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Master Limited Partnerships Sponsors and Investors Join MLP Investing Conference 2014 New York City

September 2, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking brings MLP Investing Conference 2014 (www.mlpinvestingconference.com) to New York City, “How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs Tapping into the Great American Energy Boom”.

New York, NY, USA (September 2, 2014) — The Great American Energy Boom that has allowed access to seas of shale oil and gas is now at the forefront of America’s economic recovery and provides the best reason to be optimistic about the United States economic, energy, and geopolitical future. To accomplish these worthy goals, the country requires thousands of storage tanks and miles of new pipelines which are expected to ring $640 billion through 2035.

Golden Networking’s MLP Investing Conference 2014 New York City (http://www.mlpinvestingconference.com), “How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs Tapping into the Great American Energy Boom”, will review the current landscape for MLPs and discuss why the next decade should be the golden years of energy infrastructure investing. MLPs, sponsors, and investors will analyze recent developments and future opportunities and challenges for this asset class.

Topics that MLP Investing Conference 2014 will discuss include:
• The REIT syndrome: increasing institutional ownership in the MLP asset class
• The biggest risk: what about if oil prices fell to $80 a barrel and stayed there
• Implications of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s deal to consolidate its energy infrastructure MLPs
• Barbarians at the gate: a new round of deal making for the pipeline industry

MLP Investing Conference 2014 is produced by Golden Networking, the premier networking community for business and technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.com.

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

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How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs in the Great American Energy Boom

September 2, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

New York, NY, USA (September 2, 2014) — Golden Networking’s MLP Investing Conference 2014 New York City (http://www.mlpinvestingconference.com), “How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs Tapping into the Great American Energy Boom”, will review the current landscape for MLPs and discuss why the next decade should be the golden years of energy infrastructure investing. MLPs, sponsors, and investors will analyze recent developments and future opportunities and challenges for this asset class.

According to Barron’s, energy-transport companies like Kinder Morgan have historically put their pipeline assets into MLPs to garner higher valuations. MLPs, which pass their profits directly to investors, untaxed, typically trade at big premiums to income-producing securities like utilities, telecom companies, and cable-TV operators. Kinder Morgan’s new strategy reverses the MLP advantage, raising the question of how the stock should now be valued. The company, headed by co-founder and CEO Rich Kinder, would like investors to value it based on its lofty dividend yield.

Kinder Morgan Inc.’s recent $70 billion consolidation of its Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) runs counter to the industry trend of spinning off pipelines and oil terminals into tax-advantaged partnerships that funnel cash to investors. However, by simplifying its empire’s corporate structure, Kinder is lowering borrowing costs, freeing up cash for bigger dividend payouts and unifying the company under a single stock that can be used as currency to buy competitors focused already on building the energy infrastructure of the future.

The move signals a new round of deal making for the pipeline industry, which has seen growth rocket in the past five years as the boom has spread across North America. Potential acquisition targets for firms such as Kinder, Enterprise and Energy Transfer Partners now include more than 120 energy MLPs that have a combined enterprise value of $900 billion. That is set to grow rapidly as less volatile cash payouts that beat debt yields are sought and massive new investments are made in the burgeoning oil and gas fields of Texas, North Dakota and Pennsylvania.

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

Business

Decoding the Billing Process: Urgent Care vs. Primary Care Billing

August 30, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

The owner operators of urgent care centers can bill the services they provide in several different ways.

Dallas, Texas, August 30, 2014 – The owner operators of urgent care centers can bill the services they provide in several different ways. The writers at The Ambulatory M&A Advisor take readers through the different options, from billing strictly urgent care to taking on a panel of primary patients.

“The reason why dual urgent care/primary care practices would want to be contracted as primary care—despite lower reimbursement—is that longitudinal and chronic care patients won’t want to pay the higher urgent care co-pay for regular visits with their PCP and also because insurance often won’t reimburse urgent care centers for preventive and routine care like vaccinations and annual wellness physicals—which should be done in a primary care office,” said Alan Ayers, Vice President of Corporate and Market Development at Concentra Urgent Care.

