News Releases

SuccessFactors Delivers on the Promise of Pay-for-Performance with New Compensation Planning Solution New Offering Directly Links Compensation Decisions and Employee Performance - 2004-11-20

uSwitch.com Comment on Ofcom’s Ongoing Strategic Review - only Ofcom-Accredited Comparison Service Following today’s publication of Ofcom’s Phase II Strategic Review of the UK telecommunications market, Chris Williams, telecoms analyst at independent comparison and switching service, www.uSwitch.com comments; “It is encouraging to see Ofcom take a much needed tough line with BT through its proposal to establish ‘real equality of access’ in the UK telecoms market; this will help create a level-playing field in which suppliers can deliver more competitive products to consumers. - 2004-11-20

uCertify to Close Limited Period Discount Offer on November 30, 2004 uCertify, a market leader in IT certification exam preparation aids, announced that the current limited time discount offer on Exam Simulation PrepKits will be closed on November 30, 2004. - 2004-11-20

Halo 2 – The Legend Continues With the release of Halo 2 T-Shirts on T-ShirtKing.com, we also bring you "Halo 2 - The Legend Continues". - 2004-11-20

Cell Therapy Society (ISCT) Supports Latest FDA Step In Assuring Safety of Cells and Tissues for Human Transplantation International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) supports the intent behind the FDA's new rule on Good Tissue Practice. ISCT remains committed to facilitating supporting education and dialogue between industry and the FDA to ensure safe and effective pursuit of new cell and tissue-based therapies. - 2004-11-20

Who Says Childbirth Needs to be Painful? Secrets of having a great birth are uncovered in this newly released book. 48 moms share their stories and wisdom through their own inspirational birth stories. - 2004-11-20

Austin Voice Moves To Full Color Weekly In 2005 The Austin Voice, Chicago's leading West Side newspaper, will be moving from a bi-weekly to a full color weekly in January 2005. - 2004-11-20

Vince Neil Plays to Sold-Out Crowd in Concert Supporting Alcohol Responsibility; Legends and Prodigies Raises Over $1400 for AWARE The premiere concert of Legends and Prodigies featuring Vince Neil and Sound and Fury, November 13th at the Key Club in Hollywood, played to a sold-out audience Saturday night, raising over $1400 for AWARE (Alliance for Worldwide Alcohol Research and Education) and drawing attention to AWARE’s message and programs promoting alcohol responsibility. - 2004-11-20

New Teleconference Shares Strategies for Living Your Dream Life Attend the "Planning Your Dream Life" Teleconference. Learn what it takes to live the life you want. - 2004-11-20

New Markon Report Published On the Major Retailers on Consumer Electronics in Europe A new market study was recently published about the major retailers on Consumer electronics in 17 European countries. The report gives a clear picture of the main players in this market - 2004-11-20

How to Give Job-Winning Answers to Interview Questions Figuring out how to provide the best answers to job interview questions can be tricky. Here's a systematic way to do it right every time and greatly boost your chances of hearing, "You're hired!" - 2004-11-20

Enron E-mail Reveals E-mail Liability Remains A Significant Risk, According to InBoxer Study Audiotrieve CEO Roger Matus Presents “Monsters in Your Mailbox” at Inbox East 2004 Conference - 2004-11-20

Regenesis’ Metals Remediation Compound (MRC®) Recognized with Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award Regenesis Bioremediation Products’ Metals Remediation Compound (MRC®), a low-cost, innovative technology for the rapid removal of toxic metals and chlorinated solvents from groundwater, was recognized in The Wall Street Journal’s 2004 Technology Innovation Awards competition. California-based Regenesis introduced MRC in 2003 and it quickly won acceptance as a highly effective in-situ treatment for removing a wide range of metals from groundwater, while eliminating the need for much more costly and intrusive pump-and-treat systems. Last spring, MRC won the prestigious ICU Innovation Award for 2004, which is presented annually at International Clean Up, one of Europe’s major environmental exhibition and conference. - 2004-11-20

SoldPoint! Radically Changes the Face of eBay Drop-off Stores SoldPoint is changing the face of the eBay drop-off landscape by charging a simple, reasonable flat rate of $34.95, rather than the usual 25-45% commission currently associated with these stores. - 2004-11-20

Pugster.com Gets Charming License - "It’s Happy Bunny" Italian Charms Pugster, Inc., a leading manufacturer of jewelry charms and body jewelry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Jim Benton Design Studios, Inc. to manufacture and sell Italian charms branded with the “It’s Happy Bunny” character. - 2004-11-20

