AXIS Business Advisory Services, LLC ("AXIS"), acting as exclusive financial advisor to Loma Catalina, LLC (dba - Catalina Mart) is pleased to announce the successful Master Lease Agreement with Western Refining Southwest, Inc. and Supply Agreements with Chevron USA, Inc. and Valero Energy Corporation for 17 Catalina Mart gas stations and convenience stores located in Tucson, Arizona. "We're pleased to have been the lead financial advisor for this transaction, which took the collective efforts of all the participants. Chevron USA, Inc., Valero Energy Corporation ...

Coming off the best quarter in the company's history, Green Team Technologies (GTT) is continuing to create local jobs as it takes on demand for its Fuse5 software product. The company recently signed eleven new customers and continues to work with buying groups that represent independently owned auto parts stores throughout the United States. Fuse5 is a point-of-sale software product created for the aftermarket auto parts industry, and according to GTT's founder Gabe Davis, the first new software product in this industry since 2001. "Fuse5 helps independent ...

Many people are looking for ways to ditch their bank. Not just trade in one bank for another, but exist in our modern economy without the costs, frustrations, and headaches of traditional banking. Bank customers are certainly tired of the fees. With requisite minimum balances and higher fees associated with everything from just having an account to withdrawing money from an ATM, banks have become the corporate piranhas of the new decade. A study from the University of California and Dartmouth College showed that the average annual fee cost for low-balance bank accounts ...

MaxiAids Products for Independent Living is again proud to be part of the ACB (American Council of the Blind) Conference and Convention, which for 2011 is being held from July 9 through July 16 at the John Ascuaga Nugget Hotel Resort Casino in Reno, NV. Over the past 25 years, MaxiAids has grown to be the industry-leading supplier of products for the blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and those with mobility and other special needs. The MaxiAids staff is dedicated to developing and distributing items that support active, healthy and independent lifestyles. ...

Shaped like a wafer, WaferSense Auto Vibration Sensors (AVS) can travel along an entire wafer path, collecting, recording and displaying exact vibration exposure. Placed either in standard cassettes, wafer stockers or in wafer boats that typically held 150 wafers in the 200 mm fab, the AVS moved through the entire diffusion tool, monitoring three-axis accelerations and vibrations at stocker locations with fans both on and off. Using Bluetooth technology, the wireless sensor provided wireless real-time data on tool vibration as it moved through the semiconductor process. With ...

WhoSampled.com is announcing today that its music discovery database has crossed the 100,000 songs mark. This accomplishment is the result of a collective effort of nearly 4,500 content contributors and over 100 moderators since the site's launch. Furthermore, the site now lists nearly 40,000 artists, over 52,000 samples, over 30,000 cover songs and nearly 10,000 remixes. The site, which officially launched in December 2009, provides music fans with unique insight into how contemporary music is written and produced, and where their favorite artists draw their influences. ...

Green Apple Publishing Company releases the sixth issue of the informative bi-monthly Thrive Oklahoma health magazine. Green Apple's sixth issue features fun health tips for summer on natural, low cost ways to enjoy family time outdoors during the hot months. Learn new sustainable skills to incorporate into busy lifestyles with family, friends, elderly citizens as well as during pregnancy. Thrive is your source for information from the experts on family health and wellness. In this issue of Thrive Oklahoma magazine you will find feature articles on Whole Foods Market ...

This antique show is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Eagle River. All the proceeds from this show, including all the fees collected at the door, are used by the Rotary Club for their special community projects. This show is the longest running antique show in the Northwood's and the ONLY antique show up North entirely benefiting a service club's community projects. In addition to the Rotary Club's local projects, the Club yearly sponsors 2 scholarships for seniors at Northland Pines HS and sends 2 girls annually to Badger Girls State. They also support the Northwood's Children's ...

