The U.S. market for chocolate products displayed its recession resiliency, as retail sales increased 3% from 2008 to reach a record $17 billion in 2009, according to Chocolate Market in the U.S.: Trends and Opportunities in Premium, Gourmet and Mass Chocolate Products by market research publisher Packaged Facts. The growth was attributed to the 75% of Americans who have purchased chocolate products since 2008 and increases in manufacturer prices, which didn't discourage budget-conscious households from buying quality chocolate as an affordable indulgence. Global demand ...

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has introduced a new cordless circular saw with a high efficiency motor that provides more cuts per charge than any saw in its class. The KSA18 LTX cordless circular saw is ideal for projects that require fast straight cuts with relative accuracy through heavy material like cutting paneling, ripping lumber and making cross, miter and angled bevel cuts. The easy-to-maneuver 6-1/2" cordless circular ...

balesio AG, the leading provider of native format optimization solutions for unstructured data, today officially releases FILEminimizer SharePoint, an integrated optimization solution based on balesio's FILEminimizer technology to reduce the file storage volume on Microsoft SharePoint. FILEminimizer SharePoint reduces the size of images and Microsoft Office files, traditionally popular files shared via Microsoft SharePoint, by on average 70 percent through its content-aware, native optimization processes. Contrary to LZ and Zip compression, the FILEminimizer optimization ...

Fibrenew International, the world leader in leather and plastic restoration, has engaged 919 Marketing Company, a North Carolina based public relations firm with proven experience assisting growing franchises, as their public relations and social media Agency of Record (AOR). As the Agency of Record, 919 Marketing will provide a wide variety of PR and social media services for Fibrenew International to increase exposure and drive franchise sales while also promoting their existing national franchise locations through local PR campaigns. Fibrenew has more than two hundred ...

Bertrand Retirement Strategies, an independent financial advisory and retirement planning firm, was recently named by the Oklahoman as one of the top three Oklahoma City businesses in the Best Local/Financial Advisors category. This summer, the Oklahoman held its 17th Annual Readers Choice Competition. Readers were asked to vote on product and services preferences from 180 categories across 6 topics including food, lifestyle, shopping, community services and local people, places & things. "We are very pleased to have received this recognition and especially when ...

Flight Line Radio created audio zones around the various War Bird aircraft on display which included the B-17 "Yankee Lady", the P-51 "Moonbeam McSwine", a pair of V-22 Ospreys and the TBM-3E Avenger Torpedo Bomber "Ida Red." As spectators strolled down the tarmac they could change the channel on their credit-card sized personal receiver to hear an exclusive, pre-recorded loop which conveyed content of the respective aircraft on display. Flight Line Radio is a service that allowed visitors at the Alpena Air Show to listen to the air show announcer, Hugh Oldham, the ...

QLM Sourcing Professional is a very easy to use, cost-effective, yet comprehensive solution for managing the quotation process for organizations that have supplier and sourcing management requirements. By leveraging Adobe forms, QLM Sourcing Professional makes the RFQ process simple, standardized and easily measureable for both buyers and suppliers. It streamlines the quotation lifecycle management process - saving significant time and money - at an unbeatable price. "With our Cloud delivery model, a buyer can now purchase a single RFQ with virtually all the advantages ...

The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA), has announced that Gary L. Riedlinger, CPA, PFS has been elected as a new member of its board of directors for the 2010-2011 season. The announcement was made by MACPA President and CEO Peggy Dzierzawski, CAE. Riedlinger is a principal at Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants in Saginaw. A practicing CPA since 1978, he specializes in individual and corporate income tax and estate planning services; tax planning; compliance; tax minimization and disclosures; federal and state tax legislation; local, state ...

Logistic Dynamics, Inc. (LDi) a Buffalo, NY based third party logistics provider has announced today the launch of its new logo and redesigned website at http://www.LogisticDynamics.com. The new website offers comprehensive details on LDi's suite of logistic services including full truckload, LTL, air and ocean freight services as well as instant access for customers to track shipments and retrieve shipping related documents like invoices and bills of lading. "As a company we are evolving and offering a more diverse range of services so we are very excited about the ...

The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA), has announced that Mark Faulkner BBA, MST, CPA has been elected as a new member of its Board of Directors for the 2010-2011 season. The announcement was made by MACPA President and CEO Peggy Dzierzawski, CAE. Mark Faulkner is a tax director and Deloitte's Michigan Multistate Tax Practice Leader. With more than 18 years of multi-state tax experience, he has been involved with implementing numerous state and local tax planning strategies, performing due diligence reviews related to corporate acquisitions ...

Environmental concerns have prompted generator hire company Mather and Stuart Generators Ltd, one of the largest power hire companies in the UK, to make all hires carbon neutral. This follows a deal with Crown Oil UK for the supply of totally carbon offset diesel. Mather and Stuart provide power hire services to any branch of construction, industry or commerce where mains supplies are not available as well as areas like education, leisure and retail. "New mains are often not installed in time or there are cases of cables being severed or stolen, and that is when we step ...

Designed specifically for 2 - 5 year olds, this brand new addition to the TP range is sure to fly - or bounce - off the shelves in no time at all. Like the Spiro Hop, the SpiroBouncer will have your kids in a 360 degree spin and bouncing around like Tigger on a pogo stick! The SpiroBouncer is ideal for indoor and outdoor use! Why not set it up on the patio and watch your kids amuse themselves for hours on end? Or, if you want to keep a closer eye on the children, simply put it in the living room. Certain to be the centre-piece of children's birthday parties and family ...

