It's tax return season and the American people are out hunting for cars. With financial frugality becoming ever more important in today's economy, consumers have become more accustomed to purchasing gently used cars. Nobody knows that better than Neil's Finance Plaza who is celebrating their 19th year of serving the South Kansas City area. Thirty years ago Neil jumped into the used car industry in Kansas City, Kansas. After 11 years on the Kansas side he decided to make a big business transition and move locations to south Kansas City, Missouri. That decision turned ...

Rochester Mills Beer Co. and Production Brewery will introduce a series of bourbon-barrel-aged (BBA) beers based on select year-round and seasonal offerings. These BBA beers will be available at the brew pub in downtown Rochester, a handful of high-exposure events and sold exclusively on draft to bars and restaurants across Rochester Mills' distribution footprint. The first in the series will be a bourbon-barrel-aged (BBA) Snow Dazed Winter Ale. BBA Snow Dazed is a full-bodied winter seasonal beer with plenty of flavor and a good balance of malt and hops. Its dark brown ...

Since 2007 families across Ontario have celebrated the third Monday in February by taking a step back from their busy lives and focused on reconnecting with the people that matter. Family Day, which is February 18th this year, was created to give people a chance to relax and take time off to spend with family and friends. Looking for a fun, family oriented activity to do on Family Day? Why not try something new and experience the joy of painting your own masterpiece on pottery at one of Crock A Doodle's paint-your-own-pottery studios? With eight locations across Ontario, ...

IOMIC USA, manufacturer of innovative, revolutionary and dynamically designed grips, announced today that the winner of the ISPS Handa NZ Open used IOMIC grips. "This has been a great start to the 2013 golf season with two consecutive victories on the Ladies European Tour and one win on the PGA Tour," according to Katz Murai, Overseas Division of IOMIC. "Professionals as well as amateurs benefit from our revolutionary grip technology which gives them great feel and control. The ability to choose different grip colors is also an added benefit. The winner ...

Search by Burke CEO Conducting Workshops for Business Owners and Sales Professionals Charlene Burke to teach Business Owners about Online Marketing and Sales Professionals About Social Media for Business Development GearUp! With More Power is a day of workshops for business owners and sales professionals. These workshops will be focused on teaching the small to medium enterprise how to use traditional and online marketing methods as part of their marketing efforts, and sales professionals will learn online and offline networking techniques that will help them fill ...

Victoria, British Columbia - Dark Cove is an independently shot horror feature from writer, director and actor Rob Willey. Willey is also the frontman for the high-energy rock group Jell and is an award winning music video director. His work on Jell's "Out of Your Head" won music video of the year 2012 at the Vancouver Island Music Awards. And now, Willey has set his sights on completing one of the most brutal horror films this year. Dark Cove promises that some killers are closer than they seem! The first concept trailer shows Willey's dark vision for this ...

eNet Components, leading manufacturer and full-service provider of OEM compatible Transceivers, Memory and Cables, is staking its territory in the battle for fiber optics market share. For decades, giant IT companies have dominated the optics industry with brand recognition, R&D and a very expensive product line. Today, entrepreneurs are competing with the big players by offering identical solutions for a third of the cost. "Cisco buys these (transceiver) modules from vendors like Finisar Corp., then resells them to Cisco customers, charging a massive markup. ...

Kryton International Inc. is at the forefront of specialist Business to Business communications by harnessing the power of content marketing. Kryton has teamed up with GoStickman - Animating Business, to create a simple, but effective explainer video. The video compares Kryton's pioneering Crystalline Integral Waterproofing Technology with conventional external concrete waterproofing methods. Kryton's award winning product lines have been tested extensively, and won numerous awards and certifications. Kryton's products have been used in defining developments across the ...

Rising Sum, the investment specialist, has just published the first performance review of its US Large Cap top 1% value portfolio. Published on risingsum.com the portfolio comprises five companies, from amongst the 500 largest companies in the United States, that best match the Berkshire Hathaway acquisition criteria. On its first official three month review date the Rising Sum portfolio had outperformed its reference index, the S&P 500, by 8.14% to 5.7% - a gap of 2.44%. Brian Kelly, founder and CEO of Rising Sum said, "we are seeing a developing trend. ...

Lauran Bonaparte, Managing Partner of Lauton & Foxton Capital Partners and a Spacecon Pty Ltd have executed an exclusive representation agreement to finance the North East Trade Tower in South Korea. "We're delighted to have the ability to introduce our newest client to private lenders," states Lauran Bonaparte. "This development is an exceptional tower that will mirror the new World Trade Center buildings." Spacecon Pty Ltd is an Australian based real estate development firm that has an exclusive agreement to develop this long awaited tower. ...

STM Bags, a leading Australian bag and case manufacturer, today announced the newest addition to the company's ever-expanding product line, the Velocity collection. The collection will be available April 1, 2013, at STMBags.com, as well as various retailers and distributors. Created to store and protect most 15" laptops while traveling, the impulse laptop backpack features a technology compartment and suspension system to stabilize a heavy load. It also includes a reflective tab for nighttime visibility, as well as a luggage pass-through for wheeled bags. Whether ...

IRS agents enforce the U.S. tax code and examine the records of businesses, corporations and individuals to make sure they are in compliance with IRS rules. They are highly trained employees who analyze complicated tax returns to determine whether a business or an individual has a tax liability. Tax Defense Network Careers: Training of an Ex-IRS Agent An Internal Revenue Officer builds practical skills through the IRS' various training programs. They need to make practical decisions fast, and their judgment needs to be perfect every time. They are required to have ...

