Daily Archives: October 7, 2013

Business

Edgar Perez at HFT Forum Chicago on U.S. Debt Default, The Economic Calamity Unlike Anything Before

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Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, October 8, at UBS Conference Center.

New York City, NY, USA (October 7, 2013) — The last time Congress was gridlocked over the extension of the debt ceiling, August 2011, repo rates rose as money-market funds pulled back because they didn’t want the risk of holding a security in default. What are the consequences of a potential U.S. default on its debt? Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street, will provide the keynote speech “U.S. Debt Default, The Economic Calamity Unlike Anything The World Has Ever Seen”, at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide investors and speed traders on October 8 with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field.

Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in the specialized area of high-frequency trading and author of The Speed Traders, An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World (http://www.thespeedtraders.com), and Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (http://www.knightmareonwallstreet.com). He is course director of The Speed Traders Workshop, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai), and was Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. He contributes regularly to The New York Times and China’s Sina Finance and International Finance News.

Mr. Perez has been engaged to present at the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School (London and Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Inside Market Data 2013 (Chicago), Emerging Markets Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach), Harvard Business School’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago, London), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional Investor’s Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).

Mr. Perez has been interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box, FOX BUSINESS’s Countdown to the Closing Bell and After the Bell, Bloomberg TV’s Market Makers, CNN en Español’s Dinero, Sina Finance, BNN’s Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia’s Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has been globally featured on FXFactor, Columbia Business, OpenMarkets, Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International Finance News, hexun.com, Finance.QQ.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business Times.

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Human Resources

SocialJobWorking(TM) Combines The Power of Print, Digital and Social Media for Recruitment

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More than 50 Newspapers In US Now Offer The Leading Edge Tool.

Austin, TX, USA (October 7, 2013) — Cross-Post, LLC announced today that more than fifty newspapers in the United States are now offering the SocialJobWorking™ solution. The SocialJobWorking™ product, first deployed in mid 2012, combines the power of print, digital and social media to enhance employer recruitment advertisements and responses.

“Social Media Recruiting is so hot in this marketplace. Nearly everyone with a smartphone or tablet computer will use mobile/social to look for a job at one time or another.” noted Carl Braun, CEO of Cross-Post, LLC.

Forbes Magazine says that 90% of all employers have used social media to recruit job candidates.

The SocialJobWorking™ product optimizes the employer posting using leading edge software developed by TweetMyJobs.com. It connects the job posting with print and digital recruitment advertising offered by leading newspapers. The result is a highly effective recruitment campaign that delivers solid results.

“Rarely does one resource provide all of the tools you need to complete an effective recruitment campaign. By using SocialJobWorking™ from your local newspaper, you can maximize your exposure across most mediums used by candidates to search for jobs.” said John Fujii, President and COO of Cross-Post LLC.

With dozens of newspapers deploying the tool in the US, the results have been impressive. Click thru rates are averaging more than thirty applicants per posting and newspapers like the Las Vegas Review Journal, The Washington Post, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Oklahoman and others have all seen outstanding results.

In a recent two-week study conducted by one Cross-Post, LLC client, five hundred postings to SocialJobWorking™ resulted in more than 30,000 clicks/applicants. That is nearly four times the national average for all job postings.

In an article recently published by JobBoardDigest.com, Susan Quinn, Multi-Media Recruitment Advertising Manager at the Milwaukee Journal/JSJobs said, [with SocialJobWorking™] “We now have the ability to give our clients an easy, cost-effective solution to incorporate social media into employers’ recruitment strategy”.

SocialJobWorking™ leverages more than 11,000 category and specific job channels in the US and hundreds in Canada. It places client job postings on Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn along with dozens of search engines and mobile job search applications including the TweetMyJobs.com mobile app that uses augmented reality.

“Targeted social media recruitment combined with print and digital/niche advertising is the most powerful recruitment tool available to employers today in North America.” added Braun.

Contact:
Carl Braun
CEO
Cross-Post LLC
PO BOX 5425, Petaluma, CA 94955
Tel: 619-575-6577
E-Mail: carl@cross-post.com
Web: http://www.cross-post.com

Business

Get The Most From Shea Butter With Free Soap Making Recipes & Much More

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Learn how to incorporate Shea Butter into homemade soaps, lotions, creams, conditioners and a whole range of other natural beauty products with Butter Shea Butters’ free e-book.

Houston, TX, October 07, 2013 – Shea Butter is one of the most versatile healthcare products. More than just a beauty product used to keep the skin looking and feeling young and healthy; Shea Butter can treat a range of skin aliments and improve the condition of hair. There are so many applications for this natural product that Better Shea Butter has produced an e-book, packed full with great recipes and tips for using Shea Butter. This book includes soap making recipes, right through to homemade sunscreen.

