Inteprod LLC (www.inteprod.com), a primary resource for medical product design, development, and contract manufacturing, has been ranked as one of the 2010 fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia 100, Wharton Small Business Development Center, the Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Selected from a pool of more than 250 nominated companies, Inteprod and this year's winners represent one of the most impressive groups in the 22-year history of the Philadelphia 100.About Inteprod ...

We all know that aging affects our health. According to the experts, nearly 90 million Americans have used or purchased anti-aging remedies. It's no secret that Baby Boomers are out there every day seeking revolutionary procedures and "miracle" anti-aging remedies and surgeries desperate to turn back the clock. But, what about their aging eyes, their vision? Madison & Mulholland Eyewear a welcome new designer of optical quality reading glasses has noticed their customers are realizing there's more to protecting the aging eye than just ta logo embellished pair of sunglasses. ...

Interview with: Josephine Marks, Managing Director - Pension Assets, Scotiabank Group Treasury Investors need to ensure there is a strong relationship between pension fund design and investment strategy, says Josephine Marks, Managing Director - Pension Assets at Scotiabank Group Treasury. If that link is not strong enough, there could be an increased risk of the fund being unable to meet benefit obligations. The Chairperson at the Canadian Institutional Investment Summit 2010, taking place in Gatineau-Ottawa, Quebec, October 25-27, explores the causes of asset and liability ...

New biomarkers for cancer detection are emerging using several different approaches, and many of these technologies are still in the early phases of development according to a diagnostics industry market research report from Kalorama Information. They can play an important role in detecting early forms of disease, in monitoring a patient's disease and in response to therapy. However, biomarkers have a long way to go before they are routinely applied in clinical settings. Still, Kalorama believes they will be one of many factors that will drive growth in cancer diagnostics. ...

Leading Scottish property consultants, CKD Galbraith today announced the expansion of its residential sales team within the well established Ayr office, following the recent amalgamation of Donalds Chartered Surveyors. The firm has appointed Robert Taylor, an experienced professional who for the last four years has been working in the hotel investment and property sales market with leading global real estate agency Colliers International. Robert is from a farming background in Lanarkshire, where he started his career working as an auctioneer and chartered surveyor ...

When a market is as huge as The Internet, then there is bound to be confusions and apprehensions regarding taking the right decisions, for the perfect solutions. Although there are a host of web design and Internet marketing companies which claim to be 'experts' in delivering result oriented solutions for its clients, there exists a void between the expectation, and the actual outcome. Often, the results are not what is expected and this transform into a huge business loss for the owners of online businesses. Filling this void between expectations and the actual results, ...

The Association for Lifestyle Reform (ALR) is a member-based association that provides educational information and access to a number of discounted lifestyle benefits to its members. One way ALR accomplishes its mission is to highlight and support charities that improve the lifestyle of others. This month ALR is beginning a new partnership with the Barefoot Kids Foundation (BFK), a charity that provides $25 Payless Shoes gift cards to children in need of new footwear. President and founder of ALR Brad Wessler and BFK founder Dan Ross are working together to raise funds ...

A movemanSKG platform lift is allowing wheelchair users to overcome a short flight of steps at the Wellcome Trust Conference centre in Hinxton, Cambridge. The newly installed Prima Plus resides in a central lobby, and provides an alternative access route to a raised area that contains meeting rooms, lounges, a bar and disabled toilets. The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre comprises a Grade II* listed country house, Hinxton Hall, and a modern building set on the picturesque banks of the River Cam. It features 72 guest bedrooms, a 300 seat auditorium, training facilities, ...

The long awaited version of Aspose.Cells for Java 2.4.0 has been released. It includes many new features like e.g. Sheet to Image, Sheet to Print, Workbook to Print and Support for Conditional formatting for Excel to Pdf feature. Moreover it also supports grouping of pivot table fields in Excel 2007 files. This release includes plenty of new and improved features as listed below • Includes Sheet to Image, Sheet to Print and Workbook to Print features • Supports Conditional formatting for Excel to Pdf feature • Provides support for grouping pivot table fields in Excel2007 ...

However, due to the magnitude of the planned projects, not all of the tasks expected to be financed from the EU budget for 2007-2013 will be executed. Thus, the final shape of the EU budget for 2014-2020 is crucial for the countries in the region. In the latest report entitled "Road construction market in Central Europe 2010 - Development forecasts and planned investments", the market research company PMR estimates that after a 2% decline in 2009, the road construction market in Central Europe will develop at the average nominal rate of 5% in the coming years, with its ...

New research has shown that private tuition does seem to improve grades at GCSE and A-Level. The survey, conducted by First Tutors, asked families with children taking exams this year whether they felt private tuition had improved their estimated grades. Results showed that private tuition increased results by an average of one grade, e.g. from D to C, enough to make a potentially crucial difference to university choices. At both GCSE and A-Level, the biggest potential for grade improvement was shown to be at the lower end of the grade scale (grades U - D), where students ...

Businesses find free and easy ways to manage and respond to customer needs through Comm100 Forum These days it's imperative for businesses to connect with customers. For businesses wanting an easy to use application to build an online forum, a solution is here. Comm100 Network Corporation, the provider of open source and free hosted customer support software, just launched Comm100 Forum, the free solution to building a business forum. Comm100 Forum makes it easy for businesses to create a forum using their own branding image and domain name. With features such as ...

