Diamond Integrity Group, a private equity firm based in Chandler, AZ announced today the acquisition of Prominence Productions, LLC, an event production company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Joseph C. Compton, chairman of Diamond Integrity Group, said, "The acquisition expands our reach into a new service market and it fits into our growth strategy model." He added, "Prominence's commitment to integrity and dedication to customer satisfaction, sealed the deal." Prominence Productions has expertise on all levels of event planning and a ...

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania's (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors approved the investment of $740,983 in support of regional economic development. BFTP/NEP's goal is to help lead northeastern Pennsylvania to a better economic future by building partnerships that develop and apply technology for competitive advantage. To achieve this goal, Ben Franklin staff concentrate their efforts on three key areas: developing and growing early-stage technology-oriented companies, helping established manufacturers creatively apply new technology and ...

In conjunction with the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation's program, "Project Access San Diego", Carlsbad Surgery Center hosted a community outreach event to benefit residents of San Diego's North County on Saturday August 27, 2011, at their facility located at 6121 Paso Del Norte in Carlsbad. The event provided pro bono surgical procedures during the first in a series of several such events targeted to fulfill surgical needs for those less fortunate during the current challenging economic conditions. According to CEO Scott Leggett, "The patients ...

Literary Classics announced its 2011 selection of top books for children and young adults today. Award recipients were selected from entries received throughout the world. The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize the following titles in children's and young adult literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics Awards committee. A list of the 2011 award recipients can be viewed at: http://www.clcawards.org. PICTURE BOOK - EARLY READER Silver Award Recipient - The Golden Pathway, written by Donna M. McDine, illustrated ...

Nancy Ficke, General Manager and co-founder of Duquesa Marketing, announced today that her Branding and Product Development firm has been appointed to act as Managing Consultants for BvonM llc, an Alexandria, VA based cosmetic accessory design atelier and the launch of their novel line of pedicure products. "BvonM owner Barbara von Mettenhiem has created a simple, elegant answer to a problem that every woman experiences when getting Pedicures", said Nancy Ficke. "The product she has designed is a real enhancement to the experience that millions of consumers ...

The Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) today announced two major outreach efforts designed to help companies that sell high-value food and agricultural products increase their revenue through exporting, in particular to Chilean markets. Using Miami's 15th Americas Food and Beverage Show and Conference November 14-15 as the setting, SUSTA will host opportunities for companies to meet one-on-one with a delegation of pre-qualified buyers from Chile. Companies selling snack foods, prepared frozen foods, baked goods, candy, sweeteners, cereals, beverages and ...

The awards, held on the 8th September at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, formed part of the nationwide Renewables Roadshow, which toured the country to bring new technologies, products and training to the forefront of the construction industry. Judged by a panel of industry experts representing Green Heat, HHIC, HVCA, BRE and Wolseley UK, the Energy Management Installer of the Year category recognises businesses that supply and install a comprehensive range of renewable energy systems including solar panels and provide sound, environmentally responsible advice and support ...

Emuge Corp., the leader in tapping technology for more than 90 years, today introduced a tap with superb chip-breaking capabilities that is ideally designed for machining applications in the energy and related industries. The new Rekord DZ Series Taps feature technology developed by Emuge (http://www.emuge.com) that eliminates the formation of long continuous chips that commonly occur when tapping carbon steels, alloy steels, and austenitic stainless steels. The taps are designed with a newly developed cutting face geometry and spiral flute form, which combine to affect ...

Tulix Systems, Inc. EVP Dr. Nino Doijashvili unveiled the details surrounding its new Unistream and SatStream streaming platforms for domestic and international radio / television channels. "After much internal planning and marketplace research, we believe that we have created a program that will cost effectively extend the audience reach of broadcast properties around the world" said Dr. Doijashvili. "Our new UniStream platform allows broadcasters to simultaneously stream their content to a variety of media clients and devices without the need for client ...

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (http://www.thehamner.org), a nonprofit research organization focused on translational safety sciences and a pioneer in liver toxicity research, and PBM Capital Group (PBM), a Charlottesville, Va.-based investment group with significant interests in biotech and life sciences, have announced the formation of a new joint venture in contract research services called Triangle Research Labs, LLC (TRL), which will be located on The Hamner's campus at 6 Davis Drive. The new company will work on predictive toxicity testing, which will involve ...

Melissa Essary, dean of the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (http://law.campbell.edu), has announced that Professor E. Gregory Wallace participated in "Conversations on the Constitution" held at N.C. State University on Oct. 10 in celebration of Constitution Day. He spoke as a panelist on the impact 9/11 has had on constitutional issues of war powers, civil liberties, privacy, and security. He addressed the changes and challenges of the past decade on interpretations of the Constitution advanced by the President, Congress, and the Supreme ...

Lee Hortman, vice president of operations at Gray & Creech Water Systems, Inc. (http://www.grayandcreech.com), a distributor of drinking water systems, has released a podcast discussing water filtration systems. In the podcast, Hortman addresses the variety of innovative water systems available to businesses, and how Gray & Creech can assist customers in choosing the system that best fits their office needs. The podcast is available for download at http://bit.ly/nG9OKv. QUOTES: "Our representatives are ready to assist businesses in choosing a system that ...

