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Bay East Association of REALTORS announced today a partnership with agent reputation innovator ReachFactorTM to help its agents showcase their performance, shorten sales cycles, and generate high quality inbound leads for free. ReachFactor will be integrated into Bay East’s intranet and become available to members in October, 2011.

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, a nonprofit research organization focused on translational safety sciences and a pioneer in liver toxicity research, and PBM Capital Group (PBM), a Charlottesville, Va.-based investment group with significant interests in biotech and life sciences, have announced the formation of a new joint venture in contract research services called Triangle Research Labs, LLC (TRL), which will be located on The Hamner’s campus at 6 Davis Drive. The new company will work on predictive toxicity testing, which will involve screening drug compounds prior to clinical studies to provide biopharma companies an “insurance policy” to quickly identify compounds that will be toxic to humans, potentially saving billions in the drug discovery process. As part of this effort, PBM has shifted the contract research service resources of its GigaCyte subsidiary in Branford, Conn., to The Hamner’s facilities in Research Triangle Park.

The NALA, National Association of Local Advertisers, a small business association, has chosen the non-profit entity, International Crisis Aid, to be featured in local businesses throughout the United States.

A group of about 25 people from an informal township of Hakahana have formed Hakahana Industries (Pty) Ltd to partner with Groot Group to manufacture bricks, pavers, retaining walls, building materials, facade systems and stones for Groot Town Center.

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The Company seeks to develop Groot Medical Center in partnership with the world’s best medical centers such as Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio USA and The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio USA.

The producers of the Romance Travel Expo, A Girl’s Gotta Go and Evolve Management, are pleased to announce the Boston Herald is now the premier media sponsor.

The total budget for the planning, development, engineering and construction of Groot Town Center is US$800 million (N$5.8 billion), which is a combination of 20% of debt and 80% equity financing to come from various lending and institutional investors in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Groot Property Group (Pty) Ltd is developing a rapid industrial ecosystem in Namibia with more than 60 different projects which includes Groot Town Center, 900 MW Gas-fired Power Plant, Wire and Cable Plant, Steel Plant, Engineering College, Medical Center, and more related industrial projects that would enable a creation of more than 500,000 direct and indirect better paying and sustainable job opportunities in Namibia within 3 years.