It’s important for owner operators to understand everything that goes into the billing process as each option carries its own set of pros and cons. Rates of reimbursement differ greatly between urgent care and primary care. Furthermore, if a center is to be operated as urgent care, there are certain types of services that it must be able to provide.

To read the full article, you can find it here.

The Ambulatory M&A Advisor is a one-stop information destination for business, legal, and transactional insights on Ambulatory Care Centers. With contributions from industry professionals, as well as on-staff writers, the publication recognizes excellence, presents thought leadership and facilitates connections among the industry’s leading deal making experts.

Visit The Ambulatory M&A Advisor at www.ambulatoryadvisor.com.

Contact:
Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA
Ambulatory Alliances, LLC
18181 Midway Rd Ste 200
Dallas, Texas 75287
469-385-7792
publisher@AmbulatoryAdvisor.com
http://www.ambulatoryadvisor.com

Business

Veteran Technology CEO Showcases Video Marketing Technology or Realtors at Agent Recharge Conference

August 28, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

#vidit, The Hashtag Keyword Strategy That Ranks Real Estate YouTube Videos Higher In Google Search

Scottsdale, AZ, August 28, 2014 — #vidit, a revolutionary video marketing technology created by female technology CEO, Jennifer Sultzaberger, provides realtors the ability to have their real estate videos ranked at the top of major search engines.

Sultzaberger developed this powerful strategy that uses hashtag #keywords to get YouTube videos noticed quickly. #vidit guarantees a keyword listing on the first page of Google within 30 days or your money back.

With affordable price points, any real estate agent can justify the #vidit service in their marketing budget for the opportunity for so many home buyers to see their videos. More traffic equals more real estate sales and commissions.

Sultzaberger commented of the technology, Virtual home tour videos are becoming a major tool for real estate agents to market their properties. Our technology can now push these videos to the top of the search engines and get them seen by more buyers. We are excited to offer this technology to real estate agents throughout the U.S.”

On Monday September 22 Ms. Sultzaberger will be presenting her technology to hundreds of Real Estate Agents at Fidelity National Title’s “Agent Recharge” conference at the Hyatt Gainey in Scottsdale, AZ

To learn more about #vidit visit http://DoYouVidit.com or call 480-463-4640

About #vidit:
With one #keyword search, one click and buyers can instantly hear your message. #vidit uses the isolation of a video on YouTube with one #keyword string, leveraging the #hashtag phenomenon to increase response, search queries and social conversation.

The idea behind a hashtag is to get people using the same symbol when talking about a specific topic. The isolated video will also rank at the top of all major search engine results for that #keyword easily found by viewers, listeners and readers.

#vidit will revolutionize #keyword marketing by means of video isolation; optimization and the dominant share of voice the company gains with #vidit’s sticky, social, engaging solution. #vidit can be used for products you sell, services you offer and even contest entries or a special promotion. It’s simple, easy and cost effective for every business’ marketing budget.

About Jennifer Sultzaberger:
Jennifer is known by colleagues and peers as a tech savvy, digital marketing expert with an entrepreneurial spirit. Her background of over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing and 15 years in traditional marketing, have branded Jennifer as an expert in Search Engine Optimization. Her experience includes other areas such as website design, hosting and management, digital video testimonials, email newsletter and social media campaigns.Jennifer’s entrepreneurial road began in 2006 when she founded Find It Media, a firm specializing in boutique SEO solutions with locations in Harrisburg, Pa., and Phoenix, Ariz.

Jennifer also partners with Terry Barnes, Founder of Nusani Corporation developer of EBO, Engine Branding Optimization, patent pending software that helps clients protect their online reputation, manage social media and dominate the search engines using content marketing strategies.

Jennifer’s most recent venture, with an unchallenged “30-Day Money Back Guarantee,” is for the patient pending technology of #vidit. Jennifer used her vast knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) and social media campaigns to develop this latest strategy.

#vidit consists of coupling the power of the “#keyword” and “video” together for isolation on YouTube. Bringing page one Google search results for any size client. Jennifer’s main goal was to provide powerful video solutions while making it affordable for any size business to gain national online exposure no matter the budget. Positioning clients to be found on page one of the SERP is extremely rewarding.

Her creation #vidit, will change how small businesses design their marketing strategies and give them the power to get noticed in the sea of marketing dodge ball.

