Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, one of the top 30 accounting firms in the United States, announced today that David Kells has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. He will be working closely in all aspects of operations with the firm's managing partner and other partners. Kells has more than 20 years of experience in managing operations, human resources and internal finance issues most recently at CBIZ/Mahoney Cohen in New York. As Chief Operating Officer, Kells will report to Managing Partner Joel Cooperman. "David brings an engaging and results-oriented ...

Cole Sileven, Owner of Low-Insurance.org's insurance quote service, was amazed by the results found throughout the week. Sileven states, "Out of the responses received there were many who haven't shopped for years. One person in fact has never shopped for insurance. He was placed on his Parent's policy and has been with the same Agent for over 20 years. " Another contributor mentioned how they never shop because they love the service offered by their current Insurer and price wasn't really a concern for them. Even today service still will outweigh price for many. Most ...

Secure-24, Inc. announced today that 20-year industry veteran Joe Szmadzinski has joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer. Szmadzinski will lead advancement of market and technology positioning, as well as development of key partner service alliances and new products. "We are thrilled to have Joe join our executive team," said Volker Straub, Secure-24's Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer. "He brings deep experience and knowledge along with impressive, repeatable success in change management and business transformation. Joe will play a key role in developing ...

FreightCenter.com officially announces the launch of TMS proprietary technology aimed to offer a more complete solution than other TMS systems currently on the market. Packaged as an on-demand TMS service, clients can leverage the benefits of FreightCenter.com's advanced freight technology to streamline their supply chain. In addition and unique to this TMS platform is an entire front-end website packaged to help customers maintain control of their identity and quickly bring their business online. "Our goal is to provide clients the ability to better manage their transportation ...

If the federal government shuts down due to a budget impasse, companies with government contracts should take steps to protect themselves and their federal projects before and during a shutdown. "If Congress and the president fail to pass a continuing resolution or a budget and the federal government shuts down, everyone working on a government contract faces a lot of uncertainty," said Veronica Eyenga, president and CEO of VBP OutSourcing, Inc. "There are things government contractors should do before and during a shutdown to protect themselves and their projects." Eyenga, ...

The Neighborhood Service Organization's Youth Initiatives Project (YIP), in conjunction with its Provocative Woman Campaign, will host its fourth annual Female Teen Summit and Resource Fair on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Brenda Scott Academy of Theater Arts (18400 Hoover, Detroit). Open to girls 12 to 18 years old, the Summit will address important issues concerning young women including employment, education, healthy relationships, cyber bullying, entrepreneurship and mentoring. State Representative Lisa Howze, of the Second District, will serve as ...

RGL Forensics, an international forensic accounting, consulting and financial investigation firm, announced today they will respond to business insurance trends in the market with two keynote speakers at the annual Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) Claims Conference. Insurance claims professionals understand that claims are often times challenging and complex. Both builder's risk soft cost claims and fidelity claims involving Ponzi schemes are two prime examples of these complexities. Now add into the equation a troubled economy and it makes determining quantum even ...

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. (CB&H) (http://www.cbh.com), one of the largest regional public accounting and consulting firms headquartered in the Southeast, has announced that firm partner and Director of State and Local Tax (SALT) Services Cathie Stanton will serve as a panelist during East Coast Game Conference 2011. Stanton's panel will address new interactive digital media (IDM) tax credit on Wednesday, April 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center, located at 500 S. Salisbury St. The panel will consist of legislative, legal and tax experts ...

KindredSole.com welcomes Spring 2011 with United Nude Mono Jane Wedges. Ticking the key Spring trend boxes; Colour Blocking and Wedges, United Nude Mono Jane Wedges are the must have shoe of the season. The 9cm wedge heel is made practical and comfortable with a platform sole. They are made from an ultra light weight material called Eva which also makes Mono Jane wedges a vegan shoe. United Nude Mono Jane wedges are available in three key colours for the season: Beige, Light Blue and Peach and cost GBP79.99. All UK customers receive free next day delivery on all orders. Director ...

Clasma Events, Inc. and SmartGridCareers.com are pleased to announce a two-day career development workshop on May 25 and May 26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Hosted in conjunction with ConnectivityWeek 2011 — a weeklong conference focused on the application of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for energy management and efficiency, this two-day workshop will help high-tech job seekers capitalize on emerging opportunities within the Smart Grid Industry. In response to growing interest in this evolving industry, this powerful and informative workshop ...

Quite a few things have changed in the SEO field since 2005, the year when SEO PowerSuite by Link-Assistant.Com saw the light of day. But many stay the same, such as high quality and reliability of this very special SEO bundle. Great products make the word go out quickly, so it comes as no surprise that today, 6 years past, SEO PowerSuite celebrates 200,000 happy users from 153 countries across the globe. Given rapid company growth and global acclaim of SEO PowerSuite, many more will follow suit, Link-Assistant.Com predicts. What is SEO SEO, or search engine optimization, ...

Snodgrass-King Pediatric Dental Associates has once again been recognized as the leading pediatric dentists in Williamson County, Tennessee. "We were very honored to receive this accolade from Franklin Is and Southern Exposure Magazine," said Dr. David Snodgrass, co-founder of Snodgrass-King. This is the fourth year in a row that the Franklin based Snodgrass-King has been recognized for excellence in pediatric dentistry in Williamson County. The Sizzle Award conferred upon Snodgrass-King was determined by an online poll. "That's what makes this award all the more special," ...

According to the already established tradition StampNews.com is resuming the philatelic outcome of the year. As usual, the site has prepared a new rating of the most touching stamps according to the results of 2010. This is the list of stamps having the most touching design by the opinion of the portal's editorial board. Last year quite a lot of stamps worthy of entering this list have been issued, in part due to the theme of 2010 EUROPA stamps "Children's books". StampNews had a really difficult choice to make, but still we decided in favor of several stamps from this ...

