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Fathom Realty Opens Office in the Raleigh, NC Market

Fathom Realty, a technology centered real estate company, based out of Dallas, TX, has opened its first North Carolina office in the Triangle.

Cary, NC, September 14, 2010 — Fathom Realty, ( http://www.fathomraleigh.com ) a technology centered real estate company, based out of Dallas, TX, has opened its first North Carolina office in the Triangle. Clients can now start searching for Raleigh Real Estate with ease. In today’s challenging world of real estate, Fathom Realty brings a fresh concept to the market. Unlike other competitors, they provide a fantastic user friendly website, where potential homebuyers get free unlimited access to search for Foreclosures, Short Sales, Distressed Homes, New Construction Homes, Single-family Homes, Townhomes, Condominiums and Apartments.

At FathomRaleigh.com, homebuyers can even register to create their own user profile. By doing this, every time they log-in, homebuyers can view and save their favorite homes, schedule showings, contact a realtor, share their favorite listings with Facebook, use the advance search option to easily eliminate homes that would not fit their search criteria and use the keyword search bar to effortlessly look for homes located in a specific neighborhood or subdivision. Whether you are looking for a first home, vacation home or an investment property, Fathom Realty ( http://www.fathomraleigh.com ) has really thought of it all when it comes to searching for real estate and has truly simplified the home search process.

Fathom Realty ( http://www.fathomraleigh.com ) focuses on all areas of the Triangle including Apex, Durham, Raleigh, Holly Springs, and communities in Fuquay Varina, Wake Forest, Clayton and beyond. As a locally owned and operated real estate company, they are committed to selling some of the most desired homes in North Carolina including Cary and Chapel Hill, which both cities recently made “Money Magazines” Top 100 Best Places to Live for 2010 (Cary made #23 and Chapel Hill ranked #40). Selling these “right addresses” is the mission of Fathom Realty.

Leading the Fathom Realty ( http://www.fathomraleigh.com ) team is Joe Worth, Broker & Business Coach, along with Stacy Zotter, Broker in Charge. After achieving a MBA in Finance and Marketing from NYU’s Stern School of business, Joe eventually fell into the real estate industry and has been helping clients for over five years now. Joe also has an impressive background in Marketing, Sales and Broadcast Journalism with ABC Sports. Stacy, a former Captain in the U.S. Army and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (BS, ’92) and Duke University (MPP ’99), brings a unique skill set to the real estate market combining extensive leadership, project management, client-relationship management, marketing and negotiations experience.

Press Contact:
Joe Worth
Fathom Realty
2474 Walnut St Suite# 291
Cary, NC 27518
919-285-2675
jworth@qprealty.com
http://www.fathomraleigh.com

2010 Christmas Tree Revolution by Easyplants.co.uk

Easyplants.co.uk the leading supplier of Artificial Christmas trees has given the reason why they believe artificial Christmas trees are revolutionizing the festive period.

With the boom of interior design and decoration it was a natural progression that the traditional Christmas tree would make way to a Luxury artificial Christmas tree when dressing your living room for the festive period. Contemporary living spaces need different styles and colours to compliment the room, something that a traditional Christmas tree finds hard to achieve. Space could be of a premium, so you require a slim line tree, colour could be the issue, you need white, black, gold, theses are just some of the reasons why Faux Christmas trees are revolutionizing the way we dress our homes or office for the Christmas period.

Peter Drinkell Managing Director explains, “I have been involved with many debates over the last 6 years on whether the artificial Christmas trees is better or inferior to a real Christmas tree in both environmental, ethical and now interior design views. You may think I show some bias towards the artificial Christmas tree, especially with http://www.easyplants.co.uk being a leading supplier of artificial Christmas which is credible, but I honestly believe that the new generation of Faux Xmas Trees are revolutionising the choice in festive decoration for the modern home, something that a traditional Christmas tree simply cannot achieve. The Christmas Spirit portrayed through a contemporary artificial Christmas tree, can be exasperating especially when it is tailored in the perfect surroundings.”

