VIVOZOOM - World’s Only Microstock Business to Give Legal Guarantees on all ImagesCHICAGO and LONDON - Launched Today by Imagepick Inc., VIVOZOOM Radically Changes the Commercial Image Market by Offering Warranted Stock Photography at Microstock Prices RTS Provides Low Latency Connectivity to BATS Europe MTFLONDON and CHICAGO - RTS Further Strengthens Coverage to European Equity Venues RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading trading solutions provider, announced the successful completion of conformance testing to provide connectivity to BATS Europe, a fast-growing European multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by BATS Global Markets. Morningstar Studies Mutual Fund Investor Experiences Across 16 Countries, Gives the U.S. the Only ‘A’ and New Zealand a ‘D-’CHICAGO - Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today released results of a study that measures the experiences of mutual fund investors in 16 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. Morningstar’s evaluation of investor-friendly practices in fund markets worldwide identified the United States as the best market for fund investors based on such criteria as investor protection, transparency, fees, taxation, and investment choices. New Zealand scored the worst. Study results were unveiled at the Morningstar UK Investment Conference in London today. RTS Realtime Systems Group and The MathWorks Present a London Seminar: The Alpha Generation PlatformCHICAGO - What: RTS and The MathWorks will co-host a free seminar to discuss the new collaboration announced in March (www.rtsgroup.net/news-media/news-releases/news- single/article/rts-integrates-the-mathworks-matlab-into-rtd- tango.html) enabling algorithmic traders to significantly reduce the time from idea to production, increasing their firms’ operational efficiency as they identify and capture opportunities in one integrated environment. Under the arrangement, RTS has integrated MathWorks popular MATLAB, the interactive technical computing environment, into the RTD Tango algorithmic trading solution. The new offering gives traders the ability to create highly advanced pre- and post- trade analytic environments and connect them to their execution algorithms. When: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:00 p.m. London time Where: The Mermaid Conference & Events Center Studio Room Puddledock Blackfriars Who: Attendees will include proprietary traders, algorithmic trading professionals, hedge fund managers, financial engineers, quantitative engineers and media. How: RTD Tango is a high-performance, event-based automated algorithmic trading system that enables users to code and deploy thousands of trading strategies simultaneously. MATLAB is a standard for computational finance tasks such as risk modeling, derivative pricing, trading strategy research, portfolio analysis, econometrics and actuarial research. Vertica Analytic Database 3.0 Debuts at TDWI: Data Warehousing Workhorse for the Modern Data CenterCHICAGO - Major release of column-oriented, MPP DBMS features dozens of enhancements driven by fastest growing customer base in analytic data management Calamos Asset Management, Inc. to Establish London Presence, Appoints Vincenzo Falbo as Senior Vice President and Director, InternationalNAPERVILLE, Illinois - Calamos Asset Management announced that it will establish a London presence and has named Vincenzo Falbo senior vice president and director, international. Varicent Launches Further Innovation in Incentive Compensation and Sales Performance Management Solutions With Latest ReleaseCHICAGO - Varicent SPM 6.0 enables organizations to improve alignment of strategies to sales execution, provide better insight into sales performance and expand information delivery options Elavon Selects Varicent for Sales Performance ManagementCHICAGO - Company to deliver increased visibility and flexibility in incentive compensation management to both internal and external payees 2009 Shows Continuing Growth and Influence with Record First QuarterCHICAGO - Varicent’s SPM leadership position further validated by market and industry Varicent Software, an innovator and provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced continued upward momentum for Q1 2009. Photos: Mayor Richard M. Daley Welcomes International City Leaders to First-Ever Global Cities ForumCHICAGO - Chicago, Bogota Sign Sister Cities Partnership Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Sister Cities International welcomed mayors and municipal leaders from around the world for the first-ever Chicago Global Cities Forum on April 27-29. Tellabs Reports First-Quarter 2009 Revenue of US$362 MillionNAPERVILLE, Illinois - Company improving gross profit margins, generating cash and investing in the future Townsend’s RealTick(R) Execution Management System (EMS) Connects to Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking for Global Equities ExecutionCHICAGO - Visit Townsend Analytics at TradeTech Europe, April 21-24, 2009, Stand # 66/67 - Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, Stand # 48 Reed Smith Partners with Cendrowski Corporate Advisors on Fraud TrainingCHICAGO - International Certified Fraud Deterrence Program Launches May 10-14, 2009 Reed Smith LLP (www.reedsmith.com), one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announces its selection as the legal education partner for an international series of Certified Fraud Deterrence (CFD) training programs being launched by the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA, www.iacva.org). Economic