Last Remaining Signed Rana Ghassan Print to be Auctioned at "Made in Palestine" Art Exhibit and Auction in New York Illuminocity announced today that the last remaining signed version of "David and Goliath" will be auctioned at the "Made in Palestine" Art Exhibit and Auction in White Plains, New York, on Saturday, November 20th 2004. - 2004-11-20

With 2004 Winding Down, Do You Know How Much Risk is in Your Investment Portfolio? It’s an age old question that many investors have faced for many years. How much risk is inherent in a given investment portfolio? More importantly, how can one quantify portfolio risk in simple terms that a lay person can easily grasp? - 2004-11-20

Warning: Coffee is HOT America's passion for a good cup of coffee leads to the coining of a new synonym for "sassy" that sums up a modern woman's lifestyle. - 2004-11-20

Verimatrix Announces First Integrated Content Protection and Encryption Solution for Latest Myrio IP Video Platform Verimatrix, Inc. a leading provider of IPTV content protection solutions, today announced immediate availability of the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) fully integrated with the Myrio IP Video Platform v3.5. Verimatrix is the first digital content protection vendor to offer a solution fully integrated with Myrio to enable enhanced content security and encryption for IPTV service providers. - 2004-11-20

Home Equity Loans are the Latest Home Loan Craze Are home equity loans, with floating interest rates, the best home loan or mortgage option available? - 2004-11-20

Posh Pet Shop.com Unveils New Website Unique On-line Pet retailer PoshPetShop.com is launched in time for the holiday shopping. - 2004-11-20

Olive Oil for Peace Kinky Friedman and Farouk Shami Introduce Olive Oil from the Holy Land Benefiting Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salom (Oasis of Peace) - 2004-11-20

Hillman Named Vice President, Account Director Sean-Patrick M. Hillman was promoted to Vice President, Account Director of Corbin & Associates, Ltd. - 2004-11-20

Owen's Theater Serving "White Chocolate" Texas based band, White Chocolate, will be performing in Branson, Missouri at the Owen's Theater. - 2004-11-20

IT Trailblazers Celebrates Momentous Fifth Year IT Trailblazers LLC (ITTB), a New Brunswick, NJ based Technology Consulting firm, completed 5 years of operations on 16 Nov, 2004. - 2004-11-20

Shoptech Software Wins Prestigious "Technology Fast 50" Award from Deloitte & Touche Shoptech Software was selected by Deloitte & Touche as the winner of the “Technology Fast 50” award. This award is presented to technology companies that have shown substantial growth over the past year. Shoptech had to submit audited financials to Deloitte along with a complete evaluation of Shoptech’s internal processes. - 2004-11-20

Circumcision Not Cost-Effective Says Study Circumcision increases health-care costs and decreases wellness. Insurance companies would be better off PAYING parents and doctors to NOT circumcise boys. - 2004-11-20

Expeditions Seeking Adventurers New internet portal offers free web hosting for expeditions, a placement service for people who want to join expeditions, and a directory of over 10,000 projects. - 2004-11-20

Original New Year's Eve Party Invitations Designed by Artist Adriane Dedic are Personalized with a Festive Flair Personalized Holiday invitations for New Year's Eve Parties feature designs by artist Adriane Dedic for an Asian theme party, Masquerade Ball, French Cabaret, or Hollywood party. Invitations for an Asian theme party include a Red Dragon invitation or Geisha invitation, a Mask shaped invitation for a Mardi Gras Masquerade party, Movie Star - Movie Marquee invitation for a Hollywood theme party, and the Eiffel Tower for a Moulin Rouge Parisian Cabaret party. - 2004-11-20

Local Western Author to Make Public Appearance/Book Signing at Cambridge, MN Western Store - Howe Also Accepting Other Interviews and Appearances Jonathan W. Howe, the author of the Western novel, Heroes Don't Run, will be personally signing copies of his book on Friday, November 26, 2004 from 10 am to 2 pm at ACE Tack and Outfitters in Cambridge, MN. Mr. Howe is also looking for other events in which he can reach juvenile and/or western readers. Please contact immediately for more information. - 2004-11-20