This total Canned food Products market is forecast to grow at an average annual real -1.12% during the 2009 - 2012 period, compared to 0.51% for the total food and drink market. More than 849 companies are involved in Canned food products across Europe, with the Top-10 companies supplying 42.5% of the market. Current major players are Nestle with a market share of 8.5%, followed by Mars (8%) and Heinz (4.4%). FFT's online database tracks and incorporates M&A activity on a continuous basis. Ten product markets are covered - Canned fruit, Canned vegetables, Canned and ...

DAVID Systems, a leading provider of global broadcast solutions, will present a preview of their upcoming tri-media production system at IBC 2010, in hall 7, at booth 7.G34, and in Microsoft Corp.'s booth in the Topaz Lounge. The new solution offers Radio and TV stations to use cloud-based content storage and content processing services leveraging Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office 2010 to support collaboration between journalists and editors. Today, Radio and TV broadcasters need to reduce their costs ...

Cadac Organice, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and developer of Cadac Organice, a SharePoint based Engineering Document Management solution, has opened an office in Denmark. From this office Cadac Organice is able to respond better to the increasing demand of their customers in the Nordic region. Cadac Organice sees its business rapidly growing across the world. The Nordic region (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) has traditionally been quick to initiate or adopt advanced business and technology solutions. We also see a strong trend in this market both for Microsoft ...

San Diego remodeling firm Jackson Design and Remodeling has earned spots on Qualified Remodeler Magazine's Top 500 and Remodeling Magazine's Top 550, which produce annual lists of the nation's top remodeling firms based on sales and revenue. Remodeling Magazine's "Remodeling 550" is a list of the nation's largest residential renovation companies. It comprises four categories: full service, specialty and replacement, insurance restoration companies and franchise operations. The rankings are based on CPA certified statements on annual sales volume. JDR ranked #44 on the ...

According to a recent survey by American Express, 62 percent of homeowners plan to invest in home improvement projects to enhance the appearance and value of their property. That supports the latest release of LIRA, the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies that predicts an increase in home improvement spending by homeowners. Since more homeowners are staying and improving instead of moving the question for do-it-yourselfers is what improvements give the best payback for their effort. The answer from DIYORNOT.com, featured ...

What is the best sleep apnea treatment? It is not CPAP, according to a recent study that showed 60% of patients abandon CPAP use. At least it is not the best treatment for the 60% of patients who abandoned it. This does not mean CPAP is not the most effective treatment, what it means is no matter how effective a treatment may be, it is a poor treatment if it is not used. Oral appliances are an extremely effective treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea but less effective for morbidly obese patients and those with severe sleep apnea. Oral appliances are the "Best ...

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Dr. Janice Hall Ormsby is improving lives in Ithaca, Cortland, Tioga, Broome and all around New York with custom night-use oral appliances that keep the airway open, ensuring a restful night sleep and lowering her patients' risk of stroke, heart disease, and sleep-related car accidents. Sleep apnea is a life threatening medical condition that is often treated with the CPAP machine. The problem is less than half the people prescribed CPAP use it regularly. Dr. Ormsby has joined the national I Hate CPAP campaign and launched http://www.Ithaca.IHateCPAP.com to introduce ...

SimpleCare World Health, a private international healthcare company, officially announces the launch of their new "Free MRI or CT scan review Process". R. Prats, Medical Director of SimpleCare, describes his enthusiasm with this new service: "I am very pleased with our ability to provide free MRI or CT consultations... As we continue giving the consumers the ultimate experience in purchasing their health care, this service will play a vital role in our business strategy, not only with our valued members, but with the general public looking for an alternative to the ...

Opera in the Outback offers music lovers the opportunity to combine their passion with some of the most spectacular scenery in Australia. The event, which takes place between October 7th and 10th 2010, is held in the Undara Volcanic National Park, around a 200km journey from Cairns. This sanctuary is home to the remains of the earth's longest flow of lava to stem from a single volcano. Given the isolated nature of the location, it is likely that people who are keen to travel to Queensland to attend one of the performances throughout the festival will have to spend ...

A production of Pere I El Llop - AKA Peter and the Wolf - is being performed in Barcelona's Gran Teatre de Liceu this autumn, with audiences set to be treated to marvellous music with fun visual additions. This show is primarily aimed at youngsters, but it will no doubt be appreciated by many adult guests at some of the cheap hotels Barcelona has to offer. "Each instrument represents a character in this musical story, told by a narrator, about a little boy called Peter who was so brave and intelligent that he was able to capture a wolf," explained the organisers. With ...

A showcase of the films of Vincente Minnelli is playing at the Barbican in London, which is sure to excite plenty of vintage movie fans. The director worked alongside some of the most famous names in cinema during his time in the industry, including Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy and Judy Garland, who he ended up getting married to. Guests at London hotels have a broad spectrum of his films to see at the Barbican, including Gigi, An American in Paris and Meet Me in St Louis, with the final screening taking place on October 2nd 2010 and showing The Band Wagon. This ...

Guests of Bournemouth hotels will have an opportunity to see electronic duo Crystal Castles play live next month. The Canadian band are set perform at the south coast resort's O2 Academy on Tuesday October 12th, having released their second album to much acclaim in May this year. Formed in Toronto six years ago, Crystal Castles is comprised of producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. The pair's self-titled debut album sparked excitement among fans when it appeared in 2008, spawning singles such as Crimewave, Air War and Courtship Dating. It was ranked at ...