Jennifer’s experience in working for many industry giants such as Pitney Bowes, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and The Cobalt Group, an ADP company, has given her the confidence and knowledge to launch #vidit and bring this revolutionary technology to all small businesses in affordable price ranges.

Jennifer is also a professional member of the National Speakers Association has been speaking professionally since 2008, to organizations such as National Automobile Dealers Association, Nichols Campbell Marrow, PA Jewelers Association and PA Professional Realtors Association.

Contact:
Scott Kelly
Black Dog Promotions
9920 S. Rural Rd., Ste 108
Tempe, AZ 85284
480-206-3435
http://DoYouVidit.com

Business

An Owner Operator’s Guide to Private Equity

August 28, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

The world of Private Equity (PE) can be unfamiliar for many owner operators of ASC and other outpatient surgery centers.

Dallas, Texas, August 27, 2014 – The world of Private Equity (PE) can be unfamiliar for many owner operators of ASC and other outpatient surgery centers. The writers at The Ambulatory M&A Advisor have interviewed several experts in PE to give a deeper understanding into the life cycle of a fund and why PE is interested in the outpatient surgery center sector.

Several terms that might come up in discussing PE are also explained and laid out in the article, which can be read in full here. Overall, the world of PE has a great interest in urgent care centers and the like.

“The services provided by urgent care centers will always be in relatively high demand, resulting in stable, predictable cash flow,” said Neil Blair, Managing Director in the Canadian Corporate Finance group at KPMG. “Investing in health services businesses allows private equity firms to achieve diversification in their portfolios, given that health services are only loosely tied to the economy. Lastly, there may be significant value that urgent care centers could provide in regions that are underserved by healthcare providers, or regions where emergency rooms are overburdened.”

You can read this and articles like it at ambulatoryadvisor.com.

Contact:
Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA
Ambulatory Alliances, LLC
18181 Midway Rd Ste 200
Dallas, Texas 75287
469-385-7792
publisher@AmbulatoryAdvisor.com
http://www.ambulatoryadvisor.com

Business, Travel

“Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy” Report Released by Wellness Tourism Worldwide

August 28, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Wellness Tourism Worldwide (WTW), a leading wellness tourism research, education and consulting business, is pleased to announce the release of “Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy.”

Los Angeles, CA, USA (August 28, 2014) — Wellness Tourism Worldwide (WTW), a leading wellness tourism research, education and consulting business, is pleased to announce the release of “Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy.”

Quoted below in italics is an excerpt from “Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy” outlining who should be involved and why*:

• Medical professionals & wellness practitioners who understand the value of vacations in promoting mental health, physical activity and social engagement
• Parks and recreation professionals and outdoor outfitters who value nature’s solution to a sedentary and urbanized lifestyle
• Museums, cultural attractions and organizations that understand art’s important role to engagement, innovation, creativity and emotional, intellectual, physical and social well-being
• Farms, ranches and food related organizations and companies who seek to preserve local food culture and improve health & sustainability
• Travel businesses, organizations, associations and professionals that understand vacations are a need, not a luxury and that travel is a top contributor to the economy
• Meeting planners and human resource professionals who recognize the growing emphasis on a sustainable work-force and the need to maintain the health of meeting and conference participants
• Organizations that promote family values and understand the need for quality time, personal enrichment and memory making through travel
• Progressive business executives, managers & entrepreneurs who value vacations’ positive impact on productivity and work/life balance
• Labor unions & other organizations representing workers and advocate for employee rights, benefits and compensation
• Insurance companies seeking to reduce claims through wellness promotion and by encouraging physical, social and emotional well-being through an active and engaged way of life
• Teachers, schools, universities, colleges and institutions that promote life-long learning, social studies, creative arts, language skills and educational enrichment
• Social justice organizations that support fair trade and responsible community development
• Environmental organizations that understand that people’s health is tied to the environment in which they live and recreate
• All people who care about work/life balance, quality of life and well-being

Defining wellness has been a challenge to advocates, academics and businesses but even more formidable has been facilitating higher levels of individual, social and national well-being.