Peter continues, “Take our stunning black Christmas trees for example, they look simply amazing within a contemporary backdrop of a clean white living space dressed with silver baubles and ornaments, same goes for our contemporary White Xmas trees too.

Artificial Christmas trees offer a better choice of Christmas decoration than any real Christmas tree ever can, traditionalists may not agree, but take it from the 10’s of thousands of people across the country joining the Artificial Christmas tree revolution this year,” concludes Peter.

Gordon ‘Grant’ Curtis Invited to Speak at Real Asset Investing Forum

Gordon “Grant” Curtis invited to speak at Opal Group’s Real Asset Investing Forum at the San Francisco Marriott on September 15th; representing a billion Euro Asset Allocation by CI Investments, a European Single Family Office, Mr. Curtis will be discussing International “Best Buys”.

New York, NY, September 13, 2010 — Across a panelist platform, Mr. Curtis will highlight some of the real asset investing opportunities in Emerging Markets, particularly in Latin America and Asia. His extensive travels and business acumen have propelled CI Investments as one of the top-performing Family Office Organizations.

Through a combination of merchant banking and private equity type strategies, CI has been at the forefront of many market opportunities around the globe. With a vast array of global interests, the Family has continued to capitalize on unique opportunities that require a hands-on approach to securitized transactions.

In conjunction with core business affairs ( http://www.CIInvestments.org ) coordinated from Europe and Asia, the Family Office continues to enjoy new ways of finding and creating value, while offering a socially responsible component to its investment philosophies.

During this Opal Group hosted conference, Mr. Curtis ( http://www.CIInvestments.org ) will also moderate a discussion from a panel of industry experts, and will pose questions related to business insights, forecasts and approaches that can be reproducible by other institutional investing entities.

This event marks one of the larger gatherings for major institutional investors seeking to have an advantage over the general market and who are looking for real asset backed approaches to higher yield potential.

Expected attendance will include representatives from: the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority; TIAA-CREF; South Carolina State Retirement System; University of California; Chevy Chase Trust; and over 100 other noted organizations. ( http://www.CIInvestments.org )

Press & Media Contact:
Jay Tipton, Public Relations
Gordon Grant Curtis
CI Investments Management Company
New York, NY
203-654-7725
JayTiptonPR@aol.com
http://www.CIInvestments.org

2010 artificial Christmas trees arrived at Simplemente Verde

With Christmas time fast approaching and the festive feel drifting through the air, now is the perfect time to plan your Christmas decorations. Every home wants to be the centre of attention, so get your order in first and make sure that your home is the topic of conversation this Christmas period.

Simplemente Verde the leading supplier of Christmas trees across Spain, has for this forthcoming festive period has added even more choice to its luxury collection of artificial Christmas trees. Stunning black Christmas trees are as popular as ever, especially when they are decorated with either silver or gold baubles, they are available in different heights, widths and styles with the highest being 8ft tall, and the smallest being 6ft tall.

With white Christmas trees looking like being the new black Christmas trees this year, simplementeverde.com has increased its collection by adding a white Scandinavian Fir Christmas tree to the range. It looks stunning when dressed with the contemporary colours of blue and pink baubles with colour co-ordinating tinsel.

Charlotte Riggott, Director explains, “We have been selling online at http://www.simplementeverde.com quality Christmas trees for over 4 years now, and year on year we have seen a significant increase with our sales, this is due to the ever improved collection we stock and also due to the quality of the artificial Christmas trees that we sell. This year we have the best collection ever; we have the New White Scandinavian Christmas trees which I am confident, will be an amazing success. We are also continuing with our large selection of Black Christmas trees in all sizes, and styles, and of course the ever-popular traditional coloured Xmas trees which will never go out of fashion.”

Charlotte continues, “Our latest Christmas trees with decorations are without a doubt a fashion statement, people want there homes looking just perfect for the Christmas period, they have there families around and want to show off there new Luxury Christmas tree, everyone wants a stylish Christmas, me included, “concludes Charlotte.

