Tabitha Berg

BOONTON, N.J. -- The Carrier Ethernet market is expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2007 to nearly $6 billion in 2012, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. With metro-area Ethernet services now available from virtually all major data service providers and wide-area Ethernet about to get a shot in the arm from the dominant carriers, the market is poised to take off.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Rich Natole, a voice talent for CheapBooks.com, made an appearance on America's Got Talent on the Tuesday, June 12, 2007 episode. Natole, a master impressionist, showed off his skills while doing a John Travolta impression. Natole began lending his voice to CheapBooks in 2005 with the start of a national radio campaign. He is also the trademark voice shouting "cheapbooks.com" in the television and radio commercials.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Alfa Tec Inc., a 14-year-old Seattle-based marine sales and service distributor, has announced it will open a second location in Tampa, Florida, by June 2007. "This will allow us to offer expanded operations to cover the East Coast and Gulf Coast regions," says Kevin Oakley, President. Alfa Tec was founded in 1993 as Alfa Laval Inc.'s exclusive distributor to the marine industry on the West Coast and in Alaska.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A student at the University of Connecticut has launched a new website that is on track to make him one million dollars. The Million Dollar Wiki, is a website similar to Wikipedia but with one important catch: every page costs one hundred dollars. The pages are public for everyone to see, but only the owner of a page can add content to it.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LuraTech, Inc., a leading provider of open, ISO- compliant JPEG2000 and PDF/A technology, today announced that they have enabled LexisNexis to create and publish the new LexisNexis(R) U.S. Serial Set Maps Digital Collection, using the LuraWave(R) JP2 Image Content Server, Enterprise Edition.

BOSTON, Mass. -- Buildium, LLC announced today the introduction of two new check printing options designed to help streamline accounts payable for landlords and property managers; customers can now independently print MICR-encoded checks on blank check stock or they can outsource check printing and mailing using Buildium's online EZ Mailer(TM) service.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Protectomatic Music and Entertainment (PME) proudly announces the release of Jeremiah's new album, "Love Notes," on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007. The first single off of Jeremiah's recording, entitled, "Did I tell you," is also being released. In conjunction with the new single and album, PME and Jeremiah will be launching a new website at www.jsongz.com with the recording.

CINNAMINSON, N.J. -- For Jerome Williams the directive was clear: with the "the changing face of America," and knowledge of the economic potential of America's largest new "minority" - the Latino population - there was no other choice but to put his skill and know-how to work, and to recruit others knowledgeable about the hair care industry, to create the nation's first hair care franchise serving both African Americans and Latinos.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- In conjunction with the Carl Van Vechten Trust, Mondial is set to republish the late author's long-unprinted novel, "Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel" (ISBN: 978-1-59569-068-5). In what must be considered a milestone, the book will be published after being out of print for over eighty years; thereby poising to become a lost find for readers and literary scholars alike.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Brooks Internet Software has released ExcelliPrint(R) Standard and Premium version 3.2. With updates and enhancements, ExcelliPrint continues to be an essential tool for IPDS printing in mixed IBM and Windows(R) print environments. ExcelliPrint supports any Windows printer, or any PCL printer (for much faster printing), and saves to PDF as well.

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. -- The California Student Aid Commission offers a platter of state-sponsored loan assumption programs to pay education loans for those seeking professional training and employment in specific areas of need in California. By providing education loan relief, the state through the California Student Aid Commission encourages individuals to seek careers as teachers, nursing faculty, and nurses in state facilities.

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- When people start shopping for long term care insurance, they invariably ask, how much does it cost? "It's an excellent question," says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation's most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, "but it's off-target and could lead you astray."

BOONTON, N.J. -- The market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the billion dollar barrier for the first time this year, as an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world start making video phone calls. According to the study, nearly $1.1 billion will be spent on residential video telephony services worldwide in 2007, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

KENILWORTH, N.J. -- 3C Company, Inc., a leading provider of Business Performance Optimization (BPO) solutions to the Life Sciences Industry, announces today the release of a new module to its highly successful Clintelligence(R) Business Intelligence Solution.

VILLENEUVE D ASCQ, France -- The software company AxBx is announcing the release of its new program: PC SECURITY TEST 2007. Primarily informational, PC Security Test is a freely available tool that is designed to educate users about computer security. Too often, family computers are either badly protected or not protected at all. Recent studies show that between 71 and 82 percent of PCs are infected with spyware.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Children and adults all over the country are fighting over the right to purchase what otherwise would be called trash. While some might imagine a backyard brawl over yesterday's meatloaf, the real attraction around all the fuss is for TrashE-Fashions one of a kind handbags. TrashE-Fashions is a new product line featured on TheFRAP.com.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Cypress Systems, Inc, a Fresno CA based biotechnology company, announced that it has hired Mark Whitacre, Ph.D. Dr. Whitacre joined the executive management team effective January 1, 2007 as COO & President, Technology and Business Development, following the opening of a new office in Pensacola, Florida in December, 2006.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Hop Productions proudly announces the release of Fodakis, the new album by Das Vibenbass on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007. The Seattle quartet that is, "crushing the borders of Jazz," presents Fodakis - a collection of songs that consciously challenge cultural assumptions about the jazz medium.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Are you happy is a simple question but being blissful seems to elude nearly everyone. Even Oprah on a recent show admitted that she was not 100% happy. Dawn T. Clare seeks to fill this gap through counseling and corporate consulting. Dawn overcame many challenges on her path to bliss.

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- According to Travel Hawaii LLC, a leading Hawaii Internet booking service, over 16 of Hawaii's leading hotels - mainly high end resorts - charge mandatory "Resort Fees" of up to $26 per day that are automatically added to guests' bills upon checkout. These fees can cause "checkout sticker shock" if guests don't include them in their pre-trip cost calculations. And often the hotels' own web sites don't make such fees apparent.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "When I first read about America Libre, I knew this was an important book," said Veronica Jacuinde, producer/reporter of On The Up at SiTV. "As the debate over immigration becomes more inflammatory, people need to hear the message of this book. It's a warning sign of the consequences of overreaction and prejudice." America Libre (ISBN: 0-595-42606-9), is a novel by Raul Ramos y Sanchez.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus, inc., the leading provider of software, integration technology, and strategic services for the background screening industry, today announced the latest breakthrough in background technology with its new speed performance solution, called LightSpeed, geared towards dramatically improving end user web experiences while ordering background checks.

LONDON, UK -- Crescent Diagnostics Ltd ("Crescent"), today announced the publication of a recent study demonstrating the potential of the Bone Quality Test, BQT(TM) to diagnose osteoporosis. More women at risk can be screened with an accurate, simple to use test which does not require a hospital visit.

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Wholesale network infrastructure provider BandCon and Level 3 Communications have announced plans for the first annual Content Networking Forum at Cafe Pinot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. The three-hour event will provide a platform for providers in the content networking space to interact directly with industry experts to address broad industry and regional issues.

IRVING, Texas -- Combined Development Oil Co. is pleased to announce the successful drilling and completion of the Louisiana State Trust #3 well located in southern Louisiana. Based on seismic analysis and drilling logs, the estimated barrels of oil in place are 1,200,000 MMcf) BO and the estimated natural gas in place is 1-3 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas (BCF). Initial measurements predict a flow rate of about 350 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) plus associated gas.