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LANSDALE, Pa., April 23, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, the leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software for the mortgage industry, announced that it has been named one of five finalists in the state of Pennsylvania’s inaugural ‘Governor’s Impact Awards’ in the category of small business impact within its region.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 23, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CandyLipz LLC announces a new product – the Xtreme Lip-Shaper(R) System – that allows users to naturally control the appearance and size of their lips. It’s no longer necessary to experience expensive and invasive injections to achieve more luscious and fuller lips.

MADISON, N.J. and TIGARD, Ore., April 19, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company and Paragon BioTeck, Inc. today announced that the companies have entered into a license agreement for Bausch + Lomb to commercialize and distribute Paragon’s phenylephrine in the United States on an exclusive basis beginning this month.

DENVER, Colo., April 18, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) has brought on software development specialist, Matt Steck, as the company’s chief information officer. With more than 15 years of experience in information technology, Steck will be responsible for all software development initiatives within the Titan family of companies.

KIRKLAND, Wash., April 18, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — An updated workplace guide, announced today, describes the tax, productivity, and other benefits of adding the “missing link” to employee benefit packages: long-term care insurance. Titled ‘Long Term Care Outreach and Education Program,’ the 12-page guide is published by LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America’s most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 16, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its corporate practice with the addition of Marcus Wilkinson, who joins as a partner based in Connecticut. Marcus Wilkinson handles angel investments, venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate matters.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 15, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that wholesale brokerage industry veteran Sheryl Smith has joined the firm as director.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 10, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Kelly Kyle as a senior account manager in its Los Angeles office. Kyle brings 12 years of experience in the healthcare and wellness insurance sector to EPIC.

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J., April 5, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to a recent study, 78 percent of homebuyers begin their search online. With ever-improving technology, this number is growing rapidly. Barski-Katinsky Real Estate, a tech driven, South Jersey real estate company, focused on creating an outside the box approach to buying and selling real estate, announces the recent launch of its Virtual Open House platform.

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 2, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Whitener, who joins as a partner based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Whitener brings to VLP considerable experience in technology transactions and data privacy issues.

ONTARIO, Calif., April 1, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, today announced key steps in advancing their business strategy in Southern California’s Inland Empire.

HOUSTON, Texas, March 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Move For Hunger announces that from April 1-15, 2013, Victory Packaging is holding its First Annual Victory Cup Nationwide Food Drive. As the largest packaging material distributor in North America, Victory has offices in 24 states across the country. For two weeks, these offices will compete to see which can donate the largest amount of non-perishable food items to its local food bank.

BOONTON, N.J., March 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The $35 billion U.S. private line services market is expected to decline one percent annually over the next five years, as the shift to packet-based services offsets demand for higher bandwidth private lines, says a market analysis study from Insight Research.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 26, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, saw an unprecedented period of record month-over-month volume in 2012. In addition, the firm also experienced increased demand for its initial disclosure services.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 25, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) announced today that its Employee Benefits Practice has launched a strategic partnership offering employers a new way to manage benefit program costs while expanding flexibility, choice and value for their employees.

FRESNO, Calif., March 21, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — First opening the doors of a Fresno office in July of 2012, California’s fastest growing insurance brokerage is already expanding to meet local demand. EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage that started with just two principals, has since added four more brokers specializing in property and casualty and employee benefits, as well as claims advocacy, account management and client service positions.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 19, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After more than two years of leasing their La Quinta office, Bank of Southern California announced that they have acquired the space permanently from the FDIC. At the end of 2010, Bank of Southern California began leasing the space, as well as another location in Palm Springs, when it acquired the two branch offices from Palm Desert National Bank.

MARSHALL, Mo., March 19, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Missouri Valley Community Action Agency is pleased to announce the fourth MADE in Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition. The 2013 competition encourages new and aspiring business through a competitive, educational and technical business development process. Grants are awarded to competition winners for startup costs or operating capital.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., March 19, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EaseUS Software, a leading software developer of data backup and disaster recovery and storage management solutions for the Windows environment, today announces the release of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 5.8.5 with improved data recovery experience and Japanese language supported.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 18, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — VLP Law Group LLP is very pleased to announce that trademark attorney Scott R. Austin, Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Intellectual Property Law, has joined the firm from Gordon and Rees LLP.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 14, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Remo Software, which has launched several repair and recovery tools previously, has now launched a new tool called Remo Repair PSD. This software tool is focused towards users who use Adobe Photoshop and may need to repair corrupt or damaged Photoshop files.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 7, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Move For Hunger, a nationwide hunger relief organization, is proud to announce that AMWAT Moving and Storage of Tallahassee is the recipient of the Mover of the Year Award for 2012.

