Yearly Archives: 2011

ST. PAUL, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- On March 5, 2011, nearly 600 middle and high school students, teachers, volunteers, parents, and community leaders from around the Twin Cities will convene at Macalester College in St. Paul to participate in Minnesota's Third Annual World Affairs Challenge, hosted by global education non-profit World Savvy in partnership with Macalester College's Institute for Global Citizenship.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced a $4.7 million grant to Global Rights...

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- ForeclosureListings.com reports data that shows alarming statistics about five states that had more foreclosures in them from 2010 to 2011 and the average price of a home in foreclosure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State today announced the designation of two Iranian officials, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- New Jersey's new Anti-Bullying Law is one of the strongest in the country. In an effort to help school districts meet the law's new challenges and responsibilities, the 2011 N.J. Anti-Bullying Conference will bring together key state and national scholars and practitioners to present their expertise and knowledge about bullying prevention.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- New book, 'Pebbles' (ISBN: 978-1589098176), just released by Bookstand Publishing, is a fascinating chronicle of prehistoric times with special reference to heritage sites around the world that survived more than two millennia.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /eNewsChannels/ -- According to Curt Doman, president of International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, 2010 marked the second year in a row the firm saw significant growth in the number of document packages prepared.

SAN MATEO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that Allen Amos and Nancy Hahn have been recognized by Risk and Insurance magazine as 2011 property and casualty insurance 'Power Brokers.'

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that wholesale brokerage industry veteran, Mark Morgan, has joined the firm as vice president/property broker.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- EASEUS Todo Backup, the award-winning and cost-effective backup and disaster recovery solution for the Windows-based environment, comes with the new advanced feature Universal Restore to quickly restore a Windows operating system to different hardware platforms and provide a complete system recovery without reinstallation.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Whiteflash has collaborated with well known designer Leon Mege to create their newly launched Lotus Collection. Already known for their exacting quality, superior A Cut Above® Super Ideal Cut Hearts and Arrows diamonds, the brand now has yet another line which exemplifies why they are such a shopping destination for today's savvy brides and grooms.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Event Media, Inc., announced that the Hon. Jerome Stocks, Chairman of SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments), will be cycling in this year's San Diego Century Bicycle Tour, to be held Saturday, May 21 beginning and ending at MiraCosta College in Cardiff. An avid cyclist, Stocks will be riding the 103-mile course alongside his 15-year-old son, James.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- BETA Records and In Tune Monthly today announced a collaborative venture that will extend each firm's reach into a variety of media. 'BETA Records, being a music, TV, online and music publishing company, is an ideal match with In Tune Partners, a music magazine, book and e-publisher,' states Chris Honetschlaeger, BETA President.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- Donald M. Toresco, a pioneer of automotive retailing and founder of Autoland in Springfield, N.J., passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011; he was 71. Known as 'Mr. T' to friends and colleagues, Toresco operated numerous auto dealerships throughout the Mid-Atlantic and launched many automotive sales and management careers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Jerry Brown’s administration today directed all state agencies and departments to stop spending taxpayer dollars on free giveaway and gift items—such as key chains, coffee mugs and squeeze toys—as ...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Electrolux Professional will be the chair and title sponsor in celebrating diversity at the BCA Global's 18th Annual Gala and Cultural Awareness Salute March 12th,, 2011, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Supporting corporate sponsors include Hobart, Marriott, Restaurant Associates-Compass, Food Network, Sodexo, Beam Global, Tyson Foods, among other supporters.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. /eNewsChannels/ -- Backbone Security, the global leader in digital steganalysis, is proud to announce the company was named a finalist in EDN's 21st annual Innovation Awards. Backbone's Steganography Analyzer Real-Time Scanner was selected as a finalist in the Software category.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/–– Continuing his work to save scarce taxpayer dollars, Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday (Feb. 15) issued a hiring freeze across state government. “We have a $25 billion deficit, and we must ...

ORLANDO, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- Team TSI, LLC, a National Installation Contractor, announces an industry first, the TSI Formenator(TM). This is the first Android application geared towards the mobile fleet installation business. The application is built on the widely used Android platform.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- California PR firm, Neotrope®, is honored to make World Savvy its third chosen recipient for 2011 of its semi-annual Non-Profit PR Grants Program. With this commitment, Neotrope aligns itself with World Savvy's mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs.

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Craig Thomas announces the launch of Thomas Pest Services. Thomas Pest Services provides pest management services and canine bed bug scent detection to residential and commercial facilities in the Capital District Region.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. /eNewsChannels/ -- In a U.S. economy that needs a boost, Preferred Stadium and Theater Seating and Preferred Seating Designs are excited to announce that they will be creating new designs for high-quality stadium and theater seats through a partnership with three Midwest manufacturers.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- EASEUS Todo Backup, the award-winning and cost-effective server backup and disaster recovery solution for the Windows environment, now features hard disk/partition clone capability to simplify the process of upgrading hard disks or transferring files to the new hard drive disk on Windows Server.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, announces the addition of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) to its client roster. Family Dollar kicked-off a chain-wide customer satisfaction tracking program with CMI in the second quarter of 2010.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Laugh for Love, the group that unites comedians for causes, announced the line up of funnymen to perform Feb. 17, 2011 at their charity fundraiser for the homeless at the world famous Comedy Store. Joey Medina (Latin Kings of Comedy), Chris Spencer (LOL Comedy: Showtime), Jay Malone (LOL Comedy: Showtime), and Chris D'ELia (Glory Daze) round out the diverse and hilarious cast.