Dan Fields, AIA, principal and CMO at BJAC, pa (http://www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering services for specialized, complex institutional projects, has announced that the firm has signed with Longistics, a full-service provider of global logistics solutions, as well as Rare Bird Trading Company, to showcase its services at the Suzhou Industrial Park International Commodities Exhibition Center in Suzhou, China. BJAC specializes in healthcare, K-20 education, research, museum projects and municipal projects, and plans to participate in the medical and academic ...

Crystal Suazo, partner at Vaco Raleigh, LLC (http://www.vaco.com/raleigh), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Christiaan Heijmen has joined the firm as a managing director of executive search. In his new role, Heijmen is responsible for assisting CEOs, presidents and directors, in identifying, evaluating and recruiting C-level executives and managers for their respective organizations as well as building Vaco Raleigh's executive recruiting practice. He received bachelor's degrees from the University of Massachusetts and a master's degree ...

Likno Software has released the latest version of its HTML tooltips builder, Likno Web Tooltips Builder v2.0.206. It works as a user-friendly interface (GUI) to the popular jQuery open source library for creating stylish, feature-rich html tooltips for web pages, with minimal effort/coding. All jQuery tooltips are cross-browser (Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera, Mozilla, Konqueror, Safari, etc.). New features: - Support of new jQuery v1.6.2 library. - Bug fixes. Major Features * Rich interface * Create cross-browser jQuery tooltips to display micro-information ...

From October 16 to 19, the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale beach is hosting the seventh T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference, where decision makers from the domaining industry will discuss changes and chances in the present domain market, innovative parking solutions and opportunities to expand domain businesses. Experts from Domain Sales and International Business Relations at InterNetX will also be present to share their views on the present state of the domain industry with the attendees. "Domainers trust the solutions of InterNetX. More than 22,000 partners worldwide ...

Donald LaBelle, an inspiring entrepreneur knows a thing or two about generating business for manufacturers as founder and CEO of the fastest growing manufacturing community on the Web today called the American Machine Shops Network (AMSN). Friday morning, the company celebrated its 1,000th machine shop added to its growing network of manufacturers and specialty job shops offering design & engineering, CNC precision machining, fabrication, prototyping, molding, castings and a wide range other custom manufacturing services at http://www.MFGpartners.net According to LaBelle, ...

In the 25 days leading up to its 25th anniversary, CAD Schroer staff cycled to work and to customers. For every kilometre completed, the company has now donated funds to the Ethiopian schools project of the charity Menschen für Menschen http://en.menschenfuermenschen.com/ "What a fantastic result for this inspiring campaign," says Astrid Merkl of Menschen für Menschen a foundation set up to provide integrated development projects in Ethiopia. "It has exceeded all our expectations, and we are so pleased with the enthusiasm with which CAD Schroer staff ...

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, announces Lee Phillips as a guest speaker at the 8th Annual New England Real Estate and Entrepreneur Conference and Trade Show. This event will take place from October 29th to October 30th at the Four Points Sheraton, located at 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, CT. Tuition for this conference varies according to package selected. As an added bonus, the first 25 VIP registrations will receive a copy of the New York Times Bestseller - "How come that Idiot's Rich and I'm not?" All VIP registrations will ...

EduIQ.com has released Net Monitor for Employees Professional, an application for monitoring and administrating remote computers. It is hard to teach a group of people how to use a PC, or even how to use a specific program on a PC or the internet. Yes, PC or web training isn't easy. For someone who's doing something right, there are probably two others doing it wrong, playing games, checking email, shopping... Net Monitor for Employees lets you see what everyone's doing - without leaving your desk. You can monitor the activity of all the PCs in your classroom ...

The Red Herring team has selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. "This year was very rewarding," said Alex Vieux, publisher and Chairman of Red Herring. "The global economic situation has abated and there are many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products. We had a very ...

Champions Group, the leader in marketing outsourcing & data digitization, today announced that CEO Stanley Rao will deliver a keynote address at the Nehru Centre, Technology for Marketing & Advertising (TFM&A) Event 2011, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Stanley Rao will present his views on the 'strategic sales' and 'marketing outsourcing' discussing sustainable marketing outsourcing programs from India, lead generation campaigns and sales pipeline growth opportunities. He will also outline three aspects: 'Top 5 mistakes ...

Dawna Lee Heising of Eye on Entertainment interviewed Shriekfest founder Denise Gossett and other filmmakers at the opening night on September 29, 2011 at B52 in Hollywood. Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, ran from September 29 through October 2, 2011 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Shriekfest screened almost 40 films and had 40 screenplay finalists & 9 original song finalists. "Absentia" directed by Mike Flanagan took the Grand Jury prize for Best Horror Feature Film, "Pig" directed by Henry ...

Atlanta Soccer News, today announced that Steve Waldrip Homes will be a corporate sponsor for the 2011 season. Atlanta Soccer News is an online publication dedicated to promoting Atlanta soccer. The publication aims to be the complete source of soccer news in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Steve Waldrip Homes is a Marietta based home builder known producing modern, affordable homes in Cobb County and through Metro Atlanta since 1986. They are dedicated to providing customers with a "home buying experience that provides complete satisfaction." All of their ...

In the world of online bingo the continuous hunt for cheap and free bingo games that offer cash prizes is a continuous struggle for huge numbers of players online. At gaming site City Bingo they are more than aware of the demand for free games and have recently announced some improvements to their site which will see players playing more free games than ever before. The site will now host as many as five free bingo rooms that will be open and offering games with varying cash prizes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These rooms will be open to members of the site as soon ...