Last year alone, according to John W. Houghtaling of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams, the five major American health insurance companies earned around $12 billion in profits. John W. Houghtaling is managing partner of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams with offices in Louisiana and Texas. The Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams managing partner was referencing a report from Congressman Pete Stark (D- California) that said these insurers earned more money than the top energy firms. "According to the report which was referenced in The Hill congressional newspaper," stated ...

According to Charles Blumenkehl, managing partner for Blue Asset Management, real estate investor of performing and non performing mortgages and distressed real estate, the number of properties reaching the end of the foreclosure cycle are increasing and will dramatically add to the supply of homes availble to today's home consumer. The result will manifest itself, according to Blumenkehl, in increased pressure on home pricing, particularly on REO's as banks will find themselves needing to either engage value enhancement strategies which will enable them to open their inventory ...

Users of Blackberry and Samsung Bada smartphones will have a dedicated application, providing access to more than 3,000 hotels around the world that operate under the Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, SuiteNovotel, Mercure, Adagio, ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, and Formule 1 brands. Intuitive and accurate, these Accorhotels.com applications will include functions that enable users to conduct searches according to predefined criteria like, geolocalization and current date and also refine their search depending, for example, on preferred brands or number of children and further ...

Real Estate Event with Featured Guest Speakers Robert Shemin, Lex Levinrad and David Dweck to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday March 12th 2011. This event will teach investors about creating wealth with real estate and how to invest in foreclosures, bank owned properties and short sales. "We are holding this event because this is the best time to get started as a real estate investor" said event organizer Levinrad. Robert Shemin is one of the country's most successful full time real estate investors and leading real estate experts and has been featured ...

Boiler Room Equipment, Inc, is very pleased to eventually introduce the SIDEKICK type of condensing boiler economizers for industrial and conventional warm water boilers. Fisher Capital on Boiler Room Equipment, Inc, - The Sidekick continues to be in advancement for almost a couple of years and shows an transformative growth of high-proficiency installations in the boiler market. The SIDEKICK is a warning game changer the likes of which have not been knowledgeable since the launch of the very first condensing boilers. The SIDEKICK provides the capability to combine condensing ...

Other than seeing their creations in physical and electronic forms, royalties are fruits of the author's labor. Xlibris Publishing, one of the leading indie book publishers today, is offering authors the chance to take control of their book's future. Xlibris Publishing is providing authors a cutting-edge approach to self publishing with their latest book publishing add-on service; the 100% Royalty Program. The said book publishing add-on service allows authors to not only set a competitive retail price for their book; it allows them to reap all the benefits as well. ...

The New School of Monmouth County (www.the-new-school.com) is hosting its informational Open House for parents of children aged 5-13 on Saturday, March 5th from 10 am to 2pm. Parents and children are welcome to tour the school, speak with Dr. Susan Chilvers, Director, as well as the school's teachers. Parents and currently enrolled children will also be in attendance to answer questions. It seems that every day brings new tales about our school systems: Budget woes, children failing or dropping out, the teachers' unions fighting with local administrators. What is being ...

The Xerxes' Atlas team in Auckland have today announced they're ready for contributors to the world's first Wikimusical. Like the jet boat, the bungee jump, and even the humble pineapple lump; this is a true New Zealand invention. 'Xerxes' Atlas', the world's first wikimusical, aims to re-connect the theatre with young people through the power of the internet as a tool for collaboration. The term 'wiki' - like 'open source' - usually refers to a website or free software designed for multiple people to collaborate by adding and editing content. For Xerxes' Atlas this ...

Colorado based photographer Sandy Puc' and acclaimed wedding photographer Jerry Ghionis will be in Orlando on March 6, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to share their expertise in marketing and wedding photography with the Power of Passion Tour. The tour kicked off in Denver on February 12 and will be stopping in 32 cities across the United States. The seminar exhibits the newest tips and expertise of wedding photography and how to market your business. Puc' and Ghionis will share their passion and expertise for their craft with seminar attendees. A trade show featuring the ...

Lundi Laux, founder and president of Lundi Laux Brands, will launch the Imbodyment Health & Beauty Expo (IHBE), a national ten city tour targeting African-American and Latina women, March 12, 2011 at the Southwest Center Mall (formerly Red Bird Mall) in Dallas, TX. Prepare to be dazzled as IHBE delivers an electrifying display of eye-popping hairstyles, hot make-up trends, breath-taking fashion designs, ingenious photography, informative Health Speakers, talented performing artists and the highly anticipated launch of The Mane Society Magazine. Hip-hop pioneers, ...

While cartoons and comic books have long been popular around the world, Sketch Maven is introducing the very American hobby of collecting original comic art to cartoon and comic fans globally. For the first time, people from outside the United States now can buy and sell published original comic art (the hand drawn black and white drawings used to create a comic book), original cartoon art, color guides and sketches on SketchMaven.com. "We've had a lot of interest from people in countries like Australia, China, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom," says Mike Todasco, ...

Ilona Kudina, who hails from the tiny Republic of Latvia and who has been living in Boston since 2001, is a fine flutist Informed by rigorous childhood classical training in Europe but equally comfortable in jazz genres. Her impeccable classical performances have been recorded on several CDs and she has been heard in many classical and jazz concerts throughout the Greater Boston area. A flutist, composer, arranger, band leader and producer, her performing career began at age six. She has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Now, Kudina ...

The USC School of Cinematic Arts and SUBWAY Restaurants today announced an historic corporate-academic-creative partnership connecting students at the nation's top film school with one of the leading global brands in the quick service restaurant category to create original branded entertainment content through the SUBWAY FRESH ARTISTS FILMMAKERS program. The program was developed and executed by Content & Co., the Los Angeles-based brand studio that creates innovative, cross-platform engagement opportunities for SUBWAY. My Damn Channel will host and syndicate the two ...