Synowledge Announces 15 New Customer Wins Worldwide

LONDON — August 30, 2010 – Synowledge LLC, a market leader in drug safety and pharmacovigilance services and related IT solutions for life sciences organizations of all sized announced its largest customer win growth to-date. Synowledge signs 15 new customers in 2010 (including a fortune 100 company and a top 20 pharma company). These new accounts outline Synowledge’s accelerating growth in its customer base and revenues.

Synowledge’s proven ability to provide its customers with quality services is evident in this double digit customer account growth. Synowledge’s growth in customer wins was spurred by the expansion of its global customer base – as well as Synowledge’s excellent service to existing customers.

In the past one year, Synowledge has dramatically increased its customer base with a number of new customers, including a fortune 100 company and a top 20 pharma company across the globe. In addition, existing Synowledge customers continued to upgrade and expand their usage of Synowledge solutions. Synwoledge’s strategic direction and customer-focused approach continue to drive the company’s innovation and growth.

“Synowledge, backed by its strong expertise in drug safety, PV and IT solutions, continues to invest proactively in the strategic expansion of its solution suite. Our solutions continue to be chosen over those offered by some of the largest service providers in the industry,” said David Ingraham, Director, Marketing & Sales.

About Synowledge

Synowledge is a global provider of drug safety and pharmacovigilance services and related IT solutions to small, mid and large size pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Our comprehensive outsourcing solutions combine the unique strengths of both onshore and offshore services to meet all our clients’ needs. With more than 15 years of industry experience, our core team members have worked with leading pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and health provider organizations. We have our headquarters located in Stamford CT, USA and additional offices in Bangalore, India and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.synowledge.com.

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Synowledge Continues Global Expansion with New Offices in UK and USA

LONDON — August 30, 2010 – Synowledge LLC, the market leader in drug safety and pharmacovigilance services and related IT solutions for life sciences organizations announced its inauguration of two new offices in Brentford, UK and Columbus OH, USA as part of its ongoing global growth strategy. These two new offices will act as strategic development centers and will also provide support services to Synowledge’s expanding client-base in the US and UK markets. The office addresses are given below:

UK Office Address:

Synowledge UK Limited

1000 Great West Road

Brentford, TW8 9HH

United Kingdom

USA Office Address:

1900 Polaris Parkway, Suite 450

Columbus, Ohio

43240

The decision to establish these two new offices in the US and UK is a result of the significant customer wins Synowledge has experienced in 2010. The expertise of Synowledge’s professionals and their ability to work closely with its customers as a trusted partner have resulted in significant growth in customer base and enhanced level of interest in our solutions.

The USA and UK region is a key market for Synowledge, and we recognize how important these two new facilities are for both our existing business initiatives and future strategic campaigns in the region. In addition to meeting current challenges for Synwoledge’s strategic growth, these two facilities will allow Synowledge to deliver superior sales and support to our customers and to the growing prospect base in the regions.

“We have seen a growing need from our clients in these two regions. Strengthening our presence in key regions around the globe is among a number of current programs we have launched to improve our customer service and build stronger relationships with our customers around the world.” said David Ingraham, Director, Marketing & Sales, “Since embarking on its worldwide strategic expansion plan in 2006, Synowledge is committed to deliver on technology innovation by continually improving our ability to service our current and new clients’ needs.”

About Synowledge

Synowledge is a global provider of drug safety and pharmacovigilance services and related IT solutions to small, mid and large size pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Our comprehensive outsourcing solutions combine the unique strengths of both onshore and offshore services to meet all our clients’ needs. With more than 15 years of industry experience, our core team members have worked with leading pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and health provider organizations. We have our headquarters located in Stamford CT, USA and additional offices in Bangalore, India and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.synowledge.com.

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Yamgo Unveils Mobile Disco With The Worldwide Launch Of Clubbing TV

Clubbing TV, the world’s first 24/7 music channel dedicated to electronic music, DJ & club culture, has launched its live TV channel on Yamgo, the world’s leading mobile TV network.

Clubbing TV, based in Paris but recognised the world over, is the latest channel to launch on the mobile content delivery network and will provide an exclusive showcase for dance music content, from global artists and labels, across mobile phones worldwide.

The channel, available on mobile for the first time, will feature a combination of the hottest new music videos and some of dance music’s most popular classics featuring the biggest artists, DJs and producers.

