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The Fab Four for Furry Friends: Preventive Healthcare for Pets   Thoughts that will never run through your pet's head: No seconds, please; I'm watching my weight. This medicine tastes terrible, but I'll take it because it's good for me. Hey, isn't it time for my check-up with the veterinarian? 2008-05-05

Rothschild Investment Corporation Hosts 401k Seminar with AllianceBernstein   The Pension Protection Act of 2006 is widely considered to be the most sweeping pension reform of the last 30 years. Rothschild Investment Corporation (www.rothschildinv.com) today announced the first of a series of seminars designed to help business owners better understand how these new regulations can help them develop improved retirement outcomes for their 401k and retirement plan participants. 2008-05-05

Vamoose(R) Tobacco Odor Eliminators Now Available Through DollarDays.Com to Retailers, E-Tailers and Convenience Stores: Vamoose Tobacco Odor Eliminator Available to 1,000,000 Stores and Businesses via DollarDays.com   Vamoose Products and DollarDays International (www.DollarDays.com) today announced the availability of the Vamoose family of tobacco odor elimination products through their website at www.Dollardays.com. Available in 4, 16, and 32 ounce spray bottles and a convenient gallon jug, Vamoose is available in Fresh Scent, New Car Scent, Leather Scent and Fragrance Free sprays which mask the tobacco scent while Vamoose permanently removes tobacco odors. 2008-05-05

Introducing Engagement Commerce: Fididel Launches First Site with Real-Time Negotiation to Give Buyers More Control of the Online Shopping Experience -- Sellers Benefits from Personal Sales Staff: Global Community of Trained ''Fididelers'' to Sell and Negotiate on Their Behalf   Fididel, the first online marketplace based on real-time negotiation of sales, today introduced millions of buyers and sellers worldwide to a fun and interactive approach to ecommerce: engagement commerce. Fididel (www.fididel.com) fills a gap in the ecommerce market by moving the online buying experience from an "auction" or "fixed price" transaction to real-time negotiation, a universally accepted way to buy and sell products in any real-world marketplace. 2008-05-05

Mosso Unveils Cloud Storage Service: Rackspace Division Ramps Cloud Momentum with Scalable API-Accessible Storage   Rackspace(R) Hosting's Mosso(R), the company's cloud hosting division, today announced plans to launch a new Internet-based storage offering, CloudFS(TM), that will let developers store any amount of data on the Web more easily and reliably than ever before. CloudFS joins Mosso's flagship service, The Hosting Cloud(TM), and complements Rackspace's comprehensive suite of hosting products including its Mailtrust(TM) Email Hosting solution and the company's traditional managed hosting services. CloudFS will be available to a limited number of customers in a free private beta for testing and refinement until Q3 2008, when it will open for public beta. 2008-05-05

Now Boarding! Reactrix, Leading Digital Out-of-Home Media Network Enters into Exclusive Relationship with Clear Channel Outdoor in Select U.S. Airports: Reactrix' STEPscape(TM) Interactive Advertising Network to begin Pilot Program with Clear Channel Outdoor
Reactrix Systems, Inc., a leading interactive out-of-home media company, today announced it has entered into a multi-year strategic agreement with Clear Channel Airports, the U.S. leader in airport advertising and a division of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCO). The agreement makes Reactrix the exclusive provider of gesture-based interactive media and technology for all of Clear Channel airports across the U.S. 2008-05-05

Printing Technology Solutions Introduced by OKI Data Americas at FMI(R) 2008 Solve Retailers' Productivity, Efficiency Needs; Company Showcases Expertise with Industry-Leading Printing Solutions: OKI Data Americas also brings its passion for partnership to FMI donating five dollars to the fight against breast cancer for every attendee photo taken with its one-of-a-kind 1992 "Spirit of America" neoclassic Corsair   At the 2008 Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Show in Las Vegas, OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI(R) Printing Solutions brand, launched several industry-leading printing solutions designed to increase productivity and solve the everyday needs of supermarket and retail businesses. The company unveiled a new series of compact and cost-effective label printers; the Real-Time In-Store Sign System, eliminating signage waste and increasing reaction time by adjusting local promotions quickly and efficiently; and the category-redefining CX3641 MFP (multifunction product). 2008-05-05