This e-book is a free gift when people purchase Shea Butter from Better Shea Butter. Consistently in Amazon’s top ten retailers for Shea Butter, this company’s raw, organic product is very popular. Completely pure, this is the one of the best products to use in soap making recipes, homemade lotions and creams to treat eczema, stretch marks and other skin complaints; amongst other uses. For Better Shea Butter customer Marla Riedling, this product is outstanding and serves multiple applications:

“I use raw organic Shea Butter for topical treatment of conditions such as dry skin, blemishes, scars and wrinkles; a massage cream for tight and sore muscles; and added to my sun block. I also add it to lots of soaps! Just an ounce or 2 to superfat the soap. My soap turns out so much better and moisturizes the skin as well as cleaning it.”

In addition to using Shea Butter in soap making recipes, Ms. Riedling adds this ingredient to other homemade beauty products:

“I love adding it in lotions, shampoos and other hair and skin products. I know Shea Butter can also be used in aiding cases of eczema, dermatitis, skin discoloration, arthritis, stiff joints and bruising. So I add it into many of my creams-such as calendula cream and jewelweed cream, gives it a nice extra umph! Thank you so much for the excellent product!”

With so many great applications, it isn’t surprising that this unrefined, raw Shea Butter is so popular, especially amongst people that are looking for chemical free beauty treatments. Better Shea Butter stock both ivory and yellow varieties of this premium grade Shea Butter. The ivory variety doesn’t alter skin tone on application, while the yellow Shea Butter can be used to lightly bronze the skin. Both varieties are equally effective.

Anyone looking for a natural skin and hair care product that’s affordable and versatile should consider Shea Butter. With plenty of free resources provided by Better Shea Butter, following soap making recipes or creating homemade hair conditions and everything in-between is both easy and fun.

Contact:
Lisa Girard
Better Shea Butter
9310 Rhythm Lane
Houston, TX 77040
832-554-6166
media@BetterSheaButter.com
http://www.bettersheabutter.com

Construction

World of Concrete India 2013, India’s Leading Specialist Trade Exhibition on Concrete Industry, to be held at Hyderabad, India from 24 – 26 October 2013

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World of Concrete India 2013, India’s leading event dedicated to the commercial concrete industry, is to be held from October 24-26, 2013 at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, India.

Mumbai, India, October 07th, 2013 — World of Concrete India 2013 ( http://www.worldofconcreteindia.com ), India’s leading event dedicated to the commercial concrete industry, is to be held from October 24-26, 2013 at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, India. The event shall showcase innovative products, construction machinery, construction equipment and technologies. The trade show is being jointly organized by Hanley Wood Exhibitions, USA and Inter Ads Exhibitions India and is supported by the Indian Concrete Institute (ICI). The event aims to address new developments in concrete and construction especially in the infrastructural sphere. The Indian event is an extension of the world famous World of Concrete exhibition, owned and produced by Hanley Wood Exhibitions of USA.

Since concrete has been recognized as one of the essential components of infrastructure development in India, the Expo will endeavour to evolve and adopt innovative solutions for planning and execution of concrete infrastructures, especially when huge expenditure is planned in the immediate future. India is modernizing its infrastructure at a fast pace making it imperative to have such an event which addresses the needs of this fast expanding industry. Business opportunities, networking services, one to one meeting with the potential customers and presentation of some of the important products like aggregate processing, aggregates, anchors & fasteners, batching equipment, cleaning materials & equipment, coatings inspection, measurement, coatings, stains, sealers, computer hardware, software, cranes, cutting & drilling, decorative concrete, demolition equipment & materials by the exhibitors will be some of the highlights of this event.

World of Concrete India is backed by an International Conference organized by Indian Concrete Institute dedicated to the theme of “Innovations in Concrete for Meeting Infrastructure Challenge”. The International Conference will deliberate on crucial issues confronting the infrastructure sector all over the world with specific reference to India and innovative technologies and approaches needed to overcome the problems.

The Expo and Conference will be ideal for Architects, Academicians, Researchers and Students, Builders, Cement Manufacturers, Civil Engineers and Consultants, Concrete Equipment / Machinery Manufacturers, Construction Companies, Consultancy Organizations, Construction Chemical Manufacturers, Formwork Designers / Manufacturers, Highway Authorities and Designers, Local and Central Govt. Authorities, Practicing Engineers on Govt. & Public Sector Undertakings, Precast Concrete and Material Suppliers, Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturers and Trade Associations.

For further information visit http://www.worldofconcreteindia.com

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