LANSDALE, Pa., March 6, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, the leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, today announced the celebration of its tenth anniversary in business. The Global DMS name was officially formed in 2003 and the company has remained dedicated to the mortgage banking industry and appraisal management space since its inception.

CAMARILLO, Calif., March 5, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AMT Datasouth Corporation is pleased to introduce the new Documax(R) 5380 narrow carriage (80 column), serial-dot-matrix (SDM) printer. The Documax 5380 is the latest printer to carry the storied Documax badge. It features the latest technology in motors, drivers and electronics. The Documax 5380 sets a new standard for cost of ownership and reliability.

CLARKSVILLE, Md., March 5, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions (iFOS(R)) Managing Consultants, LLC is seeking applicants to serve as field reviewers in evaluating grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) for the fiscal year (FY) 2013 funding rounds of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program), Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) and New Market Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program).

LANSDALE, Pa., March 4, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, the leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, and MortgageFlex Systems, an established technology provider of mortgage loan software, announced that its eTrac Enterprise platform is integrated with MortgageFlex’s loan origination system (LOS), LoanQuest. The integration is bi-directional and completely streamlines data exchange and facilitates ease of communication between the two platforms.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 4, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Derek Thomas as Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Principal. Thomas brings to EPIC more than 25 years of progressive experience and leadership within insurance companies, brokerage firms, Internet and e-commerce companies, as well as the non-profit sector.

MILLVILLE, N.J., Feb. 25, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Laboratory Supply Distributors Corp., a provider of diverse products for the chromatography, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and environmental industries, this week announced the launch of its 2013 catalog. It showcases many new products for the life science and biotechnology markets.

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services announced today that Risk and Insurance Magazine has recognized managing principal Mike McMullen as one of 2013’s alternative energy ‘Power Brokers.’ McMullen was chosen as a Power Broker for his groundbreaking presentation of risk to the alternative energy market, dedication to providing innovative risk transfer solutions, and superior client service.

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope CEO Christopher L. Simmons announced a two week extension to today’s deadline for worthy causes to apply for the company’s annual Non-Profit PR Grants for 2013; the new deadline will be Feb. 28 at close of business.

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added George Descalso as a property and casualty insurance producer and principal in its San Mateo office. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Descalso’s insurance career spans 30 years. He brings extensive knowledge of risk management, property and liability insurance and the insurance marketplace to EPIC.

KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 13, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Until recently, long-term care financing has been offered to Americans primarily in the home; and the means of financing has been limited to LTC insurance, for the most part. That’s no longer so with LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America’s largest and most experienced LTCi agencies.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 8, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that that Phil Rasori, the company’s COO and Head Trader, has earned a spot on National Mortgage Professional Magazine’s ‘Top 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40’ list for the third time.

NEPTUNE, N.J., Feb. 6, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Move For Hunger, a nationwide hunger relief organization that works with the relocation industry, today announces its partnership with Atlas Van Lines, one of the nation’s top moving companies. To celebrate joining Move For Hunger as an Epic Partner, Atlas Headquarters held a local food drive on Feb. 1, which resulted in over 3,000-pounds of food donations to Tri-State Food Bank, located in Evansville, Ind.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the addition of Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California Employee Benefits Division. Haley brings twelve years of experience in the delivery of employee benefits solutions, including fully insured and limited self-funding medical products, to EPIC’s growing benefits consulting team.

DENVER, Colo., Feb. 5, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Titan Risk Management Services (TRMS), a division of mortgage fulfillment outsource services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan), is expanding its offerings to include development, management, monitoring, and support services for Service Provider Governance initiatives.

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — PCM of California, Inc. (PCM), an Associa company, announced today that eight employees as well as nine volunteers in company-managed communities have been nominated for ‘Orange County Excellence in Community’ Awards presented by the Orange County Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAIOC).

LANSDALE, Pa., Jan. 29, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, the leading provider of Web-based compliant valuation management software, announced that it recruited Jody Collup as vice president of marketing.

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J., Jan. 28, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The global telecommunications industry was not immune to economic forces in 2012 that slowed growth from earlier predictions, according to a new market analysis report from The Insight Research Corporation. Spending for wireline services contracted in 2012, while spending on wireless services grew modestly.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Jan. 24, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Yolande Smith, a holistic healer, natural foods chef and nutrition expert has joined the Alegria Fresh team. Smith’s focus is to show people how to rid themselves of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, obesity and heart disease by better understanding how food can heal and assist those who wish to feel better and have more energy by developing healthier eating habits.