Compact Series of Label Printers from OKI Printing Solutions Launch at FMI(R) 2008, Empowers Businesses of All Sizes with a One-Stop Shop for Label Printing Needs: Label Printers with Industry's First Two-Year Standard Overnight Exchange Warranty(i)   At the 2008 Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Show in Las Vegas, OKI Data Americas (booth #2766), which markets its products under the OKI(R) Printing Solutions brand, launched a new cost-effective, compact series of label printers uniquely-designed to meet the demanding needs of all-sized businesses and workplace environments. With the industry's first two-year standard overnight exchange warranty(i), the X400, T400 and X700 from OKI Printing Solutions empower companies in a variety of industries, specifically retail and manufacturing, with features such as user replaceable interfaces. The new label printer series ensure investment protection in change environments and varying print resolutions for reliable output of one-dimensional and two-dimensional barcodes - improving retailers' efficiencies. 2008-05-05

Real-Time In-Store Sign System from OKI Printing Solutions Offers Effective and Profitable Solution to Manage On-Demand Merchandising, Eliminate Waste and Increase Reaction Time: First Solution Allowing Retailers to Print, Track and Extensively Report Sign Printing Maximizes Point-of-Sale Investments   At the 2008 Food Marketing Institute(R) (FMI) Show in Las Vegas, OKI Data Americas (booth #2766), which markets its products under the OKI(R) Printing Solutions brand, announced the Real-Time In-Store Sign System allowing retailers to eliminate signage waste and increase reaction time by adjusting local pricing and promotions quickly and efficiently. As the first solution in the market to print, track and extensively report all in-house sign printing, businesses, such as beverage distributors, supermarkets and consumer packaged goods manufacturers, can immediately react to the market's needs while profitably managing point-of-sale (POS) merchandising. 2008-05-05

Applied Biosystems & Bio-Rad Gain Gene Expression Profiling Market Share: Dynamic Gene Expression Profiling Market Revealed in Percepta Associates New Gene Expression Profiling Life Science DashboardTM Market Research Report   Today Percepta Associates Inc. announced the release of Series Two of its Gene Expression Profiling Life Science DashboardTM market research report. Drawing comparisons to the findings of Series One published in February 2007, Percepta reports measurable shifts in market share within this market. 2008-05-05

Jango Partners with Seventeen.com to Create Co-Branded Celebrity Music Widgets: Jango Deploys Special Edition Celebrity DJ Widgets for Seventeen.com, Featuring the Favorite Music of Rihanna, Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie, and Jordin Sparks
Jango (www.jango.com), the fast-growing social music site, and Hearst Magazines today announced a cross-promotional partnership to develop co-branded online music widgets for Seventeen.com, the website of Seventeen, the nation's best-selling monthly teen magazine. Matching social music and editorial in a unique style, the new Seventeen.com widgets allow readers to publish content across social networks, blogs, and other online communities. 2008-05-05

Sun Microsystems and NetBeans Community Extend Reach to Scripting Community With Launch of NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP: Community Announces NetBeans IDE 6.1 General Availability   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the NetBeans(TM) community today announced the immediate availability of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Early Access for PHP scripting language, bringing the power of NetBeans to Web 2.0-style developers. Additionally they announced the general availability of the award-winning NetBeans 6.1 IDE. Download NetBeans now at http://www.netbeans.org. 2008-05-05

ASTAR Air Cargo Withdraws Lawsuit Against GA Telesis for Fraud, Breach of Contract
ASTAR Air Cargo (ASTAR) today announced that it has dismissed with prejudice its lawsuit filed on April 28, 2008 against GA Telesis, ART 22982 LLC, and ART 21985 LLC and all claims asserted therein, in connection with the purchase of a Boeing 727-200 cargo aircraft. GA Telesis was the servicer for the ART entities in connection with the sale. 2008-05-05

The Interactive Advertising Bureau Launches Digital Video In-Stream Ad Format Guidelines: Simplification and Efficiency Lead the Way to Continued Explosive Growth   The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the release of "Digital Video In-Stream Ad Format Guidelines." Created by the IAB's Digital Video Committee, a group comprised of 145 leading interactive companies, they are the definitive format guidelines that directly address digital video advertising. 2008-05-05

Small Business Marketing Guru John Jantsch of 'Duct Tape Marketing' Selects Infusionsoft to Grow Business Even Further: Joins Long List of Top Marketing Experts Relying on Infusionsoft eMarketing Software for Growing Business Via Marketing Automation   Infusionsoft, the leader in eMarketing software for entrepreneurs announced today that John Jantsch, noted small business marketing author and blogger, has selected Infusionsoft to run his growing content, consulting and advisory company's automated sales and marketing programs. 2008-05-05