Pacific West Capital Group CEO Andrew Calhoun appeared on the radio program The Best of Investing on March 12. The program airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. on FOX News Radio 910AM in the San Francisco Bay area. The Best of Investing is hosted by Edward E.N. Brown, Kenneth G. Winans, Mark Hanf and Jeremy Forcier. The program covers financial and investment topics in a discussion format on a weekly basis. In the segment featuring Mr. Calhoun, he talks with the hosts about the life settlement industry, its history, and its rapid growth in recent years. He details the mechanics ...

Israel HiTech Ventures (www.IsraelHTV.com/biomed.html) has officially opened registration for its upcoming week of exclusive meetings with founders of Israel's leading healthcare and medical sectors players. Israel HiTech Ventures is quickly emerging as the preeminent provider of exclusive, limited access tours for investors and other interested parties to Israel's most innovative and forward-thinking hi-tech, bio-tech and cleantech companies. The meetings will take place May 22 - 29, 2011 and will focus on ILSI-BioMed 2001 (www.kenes.com/biomed). Israel HiTech Ventures ...

Is it possible to make an eternal difference in the lives of those we meet every day? Can an ordinary conversation over a cup of coffee with a friend, or a random encounter with a stranger in the supermarket, have an impact on their lives that will last forever? Pastor Lloyd Pulley, author and senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Old Bridge, believes that it can. In his latest book, Everyday Conversations, Eternal Impact: Lessons Drawn From Jesus And The Woman At The Well, he outlines some practical guidelines that will help believers share their faith more effectively. Personal ...

Robin McCrink, General Manager, reports that accreditation comes just a few months after embarking on the assessment process. "Our focus has always been on creating a culture where people know that they are valued because they are absolutely fundamental to our continued success," says McCrink. "We decided to put ourselves through the stringent assessment process towards IIP to enable us to look at the organisation anew and identify opportunities for improvement that were perhaps not immediately obvious" he continues. Having decided to put themselves forward for assessment ...

Telecoms Today, an industry specific blog for telephony, mobile, data and unified business communications has officially launched at http://www.telecoms-today.com. Telecoms Today is an online portal providing industry specific news, views and insights covering all aspects of business communications in the UK. The telecoms blog provides articles, press releases, guides and key trends in industry specific topics, including telephony, data, mobile and unified comms in general. Users can find expert guides on topics such as obtaining lower call costs, selecting non-geographical ...

"Travel2Turkey is modeled on the successful Travel2Greece and Travel2Italy brands," said Mina Agnos, vice president of sales and client services. "Our vision in Turkey is to give our clients the ability to plan a personalized, once-in-a-lifetime experience with the assistance of a Turkey expert who has traveled to each destination, inspected each hotel, taken each tour, and who is able to provide the best recommendations for the individual traveler. Our business is founded on the belief that each traveler is unique and that their travel experiences should be, too. Travel ...

Floor Covering Weekly recently wrote an article touching on how many companies and retailers have come to see internet pricing for tile flooring as a major threat to the industry. These companies claim that online stores selling tile flooring are utilizing brick and mortar stores to showcase brand name products and then undercutting their prices. The scenario they paint is as follows, a customer visits a tile retail location to browse the tile in person and to get a feel of how the flooring would look in their home. Afterward they go online and purchase the same brand tile ...

The first version of dbExpress driver for SQLite released by popular demand. Devart is glad to announce the release of the first version of dbExpress driver for SQLite. In the best Devart traditions new driver offers outstanding performance and stability. By popular demands dbExpress for SQLite implements the common dbExpress interface for processing queries to SQLite databases. To let you use the latest IDE versions Devart keeps the driver compatibility up to date, and it supports Delphi XE, C++Builder XE and earlier. Besides, the driver comes with the amount ...

ElanGroup releases new version of their product - Disc Collection 2.3. Disc Collection is an easy-to-use home multimedia collection manager from ElanGroup. Have large collection of CD/DVD /Blu-ray discs and can't find the one you need - Disc Collection will help you! The program is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7. There are many new features in Disc Collection 2.3. The most important features are possibility of making custom descriptions for all kinds of discs, folders and files and also uninstall feedback opportunity for user. This release also includes a number ...

Born in Dallas and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Kendra developed a love and passion for design at the tender age of nine. Growing up in an extremely poor home located in a low income neighborhood - imagination, creativity, and day-dreaming proved to be useful as well as skillful tools for her. She carried those tools right into her adulthood. She has been practicing design on a professional level for sixteen years. She is a licensed Interior Designer, Certified General Contractor and Television Personality. Kendra has become a "design-sensation" and is the "go-to" designer ...

As thousands around the world celebrated the beginning of the Centennial Celebrations of L. Ron Hubbard's birth this March, the next major event on the Centennial Calendar is the May 9th Anniversary Celebration commemorating 61 years since Mr. Hubbard's ground-breaking release of "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." Released on May 9th, 1950 and written by L. Ron Hubbard during the rise of the Cold War, Dianetics provides an explanation into some of the causes of war and how man's savage and irrational instincts can be resolved. Mr. Hubbard made the sweeping ...

As part of his ongoing commitment to patient education, Dr. Stewart Wang, founder of Wang Plastic Surgery (www.wangplasticsurgery.com), is offering a free DVD for people who are thinking about cosmetic surgery procedures such as breast augmentation, face lift and liposuction in Pasadena and the Inland Empire. The free DVD is available exclusively on his website and includes sections on selecting a plastic surgeon, understanding surgical techniques, and deciding which procedures are right for you. "Anyone considering a cosmetic surgery procedure, from liposuction and ...