Bill Zadeits has been named president of Cherokee Automotive Group (CAG) and Ron Smith has assumed the position of chairman/CEO of the company, it was announced today. The new responsibilities take effect Nov. 1, 2010, said Smith. CAG produces such industry-leading publications as Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News; conferences such as the National Remarketing Conference, CPO Forum and Auto Remarketing Canada; and numerous industry e-mail newsletters including AutoRemarketing Today. Zadeits also will continue in his role as managing director of the Pre-Owned ...

In the current year, a recovery has begun, prompted by the numerous projects supported or directly funded by the government. In the next few months, growth in the construction industry will be driven by the civil engineering and residential construction subdivisions of the market, whereas the non-residential subgroup remains relatively subdued. The Russian construction industry has survived its most difficult year for more than a decade. The 0.8% reduction recorded by the industry for the first three quarters of 2010 looks remarkably healthy in comparison with the 18.4% ...

Kurt will managing the Eastbrook Homes master planned community of Lowing Woods serving the Hudsonville and Jenison school districts. Kurt brings over 16 years of residential and commercial experience to Eastbrook Homes. "Kurt is a great fit for Eastbrook Homes and to the Lowing Woods community. He lives in the area and has years experience of selling in the market. We are excited to have him on the team." said Bob Sorensen of Eastbrook Homes. Eastbrook Homes offers West Michigan homebuyers exceptional neighborhoods, incomparable value, inspiring choices and extraordinary ...

Risk Management Associates, Inc. (RMA), a Raleigh security firm specializing in consulting, design, training, and investigation, has been awarded a contract to provide an Antiterrorism Resource Assistant dedicated to the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NAVFAC ESC) in Port Hueneme, California. NAVFAC ESC is the headquarters of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), a branch of the US Navy in charge of managing planning, design, construction, contingency engineering, real estate, environmental, and public works support for U.S. Navy shore facilities ...

The Yucaipa Valley Chamber of Commerce announced today the launch of their Community on nuAlerts, giving Chamber Members unprecedented free marketing exposure. Members now have a free nuAlerts account to "get the word out" about their upcoming events, promotions, and discounts quickly and cost effectively by posting alerts. The community includes: Yucaipa Valley Chamber Community Calendar, Yucaipa Valley Chamber Member Alerts page, Yucaipa Valley Chamber News Ticker and The Yucaipa Valley Chamber Social Media Directory which includes subscription opportunities to alerts ...

Newport Business Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of their new website. This site offers visitors ease of use and comprehensive information on Newport's considerable array of products and services. The new NBS site offers a multi-level navigation system that allows users to quickly access content that is of interest to them, as well as up-to-the-minute news in document management, promotional and brand marketing, and office supplies. http://www.newportbusinesssolutions-ny.com/ Newport Business Solutions also announced the launching of a sister-website ...

MaidsandCleaners.com is a website service that allows, for a minimal fee, local cleaning businesses to sign up with their highly successful directory listing. As a client of MaidsandCleaners.com, businesses are given online exposure and local leads to customers who are looking for maids, cleaners, and housekeepers. It is a proven, affordable way to create online awareness for your business and connect instantly with customers. Customers who search online for cleaning providers with MaidsandServices.com are asked to submit their location and cleaning needs. They are ...

For the process optimization in the industry it is increasingly important to steer the in and outflows of materials or liquids dependent on demand. Especially for these purposes, the company AKO has focused its production of squeeze valves, pressure relief valves, knife gate valves and pipe manometers, as well as the manufacture of suitable sleeves. In the industrial fields of chemistry, mining, power station and sewage technology, it concerns mainly abrasive mud, which can be optimally regulated by both-sided closing slide valves. Slide valves belong to the class of the ...