Viewers will be able to enjoy regular club reports from the hottest clubs and dance floors worldwide, including dance hotspots like New York, Miami, London, Tokyo and Ibiza, and exclusive interviews with the best international DJs anytime, anyplace and anywhere.

The new channel will deliver the best of club culture to almost all mobile phones, including iPhone, iPad, Android, Nokia and Blackberry, and will feature a schedule comprising of exclusive video shows from some of dance music’s biggest events. Mobile users will have access to footage from world renowned electro festivals including Juicy Beach Miami, Amsterdam Dance Event, Barcelona Summer Week and Hikkaduwa Beach Festival.

“We are delighted to start this new adventure with Yamgo. Making Clubbing TV available free of charge on all mobiles to our fans has always been part of our strategy of spreading electronic music worldwide  and we are very happy to team up with Yamgo and provide the best viewer experience on mobiles” added Clubbing TV Content Manager Nikolay Nachev.

Yamgo Launches Clubbing TV Globally On Mobile Phones

The partnership between Yamgo and Clubbing TV, the dance music experts, will offer viewers great shows that are not available anywhere else on mobile; including “Star DJs” featuring Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Armin van Buuren, Benny Benassi and Paul Oakenfold, “Defected Clubland Adventures” featuring Axwell, Bob Sinclar and Groove Armada and the very best action from the Balearics in “Ibiza Fun Times”.

“The global dance music market is made up primarily of fans who like to travel, discover new music, new trends and new experiences. This passion for dance music, fashion and lifestyle combined with the popularity of new technology and social networking amongst dance enthusiasts makes mobile TV an ideal platform for the distribution of Clubbing TV” stated Mr Vignol Co-Founder and Partner of Clubbing TV. “Yamgo’s extensive reach across the world and expertise with mobile content delivery will play a key role in our goal to maximize the availability of electronic music programming and expand our audience demographic globally.”

Ian Mullins, CEO and Founder of Yamgo stated “As the  premier broadcaster dedicated to dance music, DJs and club culture Clubbing TV can take full advantage of the Yamgo mobile TV network to deliver audiences the most comprehensive catalogue of music entertainment available on mobile devices.  It’s great to have them on the network and allow consumers anywhere and at anytime to watch high quality dance music video.”

Clubbing TV, the home of electronic music, DJs and club culture, will be available on mobile devices worldwide with Yamgo at http://www.yamgo.mobi/clubbing-tv

CONTACTS:

Ian Mullins                              Gareth Mugford                                  Nikolay Nachev

CEO and Founder                    Head of Marketing                             Content Manager

+44 (0)1792 614691               +44 (0)1792 614691                           +33 1 80 84 54 84

ian@yamgo.com gareth.mugford@yamgo.com info@clubbingtv.com

content@clubbingtv.com

Notes to Editors

About Yamgo Ltd

Yamgo is a mobile TV network that delivers live TV and video clips to mobile phones worldwide. Consumers use Yamgo to watch free TV on almost any mobile device and share the experience with friends. Media companies, broadcasters and service providers worldwide use Yamgo’s unique and end-to-end mobile TV solution to ingest, host, manage, optimise, deliver and monetise live TV and video on mobile devices.

Yamgo’s technology platform has been designed to maximise the compatibility across networks and phones. It does this by dynamically adapting video streams to address the different needs of more than 1,000 mobile devices and networks from 2.5G to Wi-Fi. Yamgo delivers the experiences of live television, primetime programming and video-on-demand services on all major device platforms including Java, Android, iPhone, iPad, Symbian and more.

Yamgo was founded in 2005 by Ian Mullins, an expert in mobile TV technology and publishing.  Ian led the team from producing made-for-mobile video clips to the development of a carrier grade mobile TV platform specialising in the delivery of real-time linear TV and catch up TV programming. His vision is to deliver free live TV and video to mobile phones around the globe and empower consumers with access to their favourite TV shows anytime anywhere. Yamgo has offices in Swansea and Oxford and a team of experts from the Mobile, IT and TV industries.