This month Pittsburgh's People Helping People (http://www.meetup.com/thepeoplehelpers) event went exceptionally well. Beth, with http://www.plussizemommy.com , suggested that the group participate in "Bag it Forward," an initiative to provide backpacks and school supplies for children at Back to School time. The group agreed, and off they went. By the time Sunday 8/15/2010 came, a large number of people gathered at Panera Bread in Monroeville, ready to assemble over 150 backpacks with school supplies. Kim, http://www.craftymamaof4.com, and Alaina, http://www.myheartfeltlife.com ...

The Gulf Shores Open, part of the Golf Channel Amateur Tour, was held on August 21st and 22nd at the Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club, a Gulf Shores Golf Association golf course. Drawing awareness and interest in the local golf and the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach area in general, the Gulf Shores Open was added to the AM Tour in June and attracted golfers from around the nation. One such golfer, Valentine Stype from Long Island, New York, canceled his participation in a Pennsylvania tournament to play in the Gulf Shores Open instead. "I said to my wife, you know we should ...

Argentina's telecommunications service industry was valued at ARS 29.4bn (EUR5.6bn) in 2009 as compared to ARS 25.3bn (EUR5.4bn) in 2008. Broadband grew by 22.4% YoY in 2009, followed by mobile telephony (17.5%), and fixed telephony (12.3%) — resulting to a total service revenue increase of 16.5% YoY in 2009 (21.1% in 2008). From 2010 to 2015, the Argentinean telecoms revenue is expected to grow at an annual average rate of about 4%, primarily driven by a 6% annual average growth rate in broadband services. However, unlike the declining broadband ARPU in other Latin American ...

Back from a successful sold-out concert at the 2nd San Francisco International Bachata Festival and 2nd California Bachata Congress, Freddie Munoz will not only perform his hit songs, but will be an honored guest at the Hawaii Bachata Festival. Hawaii Bachata Festival is the very first kind of event to be held at the Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hilton in Honolulu, celebrating the Halloween weekend. "I've been to the island and was impressed with bachateros kindness and passion for bachata. This is why I partnered up with Alberto Papi to organize an event that bachata and ...

They provide AC duct cleaning, window AC units, ductless air conditioners, room air conditioners, portable air conditioners, and wall air conditioners. Their name was recently listed in the New York magazine, one of the best magazines of U.S- for offering energy saving ideas so that people can reduce their electricity bills. Their clients can also get high quality services for dryer vent cleaning and AC vent cleaning. Already known for their originality in the field of new wall air conditioners and window air conditioners, this time they have made news by providing best ...

The UK point of sale and display industry has blossomed despite the economic downturn. Companies and brands are having to compete more and more to capture consumer's attention but more importantly convert interest into sales. Print & Display Ltd http://www.printdisplays.com are one such display company that has experienced significant and consistent growth. The company has a growing list of high street retailers who use the company to design, print and manufacture their in-store display systems including free standing display units (FSDU). Paul Manson, Managing Director ...

Linear Blue are proud to announce that our Development Director, Paul de Halle has won the FileMaker Excellence Award for Evangelist of the Year. Paul was honoured to receive nominations and votes by his peers for this award. The Evangelist of the Year award is for continued commitment to promote FileMaker in the community and educate new people about FileMaker itself. FileMaker DevCon 2009 was a great success. Over 1,000 developers gathered in San Francisco to interact with like-minded developers and strengthen their development knowledge and skills. Annually FileMaker ...

At Labelexpo Americas 2010 ROTOCONTROL is set to unveil the RSP Single Pass 100% Security Inspection Machine in the AVT Stand, and will be running live material demonstrations with the AVT Helios II 100% Vision System. Specifically designed for compliance with the most demanding security label inspection and finishing applications, the ROTOCONTROL RSP machine also features an extremely small footprint: only 1.2 x 2.6 meters of floor space plus the moveable control panel. The RSP machines are available in 340, 440 and 540mm web widths with all of the options normally ...

The Payroll module manages the school's payroll activities, with support for multiple school branches and multiple countries. Its highlights are: • Coverage for all types of employee payroll in schools including teachers, workers, administrators, staff and security personnel • Support for retirement fund, taxation (NSSF), social security accounts • Inclusion of different work time schedules such as regular, overtime, regular overtime and irregular overtime • Automated interface to attendance machines to accurately calculate working hours and transportation cost • Generation ...

If you are considering to build your own outdoor kitchen and make it unique, beautiful and practical at the same time, I think the best way to do it would be choosing design components made of high quality stainless steel. Don't you think that eating in the open air is relaxing and fun? Our own outdoors place is always a good way to spend more time with our family and friends; inviting our friends to a barbecue can make our evenings even more pleasant when it comes to birthday parties for example, but just spending a simple lovely night together in the open air is wonderful. Going ...

Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Mir'ed bin Raad, Chairman of the Hashemite Charity Society for Soldiers with Special Needs (HCSSSN), the Royal Automobile Museum (RAM) held a charity Iftar banquet for soldiers with special needs on August 21 within its charity program "Mishwar Al-Khair". Through its Mishwar Al-Khair drive, RAM aims at playing a social and charitable role in supporting the most deserving social groups, especially in the Holy Month of Ramadan This second year activity is organized by RAM to honor soldiers with special needs appreciating their sacrifices ...

People making Cotswold hotel bookings next month may be planning to attend Chippy Jazz, the annual musical celebration in Chipping Norton. Now in its 13th year, the event offers visitors the chance to enjoy classic jazz from the 1920s and 1930s at various sites around the picturesque Oxfordshire town. The live music takes place from 12:00 to 23:00 BST, before the entertainment culminates in a special evening concert at the Chipping Norton Theatre. All performances are free to attend during the daytime, while tickets for the closing extravaganza can be purchased ...

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