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To Tweet or Not Your Press Release and Other FAQs to Close Out Business Wire’s FREE Award-Winning Webinar Series

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business Wire’s free award-winning webinar series will close out the year with a final To Tweet or Not to Tweet Your Press Release and other Frequently Asked Questions session, a popular webinar for social media newbies that offers guidance on leveraging new media tools for better press release traction. “Don’t put off your social...

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Translations.com, the world's largest privately held provider of translation services and related technology, is pleased to announce that it has been selected ...

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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business Wire will be posting exhibitor news releases issued via Business Wire on a dedicated show news archive for this event. Media may contact the Business Wire Event Services Group at tradeshow@businesswire.com with any questions pertaining to these news releases. As the recognized global leader in event news release...

Ocean Power Technologies Appoints New Head of North America Business Development and Marketing

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

PENNINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Philip J. Pellegrino to the position of Vice President, North America Business Development & Marketing. Reporting to Dr. George W. Taylor, OPT’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Pellegrino...

November Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; PMI at 53.6%; New Orders, Production and Employment Growing; Inventories Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slower

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the seventh consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Norbert J. Ore, CPSM, C.P.M., chair of the Institute for...

Small Businesses Fear Financial Impact of Health Care Reform

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the battle over health care reform heats up in the U.S. Senate, small businesses say they are concerned or very concerned (77 percent) and will likely need to cut costs to maintain current benefit levels (68 percent), according to a recent survey Manta conducted of more than 490 small businesses nationwide. With profiles of more than 63...

Casino City’s Winter 2010 Gaming Business Directory: In a Class by Itself

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Casino City Press has just released the Winter 2010 edition of their flagship publication, Casino City’s Gaming Business Directory. The new Gaming Business Directory contains nearly 600 pages of the most current information available on over 4,500 gaming properties worldwide, plus 700 corporate and Native American property owners. Expanded...

Online Christmas Shopping to Cost British Businesses £1.4BN Per Week in Lost Wages

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--70% of UK workers admitted to shopping for Christmas presents online during work hours according to a new research by money saving website, VoucherCodes.co.uk. More shockingly, a fifth of the 3,000 people surveyed admitted to spending up to a staggering 10 hours a week searching and buying the perfect Christmas gifts online at work. In the build-up to Christmas,...

Each Business Day, BidClerk.com Posts 500 New Construction Projects That Actively Seek Supplier & Contractor Bids

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BidClerk – a national data clearinghouse for construction projects, contractors, consumers, and manufacturers – today announced that it has consistently added 500 new projects per business day to its website, BidClerk.com. Each one of these projects – 2,500 new projects every week – is available in a searchable listing that can...

Former U.K. Health Protection Agency Director Rejoins Emergent BioSolutions to Head Biodefense Business

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Steven Chatfield, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President, Biodefense effective immediately. Dr. Chatfield rejoins the Company after recently serving as Executive Director of the U.K. Health Protection Agency (HPA) and leading the Agency’s Centre for Emergency Preparedness and...

Claresa Levetan MD, Co-Founder, CureDM, Inc., Selected for the Class of 2009 Women of Distinction by Philadelphia Business Journal

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

WYNNEWOOD, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Claresa Levetan, a co-founder of CureDM, Inc., www.CureDM.com, was named as a 2009 Business Woman of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal and National Association of Women Business Owners. CureDM is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel therapeutic approaches to diabetes. Dr. Levetan is recognized...

General Physics Corporation Receives Top Overall Honors from The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Survey of Top Training and Learning Business Process Outsourcing Vendors

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

ELKRIDGE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Top Training and Learning Business Process Outsourcing (LBPO) Vendors survey results ranked GP as number one overall. GP further ranked highest in three...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (MPI, Tokyo, Japan; President: Hiroshi Yoshida) has launched the high gas barrier Photovoltaic (PV)

Solar Energy News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

TOKYO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (MPI, Tokyo, Japan; President: Hiroshi Yoshida) has launched the high gas barrier Photovoltaic (PV) back sheet “BACK-BARRIER” to the global market. “BACK-BARRIER” is MPI’s latest development in the “X-BARRIER” series of high gas barrier films with the world’s highest level of water vapor...

Orange Business Services and Sorin Group Awarded Best Change-Maker for Innovations in Remote Health Monitoring and Telemedicine

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

MILAN & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A highlight at this year’s annual World Communication Awards (WCA) was Orange Business Services, and Sorin Group, a global leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, being named "Best Change-Maker” for their innovative work in the development of a remote monitoring solution for cardiac patients. The Best Change Maker...

Orange Business Services Enhances Satellite Solution Portfolio

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orange Business Services has enhanced its satellite solution portfolio by launching a new, innovative Maritime Satellite Service, upgrading technology and providing customers access to a next-generation satellite network management system. Satellite Service Differentiators Unlike other providers, Orange Business Services integrates satellite and terrestrial...