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Popular Business Networking Group, BtoB Connect, Announces Growth through Franchise Offering: Northeast Ohio B2B Referral Organization Expands Reach to Generate Lucrative Sales Leads for Members Nationwide
BtoB Connect, the fastest growing business-to-business networking group in northeast Ohio, announced today its intention to expand its organization by offering BtoB Connect franchises to qualified individuals. The announcement marks the beginning of its expansion from a northeast Ohio-based company to a national franchise operation. 2007-11-29

Hillary? Rudy? Obama? - You Decide by Socking The Vote With Cellufun's Free Mobile Ring Game
Today Cellufun, Inc., one of the world's largest mobile entertainment communities, launched "The Mobile Ring", a free boxing game, playable on mobile phones, pitting political heavyweights against one another in the ring. 2007-11-29

Tool Tracking Software from ToolWatch Improves Inventory Control Throughout Construction Organizations: ToolWatch Enterprise Gives Users Total Control of Inventory
ToolWatch Enterprise, the construction industry's first comprehensive inventory control system, is available for purchase. Created by ToolWatch, a company that provides construction resource management software and tool tracking systems to construction organizations of all sizes, ToolWatch Enterprise allows companies to manage entire inventories of tools, equipment, materials and consumables while maintaining complete visibility over the entire enterprise. 2007-11-29

Hemis Gold Announces Progress at El Tigre
Hemis Corporation (OTCBB:HMSO)(FWB:XZA) is an international resource company with three advanced stage exploration properties in Mexico and one in Alaska. 2007-11-29

Cash4Gold Creates Specialized, In-House Marketing Department: A-Rated Precious Metal Refiner Responds to Increased Demand for Its Service by Establishing Marketing Department and Expanding Staff
Jeff Aronson, CEO of Cash4Gold, the revolutionary refiner that is defining how consumers can turn unwanted, broken or outdated jewelry or dental gold into cash and whose company has been recognized by Inc. and Entrepreneur Magazines as being among the nation's fastest growing small businesses, announced today that the company has created a new in-house marketing department and grown its overall staff. 2007-11-29

Kaplan: New Guide Helps Explain IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) -- Announcement That Foreign Companies Are Allowed to Use IFRS When Filing Financial Reports in US Makes This Essential Reading   The newly released A student's guide to International Financial Reporting Standards (Kaplan Publishing, November 2007) by Clare Finch coincides with the announcement this month that the US Securities and Exchange Commission would drop the requirement for foreign-listed companies to reconcile to US GAAP and allow them to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). 2007-11-29

DSPCon Wins Four New NASA Contracts for Advanced Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems
DSPCon, Inc., a leading, global supplier of data acquisition, analysis, archiving and recording solutions for high-value military, aerospace and rotating machinery applications, has been awarded four new contracts with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide the agency with advanced data acquisition and analysis systems for a variety of satellite, rocket and aviation testing applications. Financial terms of the contractual agreements were not disclosed. 2007-11-29

FYI Mag - New e-zine is Centre of NIVEA VISAGE Young Campaign
The NIVEA VISAGE(R) Young - the beauty routine for young skin is to be promoted across the UK through a new campaign based on an interactive online magazine. Called FYI (fun, young, independent) the e-zine is at www.fyimag.co.uk. 2007-11-29

Enjoy Life(R) Foods Teams with Gluten-Free Girl to Offer Tips and Recipes for Delicious and Safe 'Free Of' Holidays
If you're not among the three million Americans with Celiac Disease, or the more than 30 million who suffer from food allergies or intolerances, odds are you'll celebrate the holidays with someone who is. 2007-11-29

Only One Month Left for Consumers to Capitalize on Home Energy Efficiency Improvement Tax Credit: Federal Tax Credit Expires December 31; Johns Manville Provides Homeowners List of Top Five Projects to Take Advantage of Credit Before Time Runs Out
U.S. homeowners have just one month to utilize a soon-to-expire federal tax credit aimed at encouraging home energy efficiency. The tax credit, created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, allows for a tax credit of up to 10 percent of the cost of materials for certain home improvements, including installing ENERGY STAR(R)-qualified windows, attic insulation or air sealing products. This part of the act, which offers a tax credit of up to $500 per household, was not extended by Congress this year. 2007-11-29

SES Chicago Featuring Landing Page Optimization Clinic Conducted by MarketingExperiments Experts: MarketingExperiments Expert Also Participating in SES Chicago Clinics Track on Thursday, December 6
MarketingExperiments, a research laboratory dedicated to discovering "what really works" in marketing, today announced that Aaron Rosenthal, Director of Channel Research, and Jimmy Ellis, Director of Optimization Research, both of MarketingExperiments, will be conducting a live Landing Page Optimization Clinic at their booth during Search Engine Strategies (SES) in Chicago, December 3-7, 2007. SES will be held at the Chicago Hilton Hotel. 2007-11-29

Consumers Offered Guidance to Navigate Data Security Breaches: Coalition for Data Security Offers Advice on What to Do - and What Not to Do - If Involved in a Data Breach
Today, the Coalition for Data Security (www.coalitionfordatasecurity.org) issued its new guide First Do No Harm: How to respond when your consumer data is breached - a practical guide for action when consumers are involved in a data breach. It is designed to provide accurate information about the relationship between data breaches and identity theft so that consumers can protect themselves from possible consequences of a breach without causing more harm than good. 2007-11-29

ELC Technologies Releases New OpenSocial Container to Embed New Applications for Social Networks: New OpenSocial Container Simplifies Integration of Plug-in APIs for Emerging Social Networking Platforms
ELC Technologies, the consulting firm with the largest global team of dedicated Ruby on Rails developers specializing in enterprise application development, has released a new open source plug-in for Google's OpenSocial platform. Called OpenSocial Container, the plug-in facilitates the integration of new application plug-ins for emerging social media sites. This marks the first time that a third-party developer has created a documented and complete plug-in that makes it easier to add new applications to social networks that have adopted Google's OpenSocial standard released earlier this month. ELC released the plug-in as open source code to the Ruby on Rails community this week. 2007-11-29

Hilton HHonors(R) Gives Members More Choices with Premier Online Rewards Store
Want to buy an iPod(R) or a TAG Heuer watch with those extra hotel rewards points? The Hilton Family of Hotels today launched the online Hilton HHonors Rewards Store, the industry's premier merchandise redemption offering, where members are able to redeem their points for a plethora of products, from golf clubs to high-definition TVs. 2007-11-29

CRA Qualified Investment Fund Bond Purchase Supports Award-Winning Mixed-Use Development in San Francisco: Environmentally-Sound Mission Creek Complex Combines Affordable Housing for Seniors, Public Library, and Healthcare Facilities
San Francisco, California's Mission Creek Senior Community, a mixed-use project funded in part by the CRA Qualified Investment Fund was recently named 2007's "Best Urban Project" by readers of Affordable Housing Finance, one of the nation's leading publications for developers and financers of affordable residential development. The award-winning project is home to 140 apartments for low-income seniors, as well as a number of community resources, including an adult health center, community room, and public library branch. 2007-11-29

SES Chicago: SEMPO to Exhibit and Participate on Digital Shelf Panel -- SEMPO Hosting Event on Monday Evening, December 3, With Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Representatives
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced that it is exhibiting at Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference in Chicago, December 3-6. In addition, Dana Todd, a SEMPO board member, is participating on "The Digital Shelf" panel. SES Chicago is being held at the Chicago Hilton Hotel. 2007-11-29