This Christmas Season Finds Artist Cade Dugan a Victim of His Own Legend The Christmas Village, by Linda Andrews, is a romantic comedy seasoned with the Christmas Spirit. "... a hilarious, fun tale of love and romance under crazy circumstances," says Mariah at Romance Junkies. Tina Burns from The Road to Romance exclaims The "Christmas Village is one of the best romantic comedies I've read yet!" Five Dragons rates Kaleen at Enchanted in Romance. - 2004-11-20

The Biggest Problem of Russian Brides According to Elena Petrova from Russian Brides Cyber Guide (www.womenrussia.com), the biggest problem of Russian brides is that they are not prepared for immigration. Russian women are seeking a partner, not a country, and it means they do not research into the culture and laws of their future country, and they do not pay enough attention to learning the language or making new friends. - 2004-11-20

beSatisfied, an Industry Leader Providing a Full Suite of Customer Satisfaction Solutions to the Automotive Industry Announces it Will be Attending the NADA Convention and Exposition Taking Place January 29th Through February 1st 2005 in New Orleans. Booth 6043/6045 beSatisfied provides a full suite of innovative services enabling automotive dealers to track customer issues through resolution with an accountable concern resolution process, measure satisfaction levels, employee performance, customer loyalty and utilize a root cause analysis to determine the underlying reason a problem is occurring. - 2004-11-20

J.D.Faust’s New Book Brings Healing and Motivation to People of Faith: "The Rod: Will God Spare It?" The impact of Faust’s book has been both liberating and motivating. - 2004-11-20

Premiers, Movies, Biblical Epics, Talent Contest and More “Thanksgiving Week” on TBN —- This weeks hot tickets include the broadcast television premier of the inspirational film “Joshua” and the national Christian talent search “Exalting Him 2004.” -- - 2004-11-20

Family Names Guaranteed to be Available in New Domain Launching Next Month. - Trademark Owners Have Just a Few Weeks to Protect Their Trademarks Family Names Guaranteed to be Available in New Domain Launching Next Month. For a representative list of addresses, see http://www.nameshare.us/namegen/. Trademark Owners Have Just a Few Weeks to Protect Their Trademarks. General availability is scheduled for December 15. - 2004-11-20

New Book Treats Dyslexia with a Smile and Innovation - The Other Side of Dyslexia Offers Successful Alternative Approaches to Overcoming the Pain and Confusion that Can Accompany Dyslexia. Dyslexic Ann Farris shares her research and personal experience of overcoming the pain and confusion of dyslexia in her new book, The Other Side of Dyslexia. ISBN # is 0-9758894-1-9 - 2004-11-20

Children Host News Conference: Announce National Award Children hosted a news conference to announce that their school, Laurel Hall Elementary School in North Hollywood is one of six private K-12 schools in the State of California receiving national honors for academic programs and high student achievement. This places the school in the top 10 percent of the nation's schools in reading and math performance. This is the second Department of Education recognition of the school. In 2002, Laurel Hall principal Kathleen Haworth was recognized as the United States Department of Education National Distinguished Principal. - 2004-11-20

IAB Offers No Cost Health Benefits This article talks about the rising tide of health care costs in America. It highlights a 22 year old non profit association in Washington, D.C. that caught the eye of several presidential administrations through it's unique way of making health care available to everyone, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, and ultimately at no cost to its members. - 2004-11-20

Total Body Workout with Smooth EVO XCITE Elliptical Trainer The EVO XCITE Elliptical trainer offers commercial quality for your home. Our unique elliptical design reduces the impact to your joints and lower back, while exercising the muscles in your upper and lower body. - 2004-11-20

VDF Names Noted Surgeon Veith First Jacobson Award-Winner The Vascular Disease Foundation has presented its first Julius H. Jacobson II, M.D. Award for Physician Excellence to noted vascular surgeon Frank Veith M.D. of Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. - 2004-11-20

Advantage Services, Inc. Subsidiary, Instant-Hire, Partners With Career Pro Resume Center. Instant-Hire and Career Pro Resume Center form a partnership to offer “Investigate Yourself” program to job seekers – Atlanta, GA - 2004-11-20

Are You Ready for the Coming Asian Music Invasion? Asian pop music is crossing international boundries within Asia but has yet to make a ripple on the US music scene. That's about to change. Internet radio station, PopGoesAsia.com offers a preview of sounds to come. - 2004-11-20

New Directory for Finding Basketball Tickets CDP Web Slutions launches the second of a series of Ticket websites that will assist Ticket Brokers improve the popularity of their web sites. - 2004-11-20

