Leading accounting and consulting specialists are now providing sophisticated businesses around the world with on-site, customized training events focused on pressing domestic and international accounting topics. The service is being provided by the newly launched Acumen Global Training, LLC.

Over the past few years, there has been a rapid, worldwide expansion in the consumption of renewable energy by the pulp and paper industry. Numerous pulp and paper plants have made the strategic decision to invest in the equipment needed to make the switch from fossil fuels to woody biomass fuels. Global consumption of biomass increased by 51% between 2006 and 2009, according to an analysis done with FisherSolve™ (Fisher International).

Dixon Hughes PLLC is collaborating with IASeminars, a leading provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), to offer CPAs and other financial professionals a comprehensive global range of IFRS training solutions.

Rentricity Inc., the hydrokinetic energy recovery company affiliated with the New York City Accelerator for a Clean & Renewable Economy (NYC ACRE) incubator at NYU-Poly, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen East Top 50 winners. Rentricity’s proprietary Flow-to-Wire(sm) system, consisting of a micro-turbine, generator, sensors, processors, electronic controls & communications equipment, allows drinking water and wastewater operators to generate between 30 and 300 kilowatts of clean electric power from in-pipe pressure and flow.

Kingstar will launch Crossrock™ Gig Bags 2010 Collection at Frankfurt Musikmesse 24th-7th March 2010. The new range of Gig bags comprises Element, Standard, Deluxe and Animals versions with more than 100 models to address all price points and always available in classic black with stylish metal accessorizes. The lines Gig bags offer the perfect combination of style, function, carrying comfort, and excellent protection.

The new iPhone version of the award winning web and mobile location-based social network Pocket Life is out on the shelves of Apple's iTunes App Store worldwide.

The new iPhone version of the award winning web and mobile location-based social network Pocket Life is out on the shelves of Apple's iTunes App Store worldwide.

The incessant demand for an independent and insider report on how local and global events, economic and political issues affect financial markets across the United States, Europe and the rest of the world, did not fall on deaf ears. You may now subscribe to The King Report and receive Bill King’s freshest take on the news - straight to your web browser.

K9 University recently announced that Dean Calderon, a leading world champion and contender in working dogs, and Schutzhund competitions, had accepted their invitation to join their team by opening the training season during what will most likely be the best training season in the company’s history. The dog training seminars and events season opens on April 30, 2010.

K9 University recently announced that Dean Calderon, a leading world champion and contender in working dogs, and Schutzhund competitions, had accepted their invitation to join their team by opening the training season during what will most likely be the best training season in the company’s history. The dog training seminars and events season opens on April 30, 2010.

Twenty percent increases in consumer banking and small business banking cross sells within three months are possible with the use of Econiq’s software solution to support banker conversations. In partnership with bank small business training specialist Clarity Advantage, Econiq will offer a demonstration of the software during the webinar, Accelerating Frontline Sales Effectiveness, on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET.

With offices in the UK, Europe and the USA, FDM specialises in five core service areas: Development, Application Support, Testing, Infrastructure and Training. However, it is "how" they do it rather than "what" they do that differentiates this company from other global IT services providers. FDM employs IT graduates, who are trained through their award-winning academy programme to become professional IT Consultants (known as “Mounties”). Mounties are placed at various client sites on a contract basis, typically lasting 1-2 years.

Global eProcure today reported that it ended 2009 with 37 percent revenue growth over fiscal year 2008. “We had a solid 2009 and led the industry in delivering bottom line value and savings to our global client base,” said Subhash Makhija. “Looking ahead, customer demand for procurement outsourcing services continues to be strong, and we are well positioned at the center of this growth. Our fundamental outlook for the business continues to be quite positive.”

scil animal care company, inc., a global organization focused on providing high quality veterinary diagnostic equipment, is proud to announce an elite partnership with Aesculap. Scil is now the exclusive distributor of Aesculap’s Power Systems surgical product line for the North American Veterinary market.

Flexfit has signed on as a sponsor to support ASP - The Association of Surfing Professionals and the ASP Worldtour – as they crown their 2009 champions on surfing’s biggest night, The ASP World Champions Awards Banquet. The annual black tie event will take place on February 25, 2010 on Australia’s Gold Coast, and is the culmination of ASP Worldtour’s 2009 international competitive surfing year.

The Green Living Blog of the British Newspaper The Guardian rates Commute Greener! as top 4 app in a recent listing of green iPhone apps. The report especially praises the feature richness of the footprint-tracking tool that based on journeys one undertakes throughout the week tracks one's greenhouse gas emissions and encourages to set reduction targets. Also the syncing between the website and the iPhone app gets high ratings as well as the integrated social networking aspects. Users can compare their performance with other people and motivate them with messages to commute greener.