Sun Microsystems Delivers OpenSolaris on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: Also Introduces MySQL Tech Support for Users of Highly Scalable Web Platform   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced two new offerings that will significantly expand customer choice by providing users with access to Sun's innovative open source software running on the Amazon Web Services platform. For the first time, Sun's OpenSolaris(TM) Operating System (OS) will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a Web service that provides resizeable compute capacity in the cloud and changes the economics of computing by allowing customers to pay only for the infrastructure software services and capacity that they actually use. Additionally, Sun is adding premium technical support for its MySQL(TM) database running on Linux and Amazon EC2 to its global support and services offerings. To access OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2, register at http://www.sun.com/amazon. MySQL can be downloaded for a wide variety of platforms at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads. 2008-05-05

Live from CommunityOne, Sun Introduces OpenSolaris - Free, Open, Easy-to-Integrate With World-Class Support and Unique Features to Fuel Innovation: Open Source Operating System Provides an Innovative, Easy-to-Use, Development and Deployment Platform for Web 2.0; Amazon and Reliant Security First to Market with OpenSolaris Solutions   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the global OpenSolaris(TM) community jointly announced immediate availability of the OpenSolaris Operating System (OS). OpenSolaris, based on Sun's Solaris(TM) kernel and created through community collaboration, delivers an unrivaled development and deployment environment offering the right mix of rapid innovation, platform stability and support to meet business and development needs. Download the OpenSolaris OS now at http://www.opensolaris.com/. 2008-05-05

Sun Microsystems Hosts Second Annual CommunityOne Open Source Developer Conference for World's Technology Communities: Building on the 2008 CommunityOne Conference Theme "Innovate, Collaborate, Integrate," Sun Launches OpenSolaris   In his opening keynote at the annual CommunityOne open source developer conference, Ian Murdock, vice president for Developer and Community Marketing at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), will discuss the increasing role communities play in the software industry, how technologies and the companies and communities that create them are increasingly interconnected, and how the power of community can and should play a role in next generation platforms. Additional Sun executives keynoting at the event include Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and president, and Rich Green, executive vice president of Software. 2008-05-05

Brian Anthony Gets Everybody ''Worked Up!'' with New Summer Release and Remix Package: Brian Anthony Prepares to Release New Single "Worked Up!" Internationally and Officially Launch www.Brian-Anthony.com and a Re-Worked Myspace Page   Here we go! Working hard to deliver the goods to fans and DJs, Brian Anthony is gearing up for the release of his new single "Worked Up!" Flying high off the success of his most recent international chart hit "WhatsitgonnaB (I'm So Ready)," Brian Anthony is back with another infectious, hooky groove. Destined to top the charts, "Worked Up!" is written and produced by the multi-talented showman himself. 2008-05-05

Oncor's Safety Checklist for National Electrical Safety Month: Texans should follow Oncor's list when spring cleaning
Many Texans take advantage of May's usually sunny days to do some spring cleaning. With May also being National Electrical Safety Month, Oncor has an electrical safety checklist everyone should follow. 2008-05-05

Scouler & Company Named Chief Restructuring Officer of Dan River, Inc.: John Hedge to Serve as CRO   Scouler & Company, the Los Angeles-based financial turnaround and restructuring firm, was appointed Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) by the Dan River, Inc. Board of Directors as part of the home textile distribution company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. John Hedge, a principal of the firm, will serve as CRO. The CRO is responsible for developing and implementing a business plan to maximize the return to all stakeholders, consulting on any potential divestitures, providing oversight for operations, monitoring financial performance and interacting with Dan River lenders and other creditors throughout the recovery period. 2008-05-05

VIZ Pictures and NCM Fathom Debut Live Action Japanese Feature Death Note on the Big Screen: Special Two-Night Event will be Shown May 20th and 21st in Select Theatres Nationwide   DEATH NOTE, a live-action Japanese feature event shows that the pen is mightier than the sword in a special two-night event at more than 300 theatres on May 20th and 21st at 7:30 p.m. local time. This unique theatre event (English dubbed) brings to life the popular Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this breakthrough live action production, an in-depth interview with Director Shusuke Kaneko and a unique look at the talent behind the Death Note characters. 2008-05-05

Musicnotes' Digital Sales Growth Exceeds 30% Thus Far in 2008   Despite a challenging economic environment, Musicnotes, Inc. the market leader in downloadable sheet music and guitar tablature, indicates its year-to-date sales growth remains robust. Musicnotes.com has sold nearly 500,000 downloads thus far in 2008 and generated sales of approximately $3 million. Digital sales growth has exceeded 30% through early May. 2008-05-05