The average wait time to see a dermatologist in Southern Ontario is about ten weeks and is much longer in regional areas. These long waiting times are increasing, as the number of qualified, practicing dermatologists in Ontario cannot keep up with medical needs of the ever-growing population. In Eastern Ontario, there is one dermatologist for every 73,000 patients on average* and the gravity of skin conditions is more severe than realized. For example, in 2007 73,600 patients were diagnosed with skin cancer and a stunning 1 in 7 Canadians are likely to develop some form ...

Dan Lok, successful entrepreneur and salon business expert, is pleased to announce his latest endeavor: fundraising for the microloan charity Kiva, which supports mainly women entrepreneurs in developing countries with small business loans. Kiva is a nonprofit organization which helps women establish and run successful businesses in developing countries by providing "micro-loans". On average 80% of their loans go to women. Loans as small as $25 are used to sustain or launch new businesses, allowing women to support themselves and their families, and to contribute ...

Third generation farmer Roger Mercer has been awarded a coveted Fellowship of Royal Agricultural Socieites FRAgS, which was presented to him recently at a reception in the House of Lords by Lord Plumb of Coleshill, Senior Agriculturist in the House of Lords and former NFU president Originally nominated three years ago, Mercer was awarded an Associate of Royal Agricultures Societies in 2007, which has been upgraded to the full fellowship award, in recognition of his agricultural, free rang pork and free range poultry business Packington Free Range and the contribution ...

- In a letter dated July 3, 2011, the Handmade Toy Alliance (HTA) addressed the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) recent staff briefing package on the "notice of requirements" for laboratories to become accepted to test for ASTM F963 as presented to the Commission and public. Primarily geared towards testing laboratories, this notice also signals to stakeholders such as the HTA that once approved and published in the Federal Register, all children's products falling under toy guidelines manufactured 90 days after publish date will need to be tested and ...

Leading New Jersey/New York City creative services firm JK Design has been awarded a 2011 Gold Hermes Creative Award by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) out of over 5,000 entries. In a separate competition, the agency was selected from more than 11,000 competitors to receive a 2011 Bronze Telly Award. JK Design's winning Gold Hermes entry, the "Formula for Success" brochure, was created for GROM Associates, a global business consulting firm providing strategy consulting, SAP integration, and enterprise data management services. ...

Lexington Medical Center is sponsoring a contest from June 20th to July 29th to recruit bloggers for its new Every Woman Blog. Women of all ages are invited to enter. Through the contest, the hospital plans to select eight women from our community to be featured as permanent bloggers. Each month, their posts will appear on the EveryWomanBlog.com website. Each selected blogger will receive a $250 cash prize. "Women thrive on exchanging ideas and connecting with one another," said Lexington Medical Center Public Relations Manager Jennifer Wilson. "Whether ...

North Carolina Project SEED (http://www.ncprojectseed.org), a statewide, year-round science enrichment program housed on the campus of The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (http://www.thehamner.org), has recognized program participants for their research efforts after competing and earning awards in international competitions. The 20 graduating seniors in the 2010-11 NC Project SEED class have collectively been offered $8,346,633 in college scholarships. Program participants Selina Boyd, Melissa Chan, Cheyenne Stewart and Marc Webb all received honors at the 2011 ...

Due to public demand from vendors and market fans alike, STORE Self Storage and Wine Storage is bringing a new summer Green/Open Market to their location in Palm Beach Gardens. The Market will run every Saturday in July, starting on July 9, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where does a local green market get vegetables in the heat of a south Florida summer? Kathie Fallon operates a local organic produce distribution service in Palm Beach called, http://affordableorganics4u.com, year-round for her clients and neighbors. Fresh, organic produce and fruit from northern Florida and ...

Nichiha USA, a leading manufacturer of fiber cement siding and cladding, announces the release of its newest shake product, NichiFrontier. Designed to complement Nichiha's Sierra Premium Shake product at a lower price point, the 7/16 inch boards are nine and a quarter inches in height and eight feet length, provide a sophisticated and distinguished look. "Due to the vast success of Nichiha's Sierra Premium Shake boards, we understood that there was room in the market for a similar product at a different price point," stated Darrin Haugan, senior vice president ...

