Global conifer sawlog prices have steadily increased for four consecutive quarters in all major world regions. The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI), which is based on quarterly conifer sawlog prices in 19 key regions worldwide, increased from US$65.89/m3 in the 1Q/09 to US$76.77/m3 in the 1Q/10, a climb of almost 17%. The biggest price increases the past year have occurred in Oceania and Northern Europe, while North America has seen only moderate upward price adjustments.

Quod Financial, a global provider of adaptive trading execution technology, today announced it has teamed up with Catena Technologies to help the trading community take advantage of increasing liquidity fragmentation in the Asia Pacific region.

Marcia L. Sinclair is known for taking risks and has selected a non-traditional approach to marketing her award-winning screenplay, "Lemon Tea: The Emancipation of Liberty." First, she created a fan-base supporter's network (www.lemonteathemovie.ning.com) and now, Coffee, Tea and Me, Inc., in association with Chosen Generation Studio and Films, has produced the first ever video synopsis of a screenplay.

Marcia L. Sinclair is known for taking risks and has selected a non-traditional approach to marketing her award-winning screenplay, "Lemon Tea: The Emancipation of Liberty." First, she created a fan-base supporter's network (www.lemonteathemovie.ning.com) and now, Coffee, Tea and Me, Inc., in association with Chosen Generation Studio and Films, has produced the first ever video synopsis of a screenplay.

Marcia L. Sinclair is known for taking risks and has selected a non-traditional approach to marketing her award-winning screenplay, "Lemon Tea: The Emancipation of Liberty." First, she created a fan-base supporter's network (www.lemonteathemovie.ning.com) and now, Coffee, Tea and Me, Inc., in association with Chosen Generation Studio and Films, has produced the first ever video synopsis of a screenplay.

The recently launched Web site Microbrewindex.com introduces a new concept to craft beer lovers and Web surfers everywhere—the first dedicated Internet pub crawl planning experience. On this new site dedicated to hand-crafted-beer aficionados and curious newcomers alike is an extensive list of microbreweries and brewpubs.

A diehard Michael Jackson fan and avid slots player won $170,000 dollars and bought a rhinestone glove that once belonged to the late singer Michael Jackson sold at an Australian Michael Jackson memorabilia auction.

After a few spins of the reels, the 47 year old player who works at a local spa company and plays exclusively slot games was astonished to confirm she had managed to win $170,000 dollars at a new low stakes slot machine at PalaceOfChance.com

Jpb.com, developers of Jenni innovation process management, have noted a surge of interest in their idea management software from emerging economies in 2010. The firm has recently signed a contract with Agra, a leading agricultural co-op in Namibia. Jpb.com has also served clients such as Primedia
and Sterkinekor in South Africa as well as SSJ in Brazil and an entertainment firm in China. The company is currently in talks or negotiations with firms from a variety of industries in Dubai, Turkey, South Africa and Vietnam.

Kenyon International Emergency Services has named Mazen Bekdash as Regional Manager of its New Middle East office in Beirut, Lebanon.

“Mazen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in aviation safety and emergency response to Kenyon,” said Jerry Allen, Vice President of Kenyon International’s Commercial East Division. “He is well-known in the aviation circles in the Middle East for his expertise in the aviation industry.”

Now all granite fabricators can offer the only true permanently sealed granite with a lifetime warranty using Granite Shield's permanent sealing process. Until now Granite Shield's permanent sealing process was only offered through exclusive licensed distributors and applicators but the demand from consumers has convinced Debbie Phillips Vice President of Granite Shield Inc. that Granite Shield needs to put the sealing service into the hands of all granite fabricators who wish to provide a higher quality product with no maintenance requirements other than normal cleaning.

Now all granite fabricators can offer the only true permanently sealed granite with a lifetime warranty using Granite Shield's permanent sealing process. Until now Granite Shield's permanent sealing process was only offered through exclusive licensed distributors and applicators but the demand from consumers has convinced Debbie Phillips Vice President of Granite Shield Inc. that Granite Shield needs to put the sealing service into the hands of all granite fabricators who wish to provide a higher quality product with no maintenance requirements other than normal cleaning.

With the demand for home staging on the upswing, the need to provide better business training has increased according to Christine Rae, President & CEO of CSP International Training Academy. Kathleen Garvey’s accomplished expertise and dynamic personality is widely-recognized in the real estate staging industry, says Rae. CSP is extremely excited to have the opportunity to offer her leadership and teaching skills within our most popular home staging course.

With the demand for home staging on the upswing, the need to provide better business training has increased according to Christine Rae, President & CEO of CSP International Training Academy. Kathleen Garvey’s accomplished expertise and dynamic personality is widely-recognized in the real estate staging industry, says Rae. CSP is extremely excited to have the opportunity to offer her leadership and teaching skills within our most popular home staging course.