Munchie Gifts Adds Special Dietary Needs Gifts Department Now there is a place to shop for persons with special dietary needs whether it be for friends, family, business associates or personal consumption. Prompted by the success of their hulless popcorn department, Munchie Gifts has expanded its offerings to include many products to fill special dietary needs. Sugar free product have always been offered but have been expanded and lower carbohydrate, gluten free and all natural items have been added. - 2004-11-20

So Cliché's Final Countdown! Adult Party Game Preparing To Hit The Streets! Shrapnel Games would like to announce that So Cliché, the witty social game of clichés, idioms, and wordplay, has just begun to enter its final phases in preparation for release. So Cliché, is an etymological social game where the name of the game is clichés and idioms throughout history. - 2004-11-20

Northwest Cider Society Recognizes Nine Artisan Ciders The Northwest Cider Society has given awards to nine artisan ciders in the Second North American Cider Competition. - 2004-11-20

Study on Pregnant Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Receives Funding Uma Mahadevan, MD, at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Colitis and Crohn's Disease was awarded a clinical research grant to complete a study of pregnancy outcomes in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from the Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD. - 2004-11-20

Hart Ski Manufacturing LLC Names Adsoka, Inc. Agency of Record Advertising Agency Lands New Account - Long time snowsports brand Hart returns with new products and same respected great approach - LOVE THE SNOW - 2004-11-20

Triangle Printers Wins Two Platinum MarCom Awards Now entering its 50th year in the graphic arts business, Triangle proudly announces winning two highly-coveted MarCom Creative Awards for its outstanding design work. - 2004-11-20

What Would Bill Hicks Say? Website Turn Book Pays Homage to the Late Comedian The sTaRe Network, a distributor of quality arts and letters via new mediums, announced today it has partnered with Soft Skull Press to promote a website – www.whatwouldbillhickssay.com - in honor of the late American comedian who died in 1994. The site will feature a writing contest asking participants to recreate what Bill Hicks would say if he were alive today. The site also accepts visual entries illustrating how contestants depict Bill Hicks’ perception, if he were alive today. - 2004-11-20

New Greeting Card Company Targets Untapped Consumer - IntoMate Offers Cards For the Families of Those Who Are Locked Away But Not Forgotten IntoMate Cards, a new online greeting card company, creates paper greeting cards for families to send to their inmate. The categories include Birthday, Inspirational, Miss You and Holiday. - 2004-11-20

Dogged Persistence - Ambassador Yellow Pages Word has already hit the street that powerhouse Ambassador Yellow Pages, who is shaking up the directory business with their rapid growth and innovations, is again one upping the competition - 2004-11-20

The Secret of Turning Recipes Into Riches: CookbookCash.com Shows New Authors How To Profitably Write, Publish and Promote a Specialty Cookbook Without Going Through The Hassle of Getting an Agent or Publisher CookbookCash.com has just released the recordings and transcripts of a sold-out seminar given by three prominent cookbook authors to a select audience of future cookbook writers. The seminar reveals to prospective cookbook authors some lesser known but highly successful techniques for profitably writing, publishing and promoting a specialty cookbook without going through the traditional process of getting an agent and/or publisher. The seminar's inspirational leader, Willie Crawford, who is a literal rags-to-riches story, recently sold over $100,000 worth of his best-seller cookbook Soul Food using these power publishing techniques. Another contributing cookbook writer talks about the wild success he has achieved from his unique cookbook themed around canines and dog food recipes. - 2004-11-20

ATMsafe Offers Safety and Security Tips for Using ATM’s in Countries Around the World. Safety and Security Tips are Provided in Numerous Languages at atmsafe.com ATMSafe North America, llc and ATMSafe, Latin America, sa provide a unique consumer oriented insurance benefit which helps consumers who are the result of robbery at an ATM. The ATMSafe program provides worldwide insurance coverage.. - 2004-11-20

Top Design Duo Building Bridges to Success What happens when the leading UK PCB design bureau and one of the country's top EDA Electronic Design Automation software distributors start talking? - 2004-11-20

Computas Achieves Leadership Status in META Group Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tool Evaluation - 2004-11-20

If You Want Your Baby to Have Good Teeth, Forget Dummies and Bottles and Give it a Real Breast An Italian University tested 1,099 children, and found that those that sucked on dummies or thumbs were substantially more likely to have misplaced teeth as adults. - 2004-11-20