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and efficiency of inpatient healthcare delivery, today announced Joe Hymes has been promoted to Senior Regional Vice President of Operations and Sarah Pfeil has been added as Regional Vice President of Operations. The executives will work together to advance Sound Physicians' hospital partner expansion initiatives in the Midwest region. "Our enhanced regional management team will help us expand delivery with partner hospitals and enhance the services our partners ...

Colorado-based photographer and marketer Sandy Puc' and renowned wedding photographer Jerry Ghionis will be in Atlanta on March 8 to share their skills in photography and marketing with the 2011 Power of Passion Tour. The tour kicked off in Denver on February 12 to a great success and continues across 32 cities. Puc' and Ghionis' seminar leave the audience with a sense of excitement and inspiration for the art and business of photography. The photographers share their wealth of knowledge and expertise during the five-hour show with unmatched enthusiasm and passion. The ...

35 artists from Plein Air Painters of Hawaii who have successfully juried their paintings into the Annual Members Show will be vying for awards. PAPOH Members include Signature members and Artist Members from Hawaii and the mainland. All work was painted on location (en plein air) mostly in Hawaii. The 4th Annual Plein Air Painters of Hawaii Juried Members Show is being hosted by Maui Hands Gallery in Paia. The public will get a chance to meet many of the artists and acquire paintings if they wish at the reception this Friday from 5 - 8 p.m. The work was juried for ...

She will divide her time between both of South Shore Skin Center's offices in Plymouth and Cohasset. Ms. LaFavre's primary role at South Shore Skin Center and Spa is to care for patients before, during and after surgery. Along with assisting the physicians during surgery, Ms. LaFavre's duties include patient education and pre- and post operative care, including wound care. Previously, Ms. LaFavre was a Registered Nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, providing bedside patient care for the medical, surgical, psychological and research departments. She ...

Public officials in Texas and throughout the country now have a new option for saving taxpayer dollars and increasing citizen engagement thanks to selection of CivicPlus, the national leader in open government technology, as the newest partner in the Texas Department of Information Resources' (DIR) cooperative purchasing program, the company announced today. The DIR's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Cooperative Contracts Program leverages the state's purchasing power to negotiate competitive discounts with vendors, saving taxpayer money and streamlining ...

Audiences and critics nationwide are running and telling about acclaimed comedian and entertainer, Eddie Griffin's uncensored and no holds barred comedy special, "Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell ' I Said It". The standup special, which made its television debut on February 22nd via the Comedy Central network, follows the world of current events, politics and entertainment through the eyes of Eddie Griffin. The special returns by popular demand Friday, March 4 at 1:00 am ET/PT. Comedian turned actor, Eddie Griffin's comedic journey began in 1990 where Griffin became a regular ...

The Red Carpet Events, an event management and production company, has years of experience in creating a myriad of stylish and unforgettable events. Organizing every detail of your event is what they do best and the team knows exactly what to do to make your special wedding day the envy of all your guests. The Red Carpet Events now offers fashion conscious brides the most comprehensive consultations regarding her wedding day fashions to compliment the sophisticated soirees. Our team of fashion stylists will focus on choosing the perfect style for the bride and her bridesmaids ...

Service Discount Club, LLC (SDC) is proud to announce the launch of their new membership-based home services company at the 2011 St. Louis Home and Garden Expo. Located in St. Louis, Service Discount Club is the first company of its kind to provide, at no cost to homeowners, an opportunity to receive significant cost savings on home services, improvements, and repairs, through the volume-based purchasing power of the club membership. Unlike many service referral-based companies that exist today, Service Discount Club is focused on saving homeowners money without sacrificing ...

In a bad job market, the future looks to be green. According to a study by the Pew Charitable Trust, green jobs in the U.S, are up 9.1 percent, and the latest statistics from Next 10, a San Francisco nonprofit, reveals the California "core green economy" grew three times more than the state's brown economy in the last few years. How can you find employment in the burgeoning green sector? That's the topic of the next Experts Connection (www.experts-conneciton.com) teleseminar, "Clean/Green Energy Economy - Do You Have What It Takes to Be Part of the New 'Green Rush?'," with ...

Until recently less than ideal power factors were largely ignored at the power grid level by utility regulators. Then they were implicated as a major factor in causing the Great Northeast and Canada Blackout of 2003. Accordingly Federal regulators have instructed the electric utility industry to correct their network's power factors. Today well over 90% of their distribution networks operate uncorrected. At the customer level state regulators have typically allowed utilities to bill large industrial and commercial customers for power factor penalties. Residential customers ...

Bencardino Excavating, a Bucks County, Pa., excavation company, recently completed work on the new Golkin Hall at the University of Pennsylvania's Law School in Philadelphia. The excavation crew worked on the foundation underslab and excavation of sanitary and storm piping. A.T. Chadwick Company, Inc. of Bensalem, Pa., contracted Bencardino Excavating to work on the project and Bill Illg served as the excavation foreman on the project. "University of Pennsylvania is one of the nation's most prestigious universities. Our company is proud to work as a trusted partner ...

Logistic Dynamics, Inc. (LDi) a Buffalo, NY based third party logistics provider recently raised $2,501 for The American Cancer Society's 2011 Daffodil Days. This marks the company's fourth year of participation and makes Logistic Dynamics the #4 highest donating company for the New Jersey/New York region. Dennis Brown, CEO of Logistic Dynamics Inc. said, "We have all known someone that has been affected by cancer, so each year we honor them by helping to support the fight against this terrible disease. I am very proud of our team for taking the time to support such ...