Wellness Travel in America: Shaping Health, Businesses & Economy provides unprecedented data on wellness travel in the United States, examining a broad spectrum of stakeholders and confluences between sectors affecting both population and economic health. A culmination of U.S. consumer survey data and extensive research across multiple industries, the report can be used to understand how wellness travel can play a significant role in disease prevention, workplace wellness, vacation policy development, tourism development and destination marketing.

Over 60 tables and figures are contained in this comprehensive 90-page document. The report includes an extensive review of wellness trends, workplace policies, and proprietary data collection and analysis of US consumers interested in healthy travel resulting in a data-driven profile marketers can use to promote their brand.

Epidemic levels of stress, obesity, sleep problems and lack of balance between home and work are drivers to the surging interest in wellness, affecting the way businesses operate. While wellness has garnered attention over the last several years, there has been very little discussion regarding what wellness travel means to U.S. consumers, businesses and the travel industry.

Concepts such as wellness vacations, healthy hotels, and business related wellness perks are on the rise as organizations seek to contain healthcare costs and drive volume and profits.

This report can be used to:

• Better integrate wellness concepts in leisure travel and business
• Gain understanding of wellness travel consumers, their interests, perceptions and needs as well as motivations, decisions and preferences in order to
• Better conceptualize wellness tourism as away to mitigate health, social and environmental problems related to an urbanized, industrialized world
• Improve, innovate and create travel products and services to positively impact health, happiness, productivity and ultimately strengthen America’s economy
• Promote healthy lifestyle vacation travel as an engine for economic growth, personal enrichment and better work/life balance

Wellness Tourism Worldwide Founder & CEO, Camille Hoheb, remarked, “Wellness tourism cuts across multiple sectors to stimulate entrepreneurship, innovation and a more comprehensive approach to population health and financial stability.” Adding, “Wellness Tourism Worldwide is constantly seeking ways to help others achieve their professional success and personal wellness goals and we believe this Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy, provides ample recommendations to do just that.”

Those wishing to get involved in wellness travel are invited to contact Wellness Tourism Worldwide through the contact page http://www.wellnesstourismworldwide.com/contact.html.

The report will be available for purchase online September 2, 2014 at http://www.wellnesstourismworldwide.com.

* The excerpt from “Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy” in this press release is the property of Wellness Tourism Worldwide and any reference, citation or quotation is to be credited as “Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy prepared by Wellness Tourism Worldwide.”

About Wellness Tourism Worldwide: Wellness Tourism Worldwide (WTW) is a leader in education, development and promotion of wellness travel. WTW works with companies, destinations and travel entrepreneurs to deliver meaningful experiences and boost revenue by improving the well-being of guests and clients. (http://www.wellnesstourismworldwide.com)

Media Contact: Camille Hoheb | camille@wellnesstourismworldwide.com | 310-720-1755

Business

KastKing Introduces Specialty Fishing Rods

August 25, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

KastKing, a division of Eposeidon Outdoor Adventure, Inc. has created a line of specific use fishing rods that bring innovation and technology to fishing tackle.

Hempstead, Long Island, NY (August 25, 2014) — Eposeidon‘s KastKing™ division that sells high-quality economically priced fishing reels and fishing line has added fishing rods to their product lineup. KastKing™ will offer 23 models made for freshwater techniques and kayak fishing. Their bass fishing rod line carries the name Perigee, named after the positioning of the moon when fish are most active, and Phantom for KastKing’s™ patent-pending kayak rod series. KastKing™ has designed and manufactured spinning and baitcasting rods in the Perigee line for specific bass fishing techniques such as: crankbait, flipping/C-rig, topwater, frogging and punching, jerkbait, and drop-shot/shakey head.

There are also KastKing™ Perigee multipurpose spinning and baitcasting rods for a variety of species and techniques. In addition, KastKing™ has created a rod specifically for kayak fishing. It was designed after input and months of testing by kayak anglers in freshwater and saltwater.

“Possibly the greatest feature of these rods is the price,” says Eposeidon’s Marketing Director, Tom Gahan, “With top quality components and features that offer action of rods costing hundreds more, we have a good outlook for market share with our price-point set in the $70 range. It took a lot of work to pack so much quality into these rods and offer the best value anywhere. For the angler’s sake, we’re glad we could.”

