The CIO Healthcare Summit team is pleased to announce that Citrix, Verizon Business and Zanett will sponsor the leading 2010 gathering for CIOs, analysts and industry-thought leaders within healthcare IT. The summit team is also pleased to release agenda session details including the executive participants from the above mentioned sponsors. The CIO Healthcare Summit will be held at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ on May 9-12, 2010.

The Touch Foundation’s Into Africa gala on March 25 will benefit the training of desperately needed doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in the East African nation of Tanzania.

Sub-Saharan Africa has 10 % of the world’s population, 24% of the world’s disease burden, and less than 1% of the world’s expenditures for healthcare. The shortage of healthcare workers in Tanzania is particularly dire. There are approximately 1,300 doctors to cover Tanzania’s population of 40 million – that is just one doctor for every 30,000 people.

Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ Global MarketSM), has announced that Mark Fenton has joined the bank as director of mortgage. With more than 20 years of experience as a senior level manager in the mortgage industry, Fenton will work to grow Crescent’s mortgage division by attracting new customers while continuing to serve the current clientele.

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Early this year, Donald Kohn of the Federal Reserve Board warned banks of the uncertainty going about in interest rates, thus increasing the risks posed on financial institutions. It is therefore very important to know how to properly and wisely manage interest rate risks. In this 2-hour live webcast, you'll learn more about the following practical guidance:

- Factors that influence interest rate risks
- How to avoid dangerous risks
- How is asset liability management performed
- Up-to-the-minute regulatory updates; and
- Live Audience Q&A

Balaji Motion Pictures has teamed up with the entertainment pioneers Lehren Entertainment for the digital/online promotion of their upcoming release ‘Love Sex Dhoka’. Lehren Entertainments Digital platform www.lehren.tv is one of the media partners for the Film.

CED, formerly the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (www.cednc.org), a private, nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurial efforts in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced a partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation to bring a unique awards program, Companies to Watch, to North Carolina. North Carolina Companies to Watch recognizes second-stage companies that are innovative in thinking and demonstrate a high performance within their industry. CED will host the awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept.

Cowdung Films, a film production house based in New Delhi, India has come up with a unique offer for the business community. Starting this summer season, the company offers to produce corporate films for a surprisingly low cost. This low budget corporate film would be very valuable for business organizations and best suited specially for the requirements of start-ups. Under this new offer, a corporate film would cost as low as 90% of an average corporate film.

JCJ Architecture received the RED Award for Best Hospitality Project of 2009 for its design of The New Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino. The Real Estate and Development Awards (the “REDS”), hosted by AZRE Magazine and now in their fifth year, honors the biggest, best and most notable commercial real estate projects and transactions of the year.

Mark Goodenow, Director in the New York office of BDO Consulting, Certified Public Accountant and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor with more than thirteen years of experience in the operational and financial turnarounds of middle market and leading Fortune 500 companies, will participate at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, March 9th, in New York City, joining an exceptional faculty of top business and investment minds, who will provide the most up to date review of the complexities that arise investing in Distressed Financial Assets, Debt and Comme

Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") has advised Rexel on the sale of HCL Asia, one of the three activities of its Agencies Consumers Electronics ("ACE") division, to the DKSH Group, a privately held Swiss company and the leading Market Expansion Services provider with a focus on Asia.

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. announces two new executive appointments. Mr. Kent Anderson was appointed CEO/Publisher on January 4, 2010 and Vernon T. Tolo, M.D. will take office as Editor-in-Chief on April 1, 2010. Mr. Anderson and Dr. Tolo replace James D. Heckman, M.D. who is retiring after serving for ten years as Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, American Volume (JBJS).

William Sherer, Director and senior member of the Financial Sponsors Coverage Group in Houlihan Lokey's New York office, will participate at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, March 9th, in New York City, joining an exceptional faculty of top business and investment minds, who will provide the most up to date review of the complexities that arise investing in Distressed Financial Assets, Debt and Commercial and Residential Real Estate.

Restructuring and turnaround experts David Hartheimer, President of Clearbid Capital, and William Sherer, Director at Houlihan Lokey, are joining more than a hundred investors, bankers, private equity and hedge fund managers, real estate specialists, management consultants and legal and accounting advisors attending GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, Tuesday March 9th, at Kirkland & Ellis' New York headquarters.

Centre for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) is only the premier organization that arranges the unique training for all stakeholders to provide them the opportunity to understand, learn, act and implement the Jatropha, other nonfood biodiesel plans from ground zero to biodiesel production in a very successful manner.

Universal Accounting®, the nation’s largest training center for accounting, bookkeeping and tax preparation with its Profit Expert™ Programs, announced the 2010 Universal Accounting Conference: A Practice Made Perfect, designed to help attendees start or improve an accounting, bookkeeping or tax practice. The conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City, Sept. 20-21, 2010. Online registration is now open at http://www.universalaccounting.com/conference/registration.html.