Tatung has been making energy-saving and cost-saving refrigerators to meet those market needs. Tatung's refrigerators are sold everywhere in the world such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, U.A.E. and Israel in the Middle East, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippine in South East Asia, and the U.S., etc. In Australia, Tatung's inverter refrigerator received 4 1/2 stars from energy star in 2008, and in 2009, the Australian government increased their environmental standards by 30% to demonstrate their determination on protecting our environment.

Tatung has been making energy-saving and cost-saving refrigerators to meet those market needs. Tatung's refrigerators are sold everywhere in the world such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, U.A.E. and Israel in the Middle East, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippine in South East Asia, and the U.S., etc. In Australia, Tatung's inverter refrigerator received 4 1/2 stars from energy star in 2008, and in 2009, the Australian government increased their environmental standards by 30% to demonstrate their determination on protecting our environment.

Image Systems (ISE), the technology division of Al Bassam Corporation, has over 18 years of experience in providing knowledge solutions to its wide range of clients in Oil and Gas, Utility, Telecom, Government and Banking sectors. ISE helps its customers create cost-effective and engaging employee development programs tailored to their specific business challenges.

Dr. Sally Wright, president of Alliance Consulting Group, Inc. in Neshanic Station, NJ, has just graduated from the prestigious Million Dollar Consulting College (MDCC) in Newport, RI.

The college, founded by noted international business expert Dr. Alan Weiss, enrolls established, successful business consultants seeking to take their businesses to the next level and provide greater value to clients in the corporate world.

XL Group, an international social enterprise that connects and empowers entrepreneurs, today announced a merger with OneLife, an Australian based leader in investor education. The outcome of the merger will be the expansion of locally based OneLife centres, equipping and empowering entrepreneurs and investors with effective training, resources and connections.

The CIO Healthcare Summit team is pleased to announce that LogMeIn, a leading provider of remote support solutions, will sponsor the upcoming technology event, to be held May 9-12, 2010 at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

Just one week after their appearance on the hit CBC TV show, Dragons' Den, UseMyServices founders, Joseph Iuso and Brian Crozier, have been ‘saluted’ as 'Business Innovators' by Rogers Communication, Inc. The 30 second commercial, which aired initially on the March 10th Dragons’ Den show, featured highlights of the pair's “pitch” to the Dragons the previous week.

Platform and financial services provider, netwealth, has announced the launch of smart – “Sophisticated Modelling And Rebalancing Technology” in conjunction with its award winning product range.

smart is a significant and powerful development in the Australian wealth management industry and a major enhancement to the netwealth platforms.

The 5,600km ride, which starts in Sydney on the 8th of March and is scheduled to finish in Perth on the 29th of May aims to highlight the issue of global poverty and raise awareness of microfinance as a sustainable solution. The basis of microfinance is to make available small loans to people living in poverty, which allows them to establish or invest in a business which in turn allows them to earn an income, afford food, clean water, housing and education.

The 5,600km ride, which starts in Sydney on the 8th of March and is scheduled to finish in Perth on the 29th of May aims to highlight the issue of global poverty and raise awareness of microfinance as a sustainable solution. The basis of microfinance is to make available small loans to people living in poverty, which allows them to establish or invest in a business which in turn allows them to earn an income, afford food, clean water, housing and education.

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.

www.runningskirts.com/australia

Girly-girl style goes Down Under.

Put another skirt on the runner, mate. Running Skirts, fast becoming the lady’s favorite in the athletic apparel and the running world, is thrilled to announce the launch of their new Australia & New Zealand branch. RunningSkirts will now offer sales and shipping out of Australia for its Australia and New Zealand running skirt fans starting in March. It’s the latest offering of the 5-year-old U.S. based company now trotting the globe in its stylish, yet comfortable performance wear.

TigerTurf -- world leading synthetic turf manufacturer with customers and operations in five continents – proudly announces 360 Sports Systems, LLC, has joined its ranks as a TigerTurf Authorized Representative.

360 Sports Systems (www.360sportssystems.com), based in New England, designs, constructs, installs and maintains all levels of sport fields, from professional to municipal systems, as well as commercial and residential landscape and sport court products.

Injured consumers are shunning traditional sources of attorney advertisement such as TV and the Yellow Pages in favor of the web. In response, Bagolie Friedman Injury Lawyers of Jersey City, New Jersey have launched www.bagoliefriedman.com, an updated website to service these tech savvy consumers.

The International Olympic Committee released the evaluation report of three cities vying for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games on February 11. Nanjing China overwhelmed Guadalajara Mexico and Poznan Poland, and is successfully selected to host 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

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.