhd (PNMB) as the Government Printer, never mind that government bodies are no longer obliged to turn to the company for their printing needs. After all, PNMB is the corporatised incarnation of the National Printing Department, and about 95% of its business is from the Government.
7-Eleven buys 33 sites in Palm Beach County Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:01PM7-Eleven buys 33 sites in Palm Beach County
Report: Android losing developers to iOS Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:01PMInfoWorld - Marking a shift in the mobile computing space, Google's Android platform has begun losing developers to Apple's iOS, according to data released this week by mobile application analytics provider Flurry, which tracks developer support across various platforms.
Intel investigating possible bug in SSD 320 drives Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:01PMIDG News Service - Intel is investigating a potential bug that may be causing SSD 320 solid-state drives to fail. The company is offering replacement drives to affected customers until the issue is resolved, a customer service representative said.
Commercial Janitorial Continues to Grow by Providing Green Cleaning Services Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:52PMStudies have found air inside a building can be between two and five times as polluted as the air outside. And since many of us spend a large percentage of our time indoors at work, school or even at home, it is important that indoor air quality is kept as high as possible. Therefore green cleaning is not simply a buzzword that makes us feel good; being green is a real choice that literally make ...
Twitter Drives 4x as Much Traffic as You Think. Here’s Why … Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:48PMEditor’s Note: This is a guest post by ( @msuster ) Mark Suster, a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners . Read more about Suster at Bothsidesofthetable Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core Metrics. These were good packages in the pre social media world at helping figure out who was driving your ...
Business Building Back Stronger Than Before Fire Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:40PMThanks to online technology, a local business is able to recover quickly from a devastating fire.
Witan Inv Tst PLC - Transaction in Own Shares Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40AMWitan Inv Tst PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
UPDATE: J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Satisfaction With Price is Lower Among Auto Insurance Customers Who Bundle ... Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40AMIn the news release, J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Satisfaction with Price is Lower among Auto Insurance Customers Who Bundle Policies, issued on June 28, 2011 by J.D. Power and Associates over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that in the chart titled, âCustomer Satisfaction Index Ranking,â Infinity P&C was inadvertently included in the rankings, but has been removed because of ...
Uncertainty clouds Telegent's future Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:39AMTelegent Systems Inc., a vendor of TV receiver chips for cell phones and other mobile devices with engineering resources in China, has closed according to Chinese reports which EE Times has seen in Google translation. The company's website and phone number at the headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, continue to work, but neither Telegent executives nor some of its venture capital investors had ...
Arundel Preserve adding 150 jobs Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:38AMStrolling through a throng of construction workers, painters and contractors this week in The Town Center at Arundel Preserve, Marian Hrab marveled at her surroundings. As director of sales and marketing for The Hotel at Arundel Preserve, one of a handful of structures in the new development, Hrab has watched as the seven-story hotel, five-story apartment building and two multideck parking ...
Hey! Marketers! Leave Those Customers Alone! Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:35AMHow often do you want to "engage" with your toilet paper brand? Or your phone company? What about your bank? If you're like me, if you want to be "engaged" at all you want to initiate that engagement when you have a question or problem, and then you want that engagement to end once the problem has been solved. You don't want coupons for toilet paper in your Facebook stream. You don't want to ...
Nefsis Delivers Video Conferencing Infrastructure From The Cloud Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:35AMNefsis has begun offering, as a cloud-delivered service, the network connectivity and bandwidth management tools necessary to send video over corporate networks. Nefsis says that its cloud offering includes tools to maintain quality of service (QoS) standards for video conference feeds and to help network administrators set traffic priorities that, when necessary, give video traffic right-of-way ...
Behind the increase: Why Netflix is raising prices Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:32AMWhy is Netflix raising its prices? In part, because the company miscalculated how many people still want to receive DVDs by mail each month, a more expensive service to provide compared with its streamed Internet videos.
Richardson Joins AdRevolution Advisory Board Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:29AMAUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greg Richardson Advisory Board AdRevolution
Tempe marketing its 2 golf courses Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:28AMTempe to try family-friendly marketing approach for golf courses
Real Estate Weekly – 7/15/11: Curator sought for state-owned home in Baltimore County Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:27AMCurator sought for state-owned home in Baltimore County The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will hold an open house on July 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the historic Barrans House in Baltimore County. The home was built around 1930 as a prefabricated kit house from Sears Roebuck & Co., and contains original design features [...]