2008 Life Science Industry Awards Finalists Announced by The Scientist   Finalists have been announced for the 2008 Life Science Industry Awards, which recognize those life science suppliers that are best-in-class in both product categories and customer communications and support categories. The 45 finalists represent the five companies receiving the highest overall scores in each of 20 award categories. The finalists were selected from the more than 500 companies nominated. 2008-05-05

THE WEEK Magazine Names Bianca Janosevic as Executive Director, THEWEEKDaily.com: Seasoned Web and Marketing Pro Joins America's Fastest-Growing News and Opinion Magazine
THE WEEK (www.theweekdaily.com), America's fastest growing news and opinion magazine, has appointed Bianca Janosevic as executive director of THEWEEKDaily.com. Based in New York City, Janosevic is responsible for leading the online strategies and operations for the Web site, and reports directly to Steven Kotok, general manager of THE WEEK. 2008-05-05

Nationwide Insurance Launches SmartRide Program for Teens and Parents   In time for National Youth Traffic Safety Month, Nationwide Insurance has launched SmartRide(SM), a comprehensive teen driver program. The program empowers teens and parents and provides the right tools and resources to help teens become smarter and safer drivers. This is particularly important since automobile crashes are the leading cause of death among American teens. 2008-05-05

Social Media Resistance Study launched by Communitelligence and USC's Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM): As Part of Its Executing Social Media Conference Series, Communitelligence, in Partnership with the USC Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM), is Conducting the First Ongoing Research on Corporate Resistance to the New Social Media Technologies   A unique partnership between the Communitelligence Learning Academy and the Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM), is conducting the first research on resistance to the "Millennial generation" social media technologies such as blogs, podcasts, social networks, online video, RSS, wikis and micromedia that are penetrating the corporate world. 2008-05-05

Universal Republic Signs Atlanta Mash-up Group, Rehab: Jukebox Hit ''Sittin' At A Bar'' From Upcoming Universal Republic Release Graffiti The World To Take Front Seat At Radio Unique Situation Emerges Where Band Covers Their Own Song And Creates Non-Traditional Hit   Whoever thought 'sittin' at a bar' could cause so much commotion? 2008-05-05

Kidde Launches Its First Designer Smoke Alarm: Silhouette Marks an Evolution in Smoke Alarm Design   After nearly forty years, the smoke alarm has evolved. Developed by Kidde, Silhouette(TM) is an Underwriters Laboratories (UL)-listed, low-profile smoke alarm with a sleek, modern design and maintenance-free battery. Kidde is part of UTC Fire & Security, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). 2008-05-05

Outsource Partners International Named a ``Leader'' in IAOP's Global Outsourcing 100 Ranking   Outsource Partners International, Inc. (OPI), a leading provider of finance, accounting, and tax business process outsourcing (BPO) as well as related services, today announced that it has been named to the "Leaders" category of the 2008 Global Outsourcing 100 ranking. This marks the third consecutive year that OPI has been named to the International Association of Outsourcing Professional's (IAOP) annual listing of the world's best outsourcing service providers. 2008-05-05

AOL to Offer Free Phone Calls on Mother's Day Weekend: Call Your Mom, Call Your Friend's Mom, Even Call Your Mother-in-Law, All for Free Using the AIM Call Out Service   As a special gift this Mother's Day weekend, AOL announced that calls made using the AIM Call Out service (http://call.aim.com) on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 will be free. Users must set up an AIM Call Out account and add at least $5 in non-refundable call credit to get started. Users can then make as many calls as they want to more than 200 countries and will still have $5 to spend at the end of the free calls weekend. 2008-05-05

Platform-A's ADTECH Signs Exclusive Agreement with InteractiveMedia for Digital Ad Serving   ADTECH has been selected by InteractiveMedia, the ad network of Deutsche Telekom, as its exclusive provider in Germany for online ad serving. ADTECH is a business unit within the Platform-A online advertising business. 2008-05-05

Canon Communications Acquires Stamping-Days: Company will move venue-constrained exhibition to Karlsruhe and co-locate it with InterPart, Surfacts, and MediPart trade fairs   Canon Communications LLC, the leading producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the EUR 2 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, today announced its acquisition of Stamping-Days, a biannual exhibition serving the high precision stamping technology industry in Germany. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 2008-05-05

modu Opens its First European Office to Deal with Growing MNO Demand: -- Growth and Market Success Drives Opening of New Office in Austria -- Vienna to Become Hub of modu's European Sales Operations
modu, the world's first modular mobile phone manufacturer, has opened an office in Austria as the base for its European sales activities, with more overseas operations planned for the future. 2008-05-05