Texas Business

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Move For Hunger announces that from April 1-15, 2013, Victory Packaging is holding its First Annual Victory Cup Nationwide Food Drive. As the largest packaging material distributor in North America, Victory has offices in 24 states across the country. For two weeks, these offices will compete to see which can donate the largest amount of non-perishable food items to its local food bank.

PLANO, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- TACPA (The Texas Association of CPAs), supports effort to reduce burdensome regulations in the state. Texas Representative Phil Stephenson, CPA, recently filed two bills affecting CPAs and small businesses: The first bill, H.B. 1756, exempts from the state's mandatory peer review program, CPAs who only prepare financial statements for small businesses.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap today announced that JMT Consulting Group, a leading national software and service provider, has been authorized as a reseller of the Orange Leap cloud-based Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software solution.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Financial Softworks, LLC today announced the release of the latest enhancements to their popular DashBook Royalty Pro system, which now includes the ability to directly create royalty checks or bill payments within Intuit QuickBooks, with special emphasis on book publishers, record labels, and music publishers and distributors.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- The 2013 Orange Leap Shine Brighter Series features Matt McCabe from Pursuant presenting 'I Have A Dream: The Importance of Vision At Every Donor Level' on February 14. Simply put, donors give to a vision that stirs their philanthropic passion. This session will explore why nonprofits must prove the efficacy of their vision and work in order to garner long-term, committed donors.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Music Computing, Inc., the makers of advanced computer-based music production stations and leading edge touchscreen products releases CoreMC (Gen3), the world's most powerful personal computer designed for audio and video production. Based on the Windows 8 (64-bit) OS, CoreMC is capable of running any software for music production, HD video editing or even gaming.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- FirstClose, an aggregator of mortgage settlement services, announced that it recruited Dave Widmoyer to manage and grow its Midwest territory. The addition of Widmoyer establishes a regional footprint in the Midwest to offer its settlement services and technology solution to lenders headquartered in that region.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap's monthly Shine Brighter Series of webcasts for nonprofits continues on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, 2 p.m. EST, with 'Integrated Marketing for Nonprofits' presented by Mark Rhode, vice president at Russ Reid.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- National Structured Funding announces the launch of its website and services in 50 states. Buyer of structured settlements, fixed annuities, state lotteries, royalty payments, nationwide.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Starting Dec. 7, 2012 one of Sugar Land Texas' most iconic brands, Whiteflash wants to give you a holiday twinkle treat! Blingle all the way! Pin your fantasy 'Holiday Wedding' and diamond jewelry from Whiteflash for a chance to win $2,500 Verragio Engagement Ring set with a 1 carat blue sapphire from Whiteflash Inc.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Widely respected Houston jeweler/diamond cutter Brian Gavin and his company, Brian Gavin Diamonds, have announced the addition of a unique line of masterfully crafted diamond jewelry: The Coronet Solitaire Collection. The collection, which brings the classic look of the ever-popular solitaire diamond to today's sophisticated, fashion-forward woman, is designed to make this timeless diamond style eminently attainable by women everywhere.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap's monthly Shine Brighter Series of webcasts for nonprofits continues on Thursday, December 6, 2012, 2 p.m. EST, with 'Twitter for Nonprofits' presented by Dawn Westerberg, president of marketing consulting firm Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap announced today that non-profit technology and solution specialist, Soft Trac has been authorized to sell Orange Leap, a cloud-based constituent relationship management (CRM) solution. Soft Trac serves nonprofits in the Northeast and is based in Falmouth, Maine.

VICTORIA, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Makeup Artist Christina Sanchez has been passionate about makeup and skin care for quite some time. She is a family woman and a mother, who is a professional makeup artist with a small retail store in Victoria. Christina has a customer oriented approach that has won her success in her terrestrial ventures. She has now taken that success to a new online store.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap (www.orangeleap.com) is sponsoring 'Tap Into New Donations with Non-cash and Online Giving,' presented by Kevin Myers of iDonate and part of Orange Leap's Shine Brighter Series webcasts for nonprofit organizations. The one-hour webcast will take place Thursday, November 15 at 2 p.m. EST. The session is free, but registration is required.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap has launched a new monthly series of webcasts for nonprofit organizations called the Shine Brighter Series. The first webinar is '5 Ways Nonprofits Can Get More Likes on Their Facebook Page' presented by Randy Vaughn of Fort Worth-based Marketing Twins.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Blings, Inc. releases details for its crowd-funding project on Indiegogo for intelligent lighted shoes. Blings(TM) are the world's first illuminated shoes that will interact with an iPhone or Android device. The idea was to bring together the elements of style, functionality and technology into a coherent product that can be worn anywhere, which will stand out in a crowd.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Houston-based strategic digital design firm Softway Solutions announced today that it won second place for logo design in the American Design Awards (ADA). An internationally-recognized independent awards program, the ADA recognizes designers from around the world who produce innovative and creative design pieces.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Along the Gulf Coast signs of an energy boom seem evident - from the recent $3 billion addition to Valero's Port Arthur refinery to the massive $7 billion Motiva expansion still underway; more new construction, upgrades and heavy maintenance is on the books as oil and energy giants along the Gulf crescent are beefing up their plants and contemplating new ones to meet the future, according to Iron Workers District Council of Texas and the Mid-South States.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- FirstClose, a recognized aggregator of mortgage settlement services, announced it hired industry veteran Doug Beaty as executive vice president of national sales. In this role, he is responsible for providing leadership to execute on the company's goal of expanding its business and marketing its product line.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap (www.orangeleap.com) announced today that Austin-based Xanegy Cloud Solutions has been authorized as a reseller of Orange Leap cloud-based Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software solution.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Houston based technology firm, Softway Solutions, is ranked number 40 on Houston Business Journal's Houston Fast 100 list. The Houston Fast 100 is ranked by two-year growth and a minimum of $1 million in revenue. All of the companies on the list are headquartered within the Houston metropolitan area and have been doing business for at least five years.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States Gold Bureau announced today the general availability of Silver Eagle Coins recovered from several bank vaults below the World Trade Center. These coins were removed from the rubble following the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- As a native of South Africa, one of the premier diamond capitals of the world, Brian Gavin has extensive experience in the diamond jewelry industry. In an effort to expand his selection of fine diamond engagement rings, wedding bands and men's bands, Brian Gavin has partnered with Sholdt, a jewelry design house based in Seattle, Wash.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Houston based Softway Solutions was recently selected as a global leader in web application development by the IT services research firm, SourcingLine. Softway Solutions was one of only 15 firms selected out of several hundred companies around the globe. The Washington DC based SourcingLine develops this publication to help companies effectively select web developers offering popular services such as Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, .NET, JavaScript and more.