The law firm of Ruben Firsel & Ross, LLC ("RFR") is pleased to announce the addition of two experienced commercial real estate attorneys to its firm: partner James Henegan and senior associate Christine S. Bolger. Mr. Henegan comes to RFR with considerable real estate experience in retail and other commercial sectors, both in law firm practice and as in-house counsel. Ms. Bolger also has an extensive commercial real estate resume, having represented clients in a number of multi-million dollar complex transactions. The firm also welcomed attorney Daniel Cunix, ...

Three years after opening the award-winning Branch Water Tavern, Chef/Owner David Grossman has sold one of Houston's top restaurants, along with its menu and recipes, to restaurateur Matt Brice, owner of Bistro des Amis in Rice Village. To ensure a smooth transition, Grossman will remain on board through Spring 2013, when the restaurant, located at 510 Shepherd, officially re-launches as The Federal Grill. Explaining the new venture Brice says, "We fell in love with the food, layout, design, and location. We knew we could make great things happen in this venue." ...

With winter upon us and President's Day right around the corner, many local businesses are going to be offering fantastic deals coming soon. Second only to Labor Day, President's Day is ranked as having some of the deepest discounts available to customers. Most American's take advantage of these discounts, using their extra money from tax returns to make larger purchases like new cars, home improvements and update their furniture. Furniture retailers are capitalizing on President's Day to push new lines of furniture and promote 2013 design ideas. This tactic helps smaller ...

Four of the best NC-based bands are slated to go head-to-head in the Triangle's most energetic and philanthropic music battle.. Band Together NC, a Triangle-based organization that uses live music as a platform for social change, will present its third annual Last Band Standing event on Saturday, March 2, at Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh. All proceeds from the event will go to support Band Together's 2013 nonprofit partner, Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities Four local bands with diverse backgrounds and musical stylings - Big Fat Gap, Mac and Juice ...

D|C|CADD, a leading Autodesk solutions provider offering software and services to the building, infrastructure and manufacturing communities, today announced that it is among the first to earn the new Fabrication Specialization designation for value added resellers from Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. The D|C|CADD team is now authorized to sell, implement and support customers on all of the Autodesk Fabrication software solutions. As an Autodesk Fabrication Specialized Partner, D|C|CADD has shown that they have made ...

National Grid has brought together two of their sponsored organizations to collaborate on a National Green Week initiative for Boston students. Green Education Foundation (GEF), the founder of National Green Week, has teamed up with City Year, a non-profit organization that provides education and mentoring to at-risk youth across the country, to offer sustainability focused lessons and activities to Boston students during City Year's extended day program. National Grid has been a GEF sponsor for four years, during which time the organizations have worked together to ...

In Jerry Pollock's view, human beings are more than mere animals. It is our divine consciousness that sets the human species decidedly apart from all other forms of life known to exist. Though science may at some point clone human beings, the one thing science cannot create is a human soul. "We all are aware," Pollock stated, "that researchers in very recent years have cloned genetically bio-identical animals and it would be to no one's surprise that commercial companies would be right now engaged in trying to clone a human being for notoriety and profit ...

Eastern Oklahoma County Partnership (EOCP) hosts the Winter Capital Forum on Monday, February 25 at 9am at the EOC Technology Center in Choctaw, Oklahoma. Hosted with area partners and local banks, the forum will highlight non-traditional lending and finance programs available to small business owners and executives. Attendance is free with advance RSVP with EOCP's office. "Small business is the lifeblood of job growth in our region," said Tim Hight, executive director of EOCP. "The Winter Capital Forum shows how our state and local lenders are working ...

Hill, Chesson & Woody (HCW) (http://www.hcwbenefits.com), a health and welfare benefits brokerage and consulting firm that designs, manages and implements employee benefit programs, has announced that the firm will host "Benefit Knowledge 8 Series," a classroom-style seminar series for HR professionals held in conjunction with CAI, a North Carolina-based human resource management firm that helps organizations maximize employee engagement while minimizing employer liability, in order to provide a better understanding of employee benefit areas such as COBRA, ...

Coats and Bennett, PLLC (http://www.coatsandbennett.com), an intellectual property law firm, has announced that Edward Green, a partner in the firm, will speak at the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association's (TIPLA) luncheon at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at Campbell Law School, located at 225 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. The event will be an informal "lunch and learn" discussion about the status of divided patent infringement in light of the recent Akamai v. Limelight Networks case. This en banc Federal Circuit decision expanded the scope of liability ...

Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com/), has announced that The Daily Planet Cafe will host two science cafe discussions during the month of February, with focuses on the pursuit of scientific discoveries and understanding the human-canine relationship. Each of these events will be led by experts in their respective fields and will conclude with a Q&A session in which the audience is encouraged to ask specific questions to learn more. The first talk, entitled "Ignorance," will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. ...

Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh (http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/raleigh), the North Carolina division of an award-winning national private home builder, has announced that the company will host a grand opening event on Wednesday, Feb. 13 for its GlenLake South neighborhood, conveniently located in the heart of Raleigh. The exclusive grand opening event, which will be open to Triangle real estate agents and brokers, will take place from 11:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. at the neighborhood's model home, the Chelsea, located at 3836 Cottage Rose Lane. The Chelsea model features ...

Automation Devices, Inc. (ADI) is now offering an intrinsically safe level control device. The device, part number 8759, features NAMUR certified components and is ideal for vibratory feeding applications used in hazardous environments that utilize hoppers and conveyors. Level control devices are used in conjunction with vibratory bowl feeders and parts hoppers to maintain a predetermined level of parts in a vibratory feeder bowl. It can be used to remotely operate hoppers, conveyors, and other electrical devices. According to Wikipedia, "The principle behind ...