LA Pop Heartthrob Follows Smash Single "Coming in Quick" LA native and smooth rocker Aitan has mastered his new single "Rock Baby Red" with mastering engineer Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. Mix engineer Aussie Philosophy joined in the session for the much anticipated follow-up to Aitan's searing dance hit "Coming In Quick." Born and raised in Los Angeles, Aitan shows a keen sense of style and cosmopolitan attitude, as seen in his Kevin Safyari-directed video for "Coming in Quick." A multi-instrumentalist and sharp singer/songwriter, ...

Fox Electronics, a leading global supplier of frequency control solutions, now offers a new line of Application Specific XpressO oscillators uniquely optimized for Fibre Channel configurations. As with all models in the new 3.3 V XpressO line, the Fibre Channel oscillators are off-the-shelf, pre-configured to precise application-specific requirements in an industry standard 7 mm x 5 mm package. To ensure the best performance possible, the Application Specific XpressO line is the first to combine Fox's patented breakthrough XpressO technology with the specific characteristics ...

Fort Myers Title Company, Winged Foot Title announces the hiring of Rich Galipeau as their new Sales & Marketing Director. His role will include oversight of all marketing and promotions for the company. In addition, Galipeau will also be performing short sale seminars to educate area Realtors and the public regarding the process of going through a short sale. Galipeau is originally from Connecticut, where he obtained his real estate license and a degree in Marketing and Finance from Central Connecticut State University. Prior to his position with Winged Foot Title, ...

In the wake of Thai Airways' newly launched carbon offset scheme, leading travel essentials provider, EssentialTravel.co.uk is demystifying the subject for its customers. Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) became the latest airline to launch a carbon offset programme when it joined the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) scheme recently as its first Asia-Pacific partner. Essential Travel, prompted by confusion among its customers about carbon offsetting, has created an online Q&A to help them understand how the offset levy is calculated ...

The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), now in its 20th year, has announced the winners of its 2010 Children's Products Competition. After evaluating hundreds of outstanding submissions, NAPPA's expert judges and family testers selected 83 products to receive the esteemed NAPPA Gold Award and 122 products for NAPPA Honors. "This year's entries reflect the infusion of new technologies that make playing, learning, reading and listening more accessible and appealing to children of all interests and abilities," says Barbara Smith Decker, NAPPA manager. "These ...

Time is running out to purchase tickets for Black, White & Bling Gala 2010. The second annual gala, hosted by the Garner Mid-Day Rotary Club Foundation, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., at the Grand Marquise Ballroom in Garner, as the community comes together to raise funds for local youth. Dance the night away to music by DJ Mike Morse of G105FM's Bob & The Showgram, and find out if yours is the lucky ticket that wins $2,500 cash or a 1.08-carat round brilliant diamond, donated by Swift's Fine Jewelry of Knightdale. A Frigidaire front-load washer ...

FileMaker today announced a new Buy One FileMaker, Give One Free special holiday offer that allows those purchasing a downloadable version of FileMaker Pro 11 from the online FileMaker Web Store to receive a second downloadable copy for free - a US$299 value. Participants can use the second free copy within their organizations or give it away to a friend, colleague, client or charity. The limited-time offer is available until December 22, 2010. "FileMaker lets people manage their information the easy way," said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president of marketing and services ...

Enterprise Specialty Products, Inc. (ESP) has chosen the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and ERP Software System to manage its business processes as the company prepares for significant growth. ESP will utilize the DEACOM ERP software solution for its formulation, Quality Control (QC), inventory/lot control, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), environmental reporting, production, accounting, and financials. A South Carolina-based manufacturer and supplier of antifoams for a number of industries, including wastewater treatment, coatings, and textiles, ESP was using QuickBooks ...

Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of CAI, Inc. (http://www.capital.org), a human resource management firm that helps organizations maximize employee engagement while minimizing employer liability, has announced that the firm will host the 2010 Employment and Labor Law Update on Wednesday, Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, located at 3121 High Point Road in Greensboro. Led by attorneys from Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, the training is designed for executives, corporate counsel, HR professionals, managers, supervisors and anyone else ...

