Franklin Templeton Investments awarded The BizWorld Foundation a grant to support innovative elementary school teachers by hosting a training using BizWorld's entrepreneurship curriculum. Franklin Templeton's Chief Operating Officer, Jennifer Johnson, stated, "Our growing partnership with BizWorld has the long-term potential to impact thousands of students by providing these trainings. This is also an outstanding opportunity to connect our employees with local teachers in the community, while improving entrepreneurial and financial education in the classroom." Impact ...

Levenger, a leading provider of Tools for Serious Readers is proud to announce a new promotion featuring irresistible weekly deals. With this exclusive offering, every week a different product will be marked down considerably from iPhone covers to briefcases to notepads. "At Levenger, we like to reward our loyal customers with very special discounts," said Daniel Marshall, Direct of Marketing. "That is why we're offering a new incentive a weekly deal that spotlights our most coveted office essentials for a whole lot less. Each week we will offer a new ...

Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is pleased to announce the New York Tableware Showcase will be taking place on Tuesday November 13, 2012 (complete event details below). This appointment-only event will give U.S. buyers, distributors, brand manufacturers, and overseas sourcing professionals the exclusive opportunity to meet with top Korean dinnerware manufacturers to view their products and discuss possible partnership opportunities. This event is free to attend, but space is limited so all interested in attending must register early to take advantage of ...

When Steve Casciani, CEO of Border Energy, asked Feng Shui master, Diana Garber of Intuitive Concepts, to collaborate on an office building, she said yes. Garber proceeded to work with Mr. Casciani (developer and owner), architects Ford & Associates, engineers (Bauer, Davidson & Merchant; Shirk & O'Donovan; and McMullen Engineering), and King Business Interiors. Feng Shui influenced the shape of the building, position of the building on the lot, flow of external and internal traffic, cupola plan, archways, stair and lavatory locations, office positions, ...

Family entertainment may be hard to come by, but West Forsyth High School's highly acclaimed Studio West Productions is making it easy with their production of Into the Woods, a Tony Award Winning Production with a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The show will run Thursday, November 8th through Saturday, November 10th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 11th at 3 p.m. at West Forsyth High School Auditorium. Advance tickets are available over the phone or online for a reduced price of $11 for adults and $7 for students 18 years and younger. To purchase, ...

News Facts Fishbowl Solutions, an Oracle WebCenter Content and Portal Specialized Gold Partner and a Google Enterprise Partner, has announced the release of their Google Search Appliance (GSA) Connector Version 2.5 for Oracle WebCenter Content. This release adds support for Google Search Appliance 7.0 released by Google on October 16th, and provides more search features to Oracle WebCenter users. Highlights of this release include support for additional GSA features including: - Dynamic Navigation - Attribute-based navigation allows users to filter results by ...

Moonlight Media announced today that it has been chosen to represent CounterpartyLink across Europe, US and Asia. Moonlight Media specialises in public relations and marketing for financial institutions and the technology companies which provide trading and risk management applications to these institutions. Its clients range from Silicon Valley start-ups to some of the largest global fintech corporations. Through its LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) research and intelligence, CounterpartyLink provides critical information in the areas of global trade and the fight against ...

In honor of National Cat Day on October 29, 2012, Boot Camp Digital, a leading provider of social media marketing, created an infographic to honor the impact that our feline friends have made on social media which can be found at http://bootcampdigital.com/cats-in-social-media-an-infographic-by-boot-camp-digital/. Across social networks, cats have had a dramatic impact and have been a key driving force in the rise of social media. Even before the internet and as early as 1870, funny pictures of cats with descriptions have been a source of entertainment. On YouTube, ...

A new art exhibition featuring the works of Painted Axe will be opening Nov. 1 at the Indiana Artists space in Chase Tower, downtown Indianapolis. The exhibition includes custom-painted guitars - electric, acoustic and bass - from Michael Gauf, owner/artisan of Painted Axe. All the guitars in the exhibit are rescued, restored and reconditioned. All are for sale and in working order, come with a gig bag and are ready to play. Painted Axe, an Indianapolis-based company, custom paints guitars and gear for special events and festivals to musicians and autograph collectors. ...

Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina attended the annual Neighbor Day held by the Charleston office of South Carolina Legal Services on Saturday September 22nd 2012. Neighbor Day is an event held every year by legal services to reach out to the local community and raise awareness of the law services that the office can offer. The program was held at the campus of the Legal Services office in North Charleston. The immediate community surrounding the office as well as the entire geographical region that the office serves was invited to the ...

In a unique partnership formed between government and business, the Medina, Ohio, Municipal Court and Keeping Us Safe, LLC, have developed a program that will not only help keep older drivers safe, but will also save them money. This program is a joint effort with the Medina County HANDS Foundation supported by funding through the Medina County Drug Abuse Commission. The Court is offering the Keeping Us Safe program to drivers over the age of 60 who are cited into the Medina Municipal Court for a minor misdemeanor traffic offense that involved a crash. These include ...

OLENA Fashion TV Premium went live on Roku today. The new Roku fashion TV channel offers the latest American and international runway videos, fashion TV episodes and creative fashion films on demand and live 24x7. Our viewers always have a choice: to enjoy non-stop live streaming programs or to watch only the videos they like. For convenience all OLENA Fashion TV videos are categorized and grouped by topics, such as "Heat on The Runway", "Designer Gems", "Top Models", "Backstage Drama", "Haute Couture Shopping", and more. ...

Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com/), has announced that on Thursday, Nov. 1 The Daily Planet Cafe, the company's newest restaurant in downtown Raleigh, will host a science trivia night. Trivia, which will begin at 7 p.m., will include a mix of science-based fact questions as well as current news, pop culture and scientific discoveries. Located in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, The Daily Planet Cafe works to incorporate science into majority of its events. Trivia night will be a reoccurring event for The Daily Planet ...

Innvision, a leading provider of interior design and purchasing services for the hospitality industry, today announced the addition of Innvision Design; Atlanta, a design and procurement center that will focus exclusively on the firm's offerings to the upscale and luxury hotel market. Officially open as of this month, the new facility is located in Piedmont Center (often called the "Business Center of Buckhead"), conveniently situated near many of Atlanta's premier design resources. This expansion comes as a result of the growing success of Innvision Design, ...

CARIS announces the release of CARIS Easy View 4.0, a freeware data viewer for 2-D and 3-D data. CARIS Easy View 4.0 replaces the popular CARIS Easy View 2.0 which has been downloaded by thousands of professionals and students. CARIS Easy View allows users to view spatial data from a wide range of file formats without the need for specialized software. For the first time CARIS Easy View is available for download in both 32 and 64-bit versions. In this latest version, support for a number of new raster and vector file formats has been added or enhanced, including support ...

Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (http://www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with chronic illnesses who need clotting factor, IVIg and other medication, has announced that the pharmacy awarded 50 scholarships in 17 states as part of its 2012/2013 scholarship program. Since starting its "Education is Power" scholarship program in 2006, MedPro Rx has distributed more than $340,000 to students nationwide who have either hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease (vWD). The annual scholarships are open to U.S. residents who ...

Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced that she was the featured speaker at a meeting for Women in Business of Southeastern North Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, N.C. She provided attendees with insight on the topic of "Getting Our Voices Heard: Making A Difference in the World," and talked about how women in business can increase their involvement with public policy and the 2012 elections, no matter their political affiliations. Smiley ...

Synechron Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions for the insurance and financial services industries has been recognized with an award for its Mobile Platform for the insurance industry. ACORD is the global standards organization for the insurance industry. The ACORD Award is presented at the annual ACORD Implementation Forum in Fort Lauderdale. The ACORD award is of great importance to Synechron, as its industry-leading mobile insurance framework for the auto insurance industry was received for an entirely new award category in the list of solutions and platforms. ...

Don Walston, founder and executive chairman of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (http://www.hpw.com), a full-service real estate firm, has announced the expansion of its SAFAssist program through a partnership with Coldwell Banker Triad, REALTORS headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., with other offices in nearby Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville and Burlington. SAFAssist provides short sale and foreclosure legal representation to clients through lender negotiations, with no out-of-pocket expenses to property owners, as costs are paid only through sale proceeds. ...

Novosoft LLC, the reputed provider of data backup solutions, reported receiving the title "Best Small Business App" by PCMag, the popular IT magazine. Getting the title became a milestone in the recognition of Handy Backup products by the expert community, appearing at the time the backup software is claimed to get to the next level of product evolution. "In the today's economy opinions of experts have became crucial. What you say about yourself, takes a back seat, but what professionals say about you is coming to the fore. That is why it is so great when ...

Blackjack just got bigger. Mega jackpot game suppliers, Topjack are adding their unique formula of Lloyd's of London insured EUR2M jackpots on their latest game Blackjack Millions. Topjack Games founder Nick Lynes stated "Blackjack Millions is the first blackjack game to offer a jackpot prize in the millions. The jackpot will start at EUR2M but will rise throughout 2013 to EUR10M." "The side bet on this game increases hold from 0.5% to 1.5%, making Blackjack Millions a very attractive proposition to the operators we are talking to. We have just come ...

Today the Chief Executive Officer of Michigan-based PryMarke, LLC signed a book contract with IGI Global of Pennsylvania to develop a book for scholar-practitioners in the marketing and product innovation fields. Bryan Christiansen said this is PryMarke's fourth contract with IGI Global to develop reference books on global business- and technology-related issues. Christiansen is a former business professor at universities in Turkey and the USA. "The effects of contemporary globalism have greatly altered business and product life cycles, primarily due to advancements ...

Businessfriend, a new professional networking site has gone live with their beta site. The site is a digital eco-system that operates under their signature BUSI platform (Business Utility with a Social Identity) that aids individuals and organizations in reaching personal and professional success. The sites key features emphasize on communication, networking, organization, and productivity. VP of Product Development, Freddie Pierce was hands on in developing the site and has been vocal about the need to encourage productivity, "When we designed the site, we tried ...

With its commitment to make mapping easy, Topo.ly provides territory sets on their website. The website aims to promote easy map building without hiring GIS experts. Now, users can log in to their accounts and make a map using different territories suited to their businesses such as US Counties and Zip Codes and then color each territory as a heat map to coincide with their data. Heat mapping is an essential tool to enhance location data visualization. Analysis can be easier if it is color-coded. Customers are able to designate colors for each territory like those with ...

Ventana Research has released its latest Benchmark Research, Next Generation Business Intelligence. Ventana Research commenced this research to gain insight into organization's plans to use next generation business intelligence, future plans for doing so and to uncover best practices in managing these new important sources of analytics and metrics. These new technologies will expand the range of BI capabilities and alter the methods in which they're obtained, analyzed and used. The new research found that most companies recognize this, showing strong interest in adopting ...