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Innovative window film company DigiGlass is looking to flaunt its ‘green’ credentials by seeking ISO 14001 accreditation this year which will underline its approach to business in today’s environmentally conscious world.

The coveted standard will provide a framework for a holistic, strategic approach to the company’s environmental policy, plans and actions.

viaLanguage, a leading provider of healthcare translation and localization services, today announced that it has signed over a dozen healthcare clients in the first quarter. viaLanguage now serves more than 400 healthcare organizations across the nation.

Some of the clients viaLanguage has started working with include: Senior Whole Health, Care Alliance Common Wealth, Intel Digital Health Group, BCBS Minnesota, St. Jude Medical, UCare and Walmart Health and Wellness.

CMA the leading market data, order management and connectivity provider of Latin American exchange trading announces its deployment of CMA Series 4 - a market data and order management system deployed at Mexican Exchange Brokerage, Casa de Bolsa Finamex.

In a high frequency, low latency trading environment the professional investor requires the most efficient and still the fastest real time market data in order to discover and act on profitable opportunities. Precise execution begins with a reliable market data platform that enables trading at the user's desired intervals.

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.

Denver-based comCables today announced the addition of Tom McAllister as Director of Sales, Manufacturing.

McAllister comes to comCables from an independent low voltage solutions rep firm where he served as the President. Prior to that, he served as the Regional Vice President with Holocom Networks, as well as various sales management roles within the cable manufacturing industry.

Successful loan modifications through the federally funded Consumer Credit Counseling Service foreclosure-prevention program saw double-digit increases in 2009, according to numbers released this week by Program Director Bettye DeRamus. Lenders approved 65 percent, or 1,675, of the agency's loan-modification requests in 2009, up 10 percent from 2008.

Horror Realm™, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, has been honored with a nomination for Best Convention of 2009 by the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. The Rondos are fan based, with nominations and votes coming from horror fans, pros and enthusiasts. The Classic Horror Film Board has been honoring excellence in the horror genre through the Rondos since 2002. Voting continues through April 3; ballots are available at www.rondoaward.com.

Horror Realm™ offers an eclectic guest lineup for horror fans, including the addition of:

Leadership Triangle College Edition presented by AT&T has organized (www.leadershiptriangle.com) has organized a Government Connection Class on Friday, Feb. 26 from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in order to further its initiative of promoting regionalism across the Triangle. Students attending the class, which will be held at the Old Chamber House in Raleigh, will have the opportunity to engage North Carolina legislators as they describe the budgeting component of the legislative process.

The Forum Theater Arts Center, Central New Jersey’s Cultural Arts Center agrees to host the exclusive one-time benefit revue “They Changed Broadway”.

“This is a natural fit for Neve Shalom’s 13, 2010 performance of ‘They Changed Broadway’,” says Forum Producing Artistic Director Peter Loewy.

The abstract “Digital Revolution in Water Utility Management” was selected for presentation at the 2010 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, to be held on March 23-25, 2010 in Tampa, Florida. BirdNest Vice President and COO,

The International Affairs Council (IAC) has appointed Jeff Frazier, senior director, Internet Business Solutions Group, public sector practice, Cisco, to the 2010 board of directors. Frazier, along with 19 other local business leaders, will continue the mission of the IAC throughout the 2010 year by concentrating on the organization’s initiative for encouraging interactions with foreign dignitaries and professionals visiting North Carolina, as well as educating communities on world affairs.

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Sunera (www.sunera.com), a multinational provider of business and technology risk consulting, would like to announce that it has developed a unique methodology for implementing SAP security roles which meets the rigorous compliance requirements organizations face today. The methodology was developed using Sunera’s extensive SAP security and role design experience. This role design methodology is designed to significantly reduce the cost of developing and maintaining a compliant SAP role design by shortening the development and implementation cycle.

Solar Maid, the nation’s largest solar panel cleaning and maintenance, company adds three new territories of operation in 2010. December through February are normally a slow period for most solar related businesses, but The Solar Maid Company has defied the status quo by expanding it’s area of operation in some of the nations key solar states.

An overwhelming majority of people (79 percent) prefer touchless towel dispensers to air dryers(1) according to the “Washroom Product Study,” developed by Georgia-Pacific Professional – the industry leader of tissue, towel, wiper and foodservice solutions – and conducted by Housekeeping Solutions magazine. In addition, research compiled by the European Tissue Symposium, an international trade organization in which Georgia-Pacific Professional is a member, revealed that paper towels can reduce up to 77 percent of bacteria present on hands after washing(2).

Image Work Communications (IWC) – has done it again; Saving the World from Creative Boredom – this time by humanizing technology with story. The micro agency and media production studio recently received the latest validation of its approach, in the form of an internal Marketing Excellence Award from Hewlett-Packard for IWC's "Go Digital!" media presentation.