For more information about Yamgo’s managed end-to-end services and hosted content delivery technology and solutions, please visit: www.yamgo.com

About Clubbing TV

Clubbing TV is the 1st international 24/7 TV channel exclusively dedicated to electronic music, DJs and Club culture.

Clubbing TV is available worldwide with free access on BIS TV on line network & www.clubbingtv.com and in various IPTV/Triple Play or DVB-T offers in France, Belgium, Africa, Portugal, Poland, Austria…etc

Our aim is to offer a complete and global vision on the international Clubbing scene right through our different programs, each one showing a different face of this attractive and entertaining world.  And of course, Clubbing TV is offering a great selection of original electro-dance music videos rocking the styles from Dance & House Music to deep Techno Minimal, Trance, Chill Out and more.

Watch, Participate, Get In Touch, Celebrate, Dance… This is Clubbing TV

For more information about Clubbing TV, please visit: www.clubbingtv.com

Clubbing TV S.A.S 34, Avenue Des Champs Elysées, 75008 PARIS – France

Possible £2.7bn Bill for PPI Reclaim Compensation

The Financial Services Authority has announced that compensation for mis-sold PPI reclaims could reach as much as £2.7bn and involve 2.75 million people in the UK. Complaints regarding PPI reclaims are expected to rise to over 550,000 per year for the next five years, with compensation for PPI reclaims varying from £900 – £1,800 per person.

The FSA found ‘wide and deep evidence of weakness in PPI sales’ over the last five years and warned lenders they have until December 1st 2010 to adopt a new set of rules that deal with PPI reclaim complaints, key features of which include:

If the customer would not have bought the policy in the first place, the PPI premiums plus interest should be reimbursed.
If the customer was persuaded to buy a premium with a single up-front payment instead of a regular premium policy, the customer should be reinstated to the position they would have been if they had done.
Dan Waters of the FSA said: “The rules are the culmination of months of hard work and now, with these measures, we look forward to consumers being treated fairly whether they are buying or complaining about PPI. Since we took over the regulation of PPI we’ve carried out 24 investigations and three thematic reviews, issued warnings, halted the selling of single premium PPI with unsecured personal loans, visited over 200 firms, and handed out some very significant fines.”

Lenders up in arms about new PPI reclaim rules

Many have argued the new PPI reclaim rules are unnecessary and disproportionate, with lenders waging a behind-the-scenes campaign to stop the new regulations from being instated.

However, the FSA is adamant the new rules are necessary given the behaviour of some lenders when faced with dealing with PPI reclaims. Some lenders have been automatically turning down almost half of the PPI reclaim complaints they receive with others have been rejecting every single one. Of those customers who had their PPI reclaims rejected, 1 in 3 turned to the Financial Ombudsman Service for help and 80% had their complaints upheld. Such is the extent of the problem, last year the FSA instructed lenders to open up 185,000 rejected PPI reclaims and review them.

For claims comparison site, writeoffloan.com, the behaviour of the lenders is nothing new. “The new FSA rules are incredibly welcome, For years lenders have been mis-selling PPI insurance alongside loans to everyone they could. Often they knew the premiums to be unnecessary or that the customer would be unable to claim on the policy because they were exempt from doing so when they took them out. Sometimes they didn’t even bother telling the borrower they were adding a PPI premium. Customers had no idea they even had an insurance policy.”

The spokesperson added; “The numbers of people coming to us for help with PPI reclaims has risen dramatically over the last 12 months and some of the stories we are hearing are quite shocking. It’s quite obvious the lenders are banking on people being disillusioned and put off when they repeatedly reject their PPI reclaims. That’s why many people need a helping hand from companies like ours to deal with the tactics of these unscrupulous lenders who have simply instated a blanket ban on dealing with PPI reclaims regardless of the merit of the customer’s case. Luckily we understand PPI reclaim law and aren’t so easily put off by the tactics of lenders”.

The Competition Commission is also expected to announce a ban on selling PPI policies at the point when someone is granted a loan. Some lenders however have realised the game is up and have already stopped offering polices, including HSBC and Lloyds.

But it’s all too little too late for the millions of people who were caught and still face a battle to get their money back.