Eposeidon will be offering a special pre-release discount on Perigee and Phantom rods at the beginning of September. Pre-release ordering details will be available at http://www.eposeidon.com at that time. Customers who place a pre-release order will have their rods shipped out after arriving in Eposeidon’s warehouses in mid-September. Once the KastKing™ rods are in inventory, the regular retail price of $79.95 will apply.

Drew Daniel of Drew Daniel Adventures, who comes from a fishing family in the sporting goods business and is a renowned outfitter of guided fishing trips in the US, Mexico, and Brazil says about KastKing™ Bass rods, “The very best rod on the market, We have a closet full of other brand rods, KastKings are my go to rod for fishing all over the world.”

“An excellent multi functioning rod for jigging for bottom dwellers or casting for predators. In a kayak, rod selection is so important since you can only bring a few, but these rods give you the ability to have a multi-species day with just one pole,” commented Elias Vaisberg, who competes in fishing competition internationally and has won the Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Classic in 2013 and 2014 that has hundreds of competitors.

Tate Cui, CEO at Eposeidon says, “Eposeidon listened to input from the angling community for their wants and needs in a quality fishing rod. We gathered the best designers, engineers, and materials to create a fantastic product. The feedback from our testers has exceeded our expectations. We are willing to work within tighter margins to make KastKing rods affordable and stay within our company motto, ‘the thing we do best is save you money on fishing tackle’.”

ABOUT EPOSEIDON:
Eposeidon (http://www.eposeidon.com) is an e-commerce company (Eposeidon Outdoor Adventure, Inc.) that brings a fresh, innovative approach to anglers by offering quality products at the best prices and no cost, or low cost shipping. Eposeidon’s goal is to exceed expectations through outstanding customer service and superior product value to their customers. Eposeidon is continually expanding its product lines to meet individual fishing equipment needs. Eposeidon is headquartered in Hempstead, NY, USA and sells fishing tackle products globally.

Media Contact:
Tom Gahan
Director of Marketing
Eposeidon Outdoor Adventure, Inc.
Direct Line: 631-369-0063
US Headquarters: 1-855-830-7430
tgahan@eposeidon.com
http://www.eposeidon.com

Business

How Does High-Frequency Trading Impact Investors at The Speed Traders Workshop 2014 Singapore

August 25, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Edgar Perez, former McKinsey and IBM consultant, is a global expert, author of The Speed Traders, Knightmare on Wall Street, and the course director of The Speed Traders Workshop 2014 Singapore, “How Banks, Hedge and Mutual Funds and Brokers Battle Markets ‘RIGGED’ by Wall Street’s ‘Flash Boys’, High-frequency Trading, Exchanges and Dark Pools”.

New York, NY, USA (August 25, 2014) — High-frequency trading provides market liquidity, and that’s good for individual investors. Some say it’s unfair because a few very smart people are making money doing it. Rick Ferri, founder of Portfolio Solutions LLC, disagrees Competition will take care of that, he says. In his view, as long as this method of stock trading can be done by anyone with the resources to participate, and if the process leads to lower overall trading costs for investors, then he is all for it.

How does Edgar Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street (http://www.knightmareonwallstreet.com) analyze the situation? Mr. Perez will open the door to the secretive world of computerized low-latency trading, the most controversial form of investing today; at The Speed Traders Workshop 2014 Singapore, “How Banks, Hedge and Mutual Funds and Brokers Battle Markets ‘RIGGED’ by Wall Street’s ‘Flash Boys’, High-frequency Trading, Exchanges and Dark Pools” (http://www.thespeedtradersworkshop.com), the first and most comprehensive initiation to the world of high-frequency trading.

The Speed Traders Workshop 2014 Singapore covers the latest research currently available and reveals how high-frequency trading players are operating in global markets and driving the development of electronic trading at breakneck speeds from the U.S. and Europe to Japan, India, and Brazil. The “flash crash”, the suspended BATS IPO, the botched Facebook IPO, Knight Capital’s trading malfunction and NASDAQ’s Flash Freeze are just a few of the milestones in the history of high-frequency trading that will be dissected with participants.

Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert and speaker in the specialized areas of algorithmic and high-frequency trading. He is author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (2013), a minute-by-minute account of the terrifying hours following Knight Capital’s August 1, 2012 trading debacle, The Speed Traders, An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, published in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Published in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi Super Kilat, Pandangan Orang dalam tentang Fenomena Baru Frekuensi Tinggi yang Mentransformasi Dunia Investasi, published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012). He contributes to The New York Times, UltraHighFrequencyTrading.com and China’s International Finance News and Sina Finance.

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 CNN’s Quest Means Business, 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 WILS 1320’s Capital City Recap, 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 and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Knightmare on Wall Street
+1-414-FORUMS0
info@knightmareonwallstreet.com
http://www.knightmareonwallstreet.com

Business

The Importance of Business Rules in Business Process Management

August 23, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

In the AuraPortal BPM suite, the Business Rules house all the company regulations and procedures, and can be directly integrated with the processes without losing their independence.

Woburn, MA, August 23, 2014 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal.(*) Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that AuraPortal Training School’s latest course offering will focus on the synergy that is created when using Business Rules in the Processes. It will also cover the technology and methodology necessary to create a Business Process model that widely automates the activities performed in any organization.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix report and by other renowned analyst firms.

AuraPortal BPM offers an innovative Business Rules concept, much more simple and powerful than any other system. Besides containing the company regulations and procedures, this module can also store information as rules, to be kept independent from the processes. These rules can be summoned automatically from the processes at the appropriate time, and are calculated and the values returned to the processes instantly.

“There are two parts to a process model, one permanent and the other changing. When designing the Processes in a BPM suite, the part that is considered permanent (the structural part that determines the workflow) is modeled in the process diagram, whereas everything that is conceptualized as operating standards that change frequently is constructed in the form of Business Rules.” Comments Francisco Chinchilla, Director of AuraPortal Training School.

ABOUT AURA (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Walmart, Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, INCAE, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

It is headquartered in Europe and has an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
Cristina Siscar
Auraportal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
pr@straightlinepr.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Business

URALCHEM has become a Controlling Shareholder of the Ventamonjaks Terminal

August 21, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

URALCHEM, OJSC has become a controlling shareholder in SIA Ventamonjaks. Ventamonjaks is the largest liquid ammonia transhipment terminal in the Baltic Sea.

Moscow, Russia (August 21, 2014) — URALCHEM, OJSC has become a controlling shareholder in SIA Ventamonjaks. Ventamonjaks is the largest liquid ammonia transhipment terminal in the Baltic Sea. It has an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes and is located in the ice-free port of Ventspils. URALCHEM’s subsidiary, Uralchem Freight limited, acted on behalf of URALCHEM as a party to the transaction and became the owner of 55% of the shares in the company, which has 100% shares in SIA Ventamonjaks. The transaction was carried out with the participation of ABLV bank.

Dmitry Konyaev, General Director of URALCHEM OJSC, commented

The purchase of the terminal is consistent with our strategic goal of providing logistic security to the supply of our products. For more than 15 years the enterprises of URALCHEM have been customers of the Ventamonjaks. URALCHEM is the leader in Russia in terms of manufacturing ammonia and intends to increase its production. We are keen to provide our customers around the world with flexible and the most favourable conditions for its supply. Our approach to the purchase of the terminal and to its future management will be identical to our existing project – the Riga Fertilizer Terminal.

Andrejs Visnauskas, Chairman of the board of directors of SIA Ventamonjaks, said

The acquisition of shares in the terminal by the manufacturer and owner of the transhipped product provides a long-term guarantee for its workload. This is an important factor for the competitiveness of the terminal, its ability to ensure income for its owners and to provide jobs and taxes for the Latvian budget. We also hope that, with the help of URALCHEM, we will be able to increase the workload of the terminal, which has significantly reduced after the global financial crisis.

Public Relations Department
URALCHEM, OJSC
Tel: +7 (495) 721 89 89
pr@uralchem.com
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URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 1.2 million tonnes of urea and 0.8 million tonnes of phosphate and compound fertilizers per year. URALCHEM, OJSC ranks first in Russia for production of ammonia and ammonium nitrate, and second for the production of urea. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow region.

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