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Sherwood Neiss and Jason Best, Principals of Crowdfund Capital Advisors and founders of Startup Exemption, the group that developed the framework which made Crowdfund Investing legal, were recognized last week at the Fortune Leadership Summit for the great work they have done helping entrepreneurs gain access to capital through the legalization of Crowdfund Investing here in the United States.

Matt Mendoza, conservative candidate for State Assembly 79th District, has been endorsed by both The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association led by Kris Vosburgh and The Republican National Hispanic Assembly led by Richard Loa.

Prime Choice Auto Parts is a leading car parts online store that offers factory direct prices to consumers. Huge savings can be obtained on car side mirrors, and auto parts such as Grilles, Struts, Brake Shoes, Alternators and much more. Today they are offering special savings on replacement car side mirrors.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Impetigo Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012" provides data on the Impetigo clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Impetigo. It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Impetigo. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

GlobalData's new report, "Australia Surgical Equipment Market Outlook to 2018- Electrosurgical Devices, Hand Instruments and Surgical Sutures" provides key market data on the Australia Surgical Equipment market. The report provides value (USD million), volume (units) and average price (USD) data for each segment within three market categories - Electrosurgical Devices, Hand Instruments and Surgical Sutures. The report also provides company shares and distribution shares data for each of the aforementioned market categories. The report is supplemented with global corporate-level profiles of the key market participants with information on company financials and pipeline products, wherever available.

The Fourth Generation (4G) of cellular communications based on the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard promises much great network capacity. This greater supply of bandwidth will stimulate the development, implementation and operation of many new applications, each with very unique quality of service, bandwidth, and performance needs. It will be a much more complex network and this will facilitate a need for improved operations and OSS. A key driver for improving OSS for 4G systems, the so called Self Organizing Network (SON) has been introduced as part of the 3GPP LTE network framework. SON is expected to be deployed over time and ultimately have a dramatically positive effect on network operations and OSS.

In 2011 wound care grew by 1% in current value terms to reach Mx$242 million. This is a mature category with low rates of new product technologies or delivery formats. The main innovations generally come in the form of new characters on adhesive bandages for children. In 2011 the main innovation was from BDF Curitas with Distroller, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The growth rate of 1% was in line with the previous year due to the lack of aggressive investment in new product development or...

Coty's offer to acquire Avon has rekindled interest in direct selling as a distribution channel raising questions about its profitability and prospects. Euromonitor International has examined the channel through a series of case studies of the leading direct sellers' strategies, focusing on emerging market penetration, flexible approach and product and sales model innovation.

In February 2011, global brand owner Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd filed a petition with the FDA to permit the sale of its Plan B One Step over-the-counter. Since 2006, age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraceptives have required that these products be sold behind the pharmacy counter. Consumers of at least 17 years of age are required to show identification to purchase the products, while those under 17 can only buy them with a prescription. Teva's petition, therefore, would...

Firms in this industry crush, refine and package oils and fats for sale to consumers, food manufacturers, the food services sector and biodiesel production.

Brands must stay relevant to consumers over time. This requires understanding their propensity to try new things, and what triggers switching behavior. This research finds that experiences outside of an immediate or known frame of reference are increasingly desired. But choice is also characterized by the careful consideration of risk, and desire to simplify decision making by sticking to routine

Russia ranks as the second-most visited tourism destination in the Americas region after the US, and is the tenth-most visited destination globally for international tourist arrivals. Tourism is the second-largest revenue generator in the country, after oil, and international tourist arrivals increased by XX% in 2011 to XX million. Domestic tourism also remained buoyant with XX million arrivals during the year. The country's close proximity to the US enables it to access the world's largest market in terms of tourism.

"Global Food and Beverage Survey 2012-2013: Market Trends, Marketing Spend and Sales Strategies in Food and Beverage Industry " is a new report by Canadean that analyzes how global food and beverage industry companies' media spending, marketing, sales strategies and practices, and business planning, are set to change in 2012-2013. This report provides the current size of the marketing and advertising budgets of global food and beverage suppliers and how spending by suppliers will change, providing insight into global marketing behaviour. In addition, the report also identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers and M&A activity. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type, and size."