Contact Details: Writeoffloan.com
Finance House,
Stockport Road,
Altrincham
WA15 8ET

Tel: 0800 043 2027
Website: http://www.writeoffloan.com

Corporate Banking Courses and Conferences

The Financial Veritas PR desk is pleased to inform the professionals of the financial industry that a new line of Corporate Banking courses is available on the www.financialveritas.com website.  The topics of seminars include

These Corporate Banking training can be delivered as inhouse tailor made courses or as OTC product. The courses can be delivered in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East.

For more information on the training courses that are available now please feel free to contact the clients relations team at

Clients@financialveritas.com

http://financialveritas.com

Software Reduces Contact-Handling Costs to Just 10¢

iCube Office-2 ( http://www.icubeoffice.com ) launched by Owtsar Technologies, a Chennai, India based software firm, will deliver such a performance, according to the company.

Chennai, India, September 02, 2010 — Does an organization’s contact-handling performance, for phone, correspondence and face-to-face communication, answer 90% of incoming calls in seconds and reply to incoming correspondence immediately. Can a customer’s contact experience with a business provide a face to face discussion with all relevant records, at just 10¢.

iCube Office-2 ( http://www.icubeoffice.com ) launched by Owtsar Technologies, a Chennai, India based software firm, will deliver such a performance, according to the company. ( http://www.owtsar.co.in ) When a Customer contacts a firm, it is expected to reach the right person in time and complete the purpose of the call. Research shows that only 20% of the calls reach their destination and that Costs vary from $25 for face-to-face to 10¢ for online contact. With work shifting to home and mobile, it has added to the problem. Voice-mail according to experts has addressed the symptoms and not the problem. The ‘ problem being how to access the right person in a timely manner at a minimum cost to the organisation.’

iCube Office‘ solution enables an instant face-to-face contact with the right person online . It would also retrieve and display all emails and documents shared between them on both computers. License is based on number of users, but any number of customers can be added with a customer id linked to a customer relations officer within the company. ‘It cannot get faster than this’, said Mr. John Martyn, Marketing Director at Owtsar. ( http://www.owtsar.co.in ) A face-to-face meeting makes sense only when records are available for reference, he added. If the CRO is not available the Customer can opt to discuss with any other person within the organization.

Every company wants to retain its customer base and ensure that every need of their customer is provided by them. Providing access to the right person in a timely manner at a minimum cost and immediately answer their queries would ensure that the customer base is intact. That is the concern ‘iCube Office’ would address. ( http://www.icubeoffice.com ) The current market need has necessitated such a system. When it is available at competitive rates without the need for trained personnel or new hardware, it then is an ideal solution.

“We will offer the application in different formats” said Mr. John Martyn, the Marketing Director at Owtsar Technologies. “It will be made available as a SaaS model with individual company id and user package hosted in secure Data Centers in North America or Europe. Larger firms can host the system individually either in their premises or in hosted servers in data centers; they can also split their servers and host them in multiple places, based on geographical locations, applications or even offices and departments. We are very flexible in our offerings” he added.

Together with this comes a email system with total corporate management features and an embedded encryption. One can send encrypted emails to any email account including hotmail, gmail, yahoomail etc. The recipients need not be registered or install any software in their computers, but can also send an encrypted reply. A full fledged Documents Management System (DMS) is also available with the facility to upload and edit documents such as doc/odt and convert to pdf.. Version control, access control, link control and audit trail is available. Legacy Applications that are currently in use can be integrated with the system. Third party applications such as accounting, bill collections etc can also be linked with the system. A basic CRM for customer data, Staff interactive tool for discussions, Admin Control, multilingual facility, RSS feeds, desktop version and Mobile access for Win OS only, are some of the other features available now.

For more information write to sales@owtsar.co.in and ask for a free 15 days trial.

Press & Media Contact:
John Martyn, Marketing Director
Owtsar Technologies Pvt Ltd / iCube Office-2
18 LB Road, Adyar
Chennai, India 600020
9144 42695457
sales@owtsar.co.in
http://www.owtsar.co.in
http://www.icubeoffice.com