South Florida based Capstone Industries, Inc. announced today their Eco-i-Lite is featured this holiday season in a warehouse club gift guide, sent to all members by mail as well as online and in all warehouse locations. The Eco-i-Lite line of products has become Capstone's number one selling product line with sales eclipsing $10,000,000 over the past two and a half years. The line consists of the Mini, Midi and the original size Eco-i-lite. Capstone has received numerous letters from consumers telling stories of how the lights have made their life easier. In fact, ...

Cookie's Kids, a leading online retailer of kids school uniforms ( http://www.cookieskids.com ) and branded urban fashion clothing, invites parents, kids and anyone who is interested in quality kids clothing and current family and children's topics to visit its Cookieskids.com Blog. This blog was created with the Tumblr blogging platform and offers a trendy look that complements its focus on kids' fashion, tips for parents, and fun contests. They offer giveaways, links for submitting questions and testimonials and links to Cookie's Kids Twitter feed and Facebook page. The ...

In response to the high rates of revictimization among abused women, Polaris Health Directions has added predictive analytics to its outcomes system for domestic violence to help treatment providers gauge the probability of repeat abuse. To develop this feature, 181 women were assessed for revictimization with the Polaris-DV (domestic violence) system, which has been used in a number of medical settings, domestic violence agencies and Family Justice Centers. From the data collected, nine symptom and strength factors were identified as significant in determining whether ...

Shopping tours, with prices as low as 13.95USD, are now available on City-Discovery.com. The travel site announced that in preparation for the Christmas shopping rush, it has beefed up its selection of shopping tours to some of the best bazaars and designer retail outlets in the world. Most tours are priced under 100USD and have been added in 10 cities: New York City, Paris, Florence, Milan, London, Dubai, Cairo, Istanbul, Chicago, and Marrakech. Tours are offered at special rates and can be combined with city sightseeing passes or city tours. According to Wlad Guez, ...

There are many ways to secure financing, and methods vary from country to country. But the universal challenge that any SME faces - at almost any stage of growth - is to find the method (or combination of methods) that fits its own unique set of business goals and circumstances. Inevitably, factors like company size and maturity, industry niche, credit history, potential for growth, and external market conditions will all play a part. Also important is the cost of borrowing those funds because rates can vary widely from one lending source to another. Here we take a ...

Eyewide Hotel Internet Marketing Services - a company providing web development, web hosting, web services, social media marketing services and Search Engine Optimization of web pages - launched the brand new internet site of Atlantis Beach Villa in Santorini, Greece. Atlantis Beach Villa is composed by 33 Rooms and Studios, designed in the traditional way of the island with stored beds and a lot of marble. All the rooms are equipped with bathroom with shower, air-condition, satellite TV, self dialing telephone, refrigerator, hairdryer, balcony or terrace and kitchenette ...

The parental advice book "Competition-free Birthday: Teamwork Games for Kids - Non-competitive Children´s Party Games" by Dr. Scheffler-Hadenfeldt has proven its worth with parents, youth group leaders, educators and at sports clubs. The second, revised edition is now available in English and provides lots of ideas for merry, harmonious children's birthdays. Trade magazine for youth workers "youth and me" had plenty of praise for "Competition-free Birthday: Teamwork Games for Kids - Non-competitive Children´s Party Games" (11th edition, 15 January 2008): "Even in design ...

Since 2007, Sea For Life has been developing and building an innovative device named WEGA (Wave Energy Gravitational Absorber): a technology capable of harnessing energy from waves by making the most of the laws of gravity. The WEGA device is an articulated suspended body, semi-submerged, attached to a mount structure, which oscillates in an elliptical orbit with the passage of the waves. The movement of the body drives a hydraulic cylinder which pushes high pressure fluid through an accumulator and a hydraulic motor, driving the generator that produces energy. The ...