This report provides authoritative and granular data on the Suncare market in Italy and, in doing so fills the gaps in marketers' understanding of trends and the components of change behind them. Based upon extensive primary and secondary research to provide comprehensive and granular data, this report allows marketers to confidently update their strategic and tactical plans. Marketers need data on volume and value changes, brand dynamics and distribution trends in order to effectively plan strategies

Recently published research from World Market Intelligence, "The Financial Impact of Building Information Modeling in the Global Construction Industry in 2012: Survey Intelligence", is now available at Fast Market Research

Total S.A (Total), a diversified energy company, completed the acquisition of an additional 25% interest in Gorgoglione concession, which includes Tempa Rossa (re development) field, and 51.7% interest in each of two exploration licenses located in the Basilicata region, Southern Italy, from Esso Italiana S.r.l (Exxon), a company engaged in the extraction and refining of crude petroleum and natural gas. The acquisition enables Total to strengthen its position in the exploration and production sector in Italy.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Cataract Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012" provides data on the Cataract clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Cataract. It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Cataract. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

GlobalData's report, Asia Pacific Styrene Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of Asia Pacific Styrene industry. The research presents major market trends affecting Styrene in the region. It provides capacity growth and presents installed capacity by key feedstock, process and technology. In addition, it presents market size, demand and production forecasts, end use demand forecasts, and company shares of major Styrene producers in the region. The research also provides price trends and trade balance data. Supply and demand scenario for key countries within the region is also included in the report. Overall, the reports present a comprehensive analysis of the specific petrochemical in the region covering all the major parameters.

BMI's Q212 report on the Russian telecommunications market provides analysis of operator performance and market development based on operator data for the country's mobile, broadband, fixed-line and pay- TV markets covering the whole of 2011, These include operational and financial results from the reorganised VimpelCom - following the incorporation of acquired assets from Wind Telecom, MTS, MegaFon, Tele2 and fixed-line provider ER-Telecom. The report also draws on data published by the incumbent Rostelecom covering the period to the end of September 2011, as well as other ad hoc sources of market level information. The report also includes BMI analysis of operator strategy and market developments including new service deployments, acquisitions and network infrastructure. Finally the report contains our five-year forecasts for the mobile, fixed-voice and broadband subscriber markets, as well as for monthly blended mobile ARPU.

While the 4.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) real growth we estimate took place within Egypt's construction sector in 2011 can be viewed as relatively positive, it does not reflect the underlying problems facing the sector. Although the swift resumption of stalled projects following the revolution ensured positive growth in 2011, persistent investor uncertainty and constraints on government capital expenditure have diminished project pipelines. We expect the government's fiscal problems to remain a major drag on growth. However, the potential for a stabilising in the political and economic situation in H212 (following elections in May 2012) means that risks are weighted to the upside.

Latin America's pet care market continues to perform well, with retail values growing faster than any other region. By 2016, Brazil will usurp Japan as the world's second largest pet care market, behind only the US. Retail prospects remain strong, as urbanisation continues, disposable incomes rise, and more consumers turn to pets for companionship. As Latin Americans move from pet ownership to pet "parenthood", opportunities will arise for those manufacturers savvy enough to seize them.

In France, cocktails, such as mojito, vodka with orange juice and whisky with Coca-Cola continued to be very popular among the young generation. As a result, they continued to drive the best performing categories and consequently, overall volume sales of spirits in 2011.

Service Delivery Platform (SDP) can be loosely defined as a standards based framework that facilitates the design, development, implementation and management of services required to run the operations of network services providers. The services could range from the basic voice connectivity to the state-of-the-art rich multimedia services. The most critical value-addition offered by the SDP methodology lies in its ability to abstract controlling parameters such as location, media control, integration and others. SDP interface with the network elements, OSS/BSS, telco IT infrastructure and partners such as application developers and content providers. Projected to grow at a CAGR of 19 % over the next five years, the SDP industry is set for healthy growth. Mind Commerce estimates SDP revenues will reach USD 7.6 at the end of 2016.

The people have spoken and Stacy Francis has delivered. At the request of her fans worldover, R&B diva Stacy Francis will premiere her new single Purple Rain to audiences from London to Louisiana on May 29th on Itunes.

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