Corbis (www.corbisimages.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced that it has introduced a new approach to Rights Managed (RM) pricing that makes it simpler to price and license RM imagery. Corbis’ exclusive new online RM pricing calculator makes it faster and easier to license RM imagery from CorbisImages.com than from any other major stock photography web site.

“We support efforts to reduce or eliminate burdens where their identifiable net benefits are exceeded by the costs of compliance, but we do not believe that allowing member states to exempt micro-companies from the current, standard requirements to prepare and publish annual accounts would achieve any significant reductions towards this aim” say ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and EFAA (the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for small and medium-sized enterprises) in a joint position paper sent today to MEPs.

Among those many beautiful and talented people from throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada were also the students from John Casablancas Oakbrook Terrace, IL, who gathered in Los Angeles at the Westin Bonaventure for the semi-annual International Modeling and Talent Association’s event. IMTA is an organization comprised of leading modeling/talent training centers and agencies engaged in the professional promotion of the fashion and talent industry.

The Hamner Institutes at Research Triangle Park has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Oslo Cancer Cluster in Oslo, Norway, one of the leading cancer clusters in Europe. The goal of the collaboration is to strengthen The Hamner’s Global BioScience Gateway for Translational Research and Business Development, which began with partnerships in China. Through its partnership with the Oslo Cancer Cluster, the expanded Global Biosciences Gateway will now enable companies and comprehensive cancer centers to speed up development of new cancer therapies.

Digital TV software specialist Ocean Blue Software, has released a white paper that explores the feasibility of a single software stack for the European digital TV market, encompassing new standards HbbTV and Canvas amongst others.

The paper explains the technical issues surrounding different digital TV software standards, such as MHEG-5, Adobe Flash Lite, DVB and HTML5, and the complexities involved in combining them into a single software stack.

Dr. Oz recently named Himalayan Salt Pipes, as one of the two alternative health products he is planning on using this year that he previously had not used. He mentioned that Himalayan table salt differs from table salt in that it is pure. He states that it has, “…no contaminants, no anti-caking agent, it’s all natural, and has no pollutants.” Because of this, Dr. Oz further states, Himalayan salt pipes “are helpful for asthma, allergies, sinus conditions,… and because it has potassium which decreases blood pressure, it may be helpful for that, too.”

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences has announced that Chief Business Officer Rick Williams has been named to The Hamner’s Board of Directors. As chief business officer, Williams has piloted and launched The Hamner Bioscience Accelerator to generate additional opportunities for universities, The Hamner, and other research institutions as they seek to transfer technologies and spin out new companies. Mr.

36Pix, the industry leader in green screen and turnkey business support solutions for the photography industry, is pleased to announce the launch of the Prints-e-Pal™ turnkey solutions, providing its customers with sales, eProofing, photography and workflow resources that boost revenue and make green screen photography easy.

Each year the number of convenient and practical implementations of demanded IT solutions is increasing and one of them is SaaS - "Software As A Service", or software rental, based on data center infrastructure. The Baltic largest data center operator, IT company DEAC deploys SaaS solutions for the small and medium business segments of Europe. "A few years ago, software rental using the data center infrastructure in Europe and Russia was seen as something exotic, because of the small number of actually working IT solutions and poor IT infrastructure.

Mascoat Products, the world leader in insulating coatings, is proud to announce the formation of a new European office located in Waalwijk, The Netherlands. This location will be a fully staffed Mascoat branch and responsible for European sales and support to provide the best in customer service and satisfaction.

Amsterdam-based dating-coach is bringing the Fun back in Flirting.

A growing proportion of the population had turned to intermediated dating and spends considerable amounts of time looking for love online. In real-life however, many men and women seem more and more unable to meet and engage in flirting. Blusher Seduction, a seduction-coaching agency based in Amsterdam, reveals the untapped potential of singles around Europe so they can find their match.

Russian American Consulting Corp (RACC), www.russianconsulting.com and Intourist, www.intourist.com, the largest tourism holding companies to provide travel accommodations to Russia, will hold Discover Adventurous Russia Night February 25th at 6:30 PM at the Russian Samovar Restaurant, 256 West 52nd Street to inform guests about adventure travel packages and provide tips for the upcoming travel season.

Turning Waste to Energy

Helping companies be more efficient in the way they find partners for development.

EISC ltd, the holder of the badge Enterprise Europe Network based in Southampton has just won a 2 years contract to organise and bring companies and organisations to 4 matchmaking events around Europe through a European partly funded project.

A matchmaking event is a sort of speed dating tailored to businesses. 30 minutes appointments are organised between companies taking part based on what they are interested to offer or what they are looking for.

Most consumers read product reviews before buying almost anything, a new car, a refrigerator or a book. Before going to a new doctor or hiring a plumber, more and more people log on to review sites to check out what other patients or clients have to say about their services. Now, for the first time, translation buyers are going to have the same opportunity.