Slowdown, Regulatory Changes, Business Interruption Top Global Business Risks, Says AonLONDON and CHICAGO - Global risk management survey highlights top risks by region and industry LINK Tool Use at North American Nuclear Plants Tops 75%CHICAGO - Safety issues at nuclear plants have resulted in increased usage of LINK Tools, now topping 75% of all nuclear plants. This includes nuclear generating stations and plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. UL Medical Experts to Provide Instruction on Guidance for Risk Management in IEC 60601-1:2005 at IECEE WorkshopNORTHBROOK, Illinois - On April 14-17, 2009, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.’s (UL) Primary Designated Engineer (PDE) Steve McRoberts and GMA Certification Department Manager Jola Wroblewska will present International Electrotechnical Committee for Conformity Testing to Standards for Electrical Equipment (IECEE) CB Test Laboratories and National Certification Bodies (NCBs) with IEC 60601-1:2005 3rd Edition training to promote common application of the guidelines prepared by the IECEE Risk Management Task Force (RMTF). CareerBuilder Partners With Top Recruiting Technology Companies Across EuropeCHICAGO - CareerBuilder.com, the largest online job site in North America with properties in 13 European countries, has partnered with Europe’s top recruiting technology companies to offer clients seamless integration to maximize recruiter efficiencies. The new partnerships include: Amris, Bond, Broadbean, Bullhorn, Candidate Manager, ChangeWorkNow, First Advantage, iCIMS, Kenexa, MrTed, PeopleBank, Peopleclick, PCRecruiter, Profilsoft, and Webcruit (Kaonix). Partnerships also include job posting aggregators such as and eQuest and candidate sourcing tools such as TalentDrive, AIRS, Daxtra and infoGIST. SAFRAN Completes Acquisition of Motorola’s Biometrics BusinessPARIS and SCHAUMBURG, Illinois - SAFRAN and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that they have completed the previously-announced sale of Motorola’s biometric business unit, including the Printrak trademark, to SAFRAN through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sagem Securite. Carefx Expands International Presence with New Office in LondonCHICAGO - Carefx’s Fusionfx allows UK hospital clinicians to experience clinically relevant views of patient information from across disparate information systems VICTORY RECORDS Signs OTEP to Recording, Merchandising and Publishing DealCHICAGO - ‘Smash The Control Machine’ in stores August 18th, 2009 VICTORY RECORDS has signed Los Angeles recording artist OTEP. OTEP’s all encompassing musical approach coupled with her shaman like artistic qualities and other creative musings have lead to over half a million albums sold over the course of three studio albums. Singer, songwriter, renegade Otep Shamaya describes the band’s music as … “a total and complete mutiny on the senses. We are a fusion band by nature, inspired by many styles and tones from a variety of musical genres- rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, spoken word, jazz and classic rock. We never allow the antiquated limits of a genre confine or restrict us. Our music is universal and does not belong nor can it be contained in a nice, neat, little box.” Smarter Smartphones - Novarra Vision(TM) Platform Delivers New Benefits for Smartphone UsersCHICAGO - Web accessibility, usability and services drive daily usage and new revenues Novarra, the Internet Mobility(TM) Company, announces new solutions specifically designed for the smartphone category of mobile devices that are coming to market with an increasing range of shapes, sizes and capabilities. Novarra’s industry-leading Vision(TM) mobile internet and multimedia platform leverages and enhances features like HTML browsers, keyboards and touch-screens to provide a better web experience by maximizing performance, usability and breadth of web content for “always on” smartphone users. Operators and internet brands can benefit from PC levels of adoption and traffic on new and existing handsets from LG, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, Apple, Google and others. Novarra’s Partnership with Yahoo! Continues to Deliver ResultsCHICAGO - Vision(TM) platform reaches new levels in World Wide Web searches Yahoo!(R) oneSearch(TM) is widely recognized as a global leader in mobile Novarra Debuts Vision(TM) Mobile Browser Version 8.0CHICAGO - Industry’s most advanced, high performance, open mobile browsing Novarra, the Internet Mobility(TM) Company, introduces their Vision Clerity’s Mainframe Rehosting Software Reduces IT Costs up to 70 PercentCHICAGO - Latest UniKix release is the foundation for affordable BPM, SOA, and Abbott Advances Its Revolutionary Fully Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent With Initiation of Next Phase of Clinical TrialABBOTT PARK, Illinois - Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the initiation of the next phase of One Week Remains for Media Accreditation for the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission VisitCHICAGO - Media applying for accreditation to cover the International Olympic Underwriters Laboratories Named Accredited Elevator/Escalator Certification OrganizationNORTHBROOK, Illinois - UL Helps Industry Manufacturers Get Innovative Products and Systems The Lancet Publishes Two-Year Results of Abbott’s Fully Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting StentABBOTT PARK, Illinois - Data Demonstrate Bioabsorbable Stent Is Absorbed Within Two Years, |