JES Foundation Repair, a structural engineering, foundation repair, basement waterproofing, and crawl space repair company, has redesigned their flagship site, http://www.JESwork.com, and will publicly launch it on July 15, 2011. The website redesign will improve the customer experience while positioning JES Foundation Repair as the industry leader in Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland and North Carolina. Damion Rutherford, JES Vice President of Internet Marketing, said "the new design of JESwork.com will enhance the customer experience while making it easier ...

Sperry Van Ness | Richter Grusd, a commercial real estate brokerage firm serving New Jersey, announced the listing of three Central Jersey industrial properties for sale collectively exceeding $10 million. Richter Grusd recently closed several warehouse sales in New Jersey in addition to announcing the three listings, indicating an upward trend in industrial user activity. "There is high demand and limited supply of vacant industrial product for users of these buildings," says Ian Grusd CCIM SIOR, Managing Director of the Metropark based organization. "We ...

OpticsPlanet, Inc. (http://www.opticsplanet.com) and RadarGuns.com are happy to announce the What Would You Do With A Bushnell Speedster III? Video Contest. The Grand Prize is a Bushnell Speedster III and SpeedScreen sports radar kit! The second place winner will receive a Bushnell Speedster III radar speed gun, and third through fifth place will each receive a $50 OpticsPlanet.com Gift Card! Those who wish to enter must create a video no longer than 2 minutes that answers these two questions: 1. What would you do with a Speedster III? 2. How would a Speedster III ...

National education statistics demonstrate time-and-time again that grade school students in the United States struggle with their ability to write. In its most recent report released in 2009, the US Department of Education confirmed that about 80 percent of 8th- and 12th-grade students were less than proficient writers, about 20 percent wrote at less than a basic level. These are modest gains from previous test scores in 1998 and 2002, but given the demand for writing skills has increased significantly this is hardly cause for celebration. Now teachers and parents ...

Industrial Construction & Engineering Co. (IC&E) celebrates a 25-year anniversary this month. The company was founded in 1986, and is privately owned by Jeff DeGraaf and Larry DeGraaf. IC&E began as a regional contractor providing insulation services and has since expanded to include industries like renewable energies, power and process, refrigeration, and food and beverage. "The renewable energies market has been a big growth area for us, but loyalty to our core business areas has kept business strong," says Jeff DeGraff, President. IC&E has ...

The New Jersey Minority Educational Development organization will be hosting the workshop - "Addressing the Minorities Community's issues in Public Education" at the Save Our Schools March and National Call for Action Conference on July 29th in Washington, DC. However, many of the nation's prestigious groups will be missing in action; because they refuse to answer the tough questions. Albert Mitchell II, the workshop organizers said, "We've invited most of the nations recognize minority leadership organizations to talk about what they're doing to support ...

Perspective Media Ltd, the parent company of Perspective Magazine and the global leader in providing information to the timeshare and fractional industry, announces an exclusive Reseller Agreement with Resort Television. The agreement allows Perspective Media to be the only global, third-party provider of Resort Television's video and audio information packages direct to resorts and developers within the vacation ownership industry. The cutting edge technology of Resort Television allows a resort to create branded TV channels as a way to engage the guest and provide ...

Business Leader Magazine excitedly announced 1Choice Solutions as the 20th Fastest Growing Small Business in Georgia and 149th Fastest Growing Small Business in the Southeast as one of the winners of the Top 300 Small Businesses of the South. This prestigious award is given each year to honor the top businesses that have accomplished large strides in business growth including community involvement in the business communities they serve. For the fourth consecutive year Business Leader has issued the Top 300 Small Businesses of the South award. The annual Georgia awards ...