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Monday, December 21, 2009

FocalPoint International Named #1 Franchise

Franchise Business Review afresh presented their 2008 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards, allotment FocalPoint International as #1 Franchisor in their chic - an accomplishment that Dominic Rubino, controlling carnality admiral of FocalPoint International, says sets a accepted in the industry.

"FocalPoint International strives to accommodate abutment and apparatus franchisee-relations programs aural the business. I'm acutely appreciative to be with a aggregation that is so committed to not alone the success of their franchisees, but their amusement as well," Rubino said. "Franchisee achievement is an important agency in the achievement of a brand, and I apprehend FocalPoint's advance and success to abide in the future."

The 2008 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards presented by Franchise Business Review highlights those franchises whose validation a allotment of their franchisees was above in the industry. According to Eric Stites, admiral of Franchise Business Review, franchisee achievement is a primary arch indicator of abiding arrangement advance and success.

"With accelerated advance of business achievement apprenticeship in the baby to average action marketplace, we at FocalPoint International are acutely appreciative to accept the 2008 Franchise Satisfaction Award as the #1 Franchisor in our category," said Steve Thompson, admiral of FocalPoint International Inc.

To admeasurement franchisee satisfaction, Franchise Business Review surveyed franchisees from 325 authorization companies, apery 45,000 franchisees. Franchisees were evaluated in 5 areas: Training & Support, Franchise System, Franchisor/Franchisee Relations, Financial Opportunity and Overall Satisfaction. Franchisees were asked a alternation of questions in these areas and again rated their franchisor on a calibration of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent).

All franchisees from anniversary accommodating authorization aggregation were arrive to crop the survey. The boilerplate amount of accord was 50 percent, with some authorization companies accomplishing as top as 100 percent accord from their authorization owners.

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FocalPoint International
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Thomas International Launches Newly Redesigned Website

Thomas International, a all-around baton in the accouterment of on-demand behavioral assessments has appear the barrage of their anew redesigned website. The new website will absorb a added convenient interface and accommodate -to-be audience and absolute audience with a added aqueous online environment.

Thomas International partnered with Devtopia Digital to actualize the website argumentation and avant-garde beheld design. This new website brings Thomas’ a lot of admired agreeable to the surface, acceptance users to added calmly acceptance it.

In accession to the re-organization of their absolute information, Thomas has included adapted online autograph and advice to accumulate audience up-to-date.

Merle Ballaigues, President of Thomas International Inc. (North America) states “Thomas’ website is the all-around window into aggregate about the company, so not alone accept we bigger the usability, we're giving our barter something added -- a added positive, advantageous and able acquaintance with Thomas.”

Thomas International is consistently analytic to bigger serve their applicant abject and this new website works appear the demands of today’s business sector. Clients ambition to be able to accept on-demand information, authoritative their dollars go added as able-bodied as their business.

About Thomas International
Thomas International is a all-around baton in the accouterment of on-demand behavioral assessments and advertisement acclimated to recruit, advance and absorb top talent. Thomas International's DISC-based behavioral assessments are delivered software-as-a-service (SaaS) and are advised to accommodated the different requirements of small, mid-sized and action akin companies in every industry.

For over 25 years Thomas International has enabled its audience to added bigger administer their animal basic and with a attendance in 60 countries and availability in over 56 languages. Thomas International is one of alone a few absolutely all-around on-demand animal assets band-aid providers focused on behavioral assessment. More than a actor Thomas International software-as-a account (SaaS) delivered assessments are completed anniversary year. www.thomasinternational.net

About Devtopia Digital
Devtopia Digital, founded in 1998, provides a abounding ambit of casework and solutions that cover web appliance development, web marketing, alternate strategy, and aback appointment integration. Devtopia Digital agents includes java developers, windows programmers, database administrators, beam and user interface experts alternating with activity managers.

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Dora Panayiotopoulos
media@thomasinternational.net
+ 1.416.598.7045

International Affairs Council Announces 2008 Citizen Of World Award Recipient

Todd Culpepper, controlling administrator of the International Affairs Council (IAC) (www.iacnc.org), has appear that Rev. Ray Buchanan is the 2008 Citizen of the World Award Recipient. The IAC has accustomed the Citizen of the World Award annually back 1995 to account the North Carolinian who, in the eyes of the alternative committee, has done the a lot of for the internationalization of the state. Rev. Buchanan will be accustomed at the Citizen of the World Award Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 6-9 p.m. at the Brier Creek Country Club.

Rev. Buchanan is the co-founder and admiral of Stop Hunger Now, a archetypal for accouterment rapid, cost-effective responses to all-embracing crisis situations. He becoming a bachelor’s amount from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Divinity from Shenandoah University and Conservatory. Rev. Buchanan is a affiliate of the axle of admiral of Food Resources Bank, International Food Bank Association and Faithnet.

For added advice on the International Affairs Council, the Citizen of the World Award or the Citizen of the World Award Dinner, amuse appointment www.iacnc.org.

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News Facts:
•Todd Culpepper, controlling administrator of the International Affairs Council (IAC) (www.iacnc.org), has appear that Rev. Ray Buchanan is the 2008 Citizen of the World Award Recipient.
•The IAC has accustomed the Citizen of the World Award annually to account the North Carolinian who, in the eyes of the alternative committee, has done the a lot of for the internationalization of the state.
•Rev. Buchanan will be accustomed at the Citizen of the World Award Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 6-9 p.m. at the Brier Creek Country Club.
•Rev. Buchanan is the co-founder and admiral of Stop Hunger Now, a archetypal for accouterment rapid, cost-effective responses to all-embracing crisis situations.
•He becoming a bachelor’s amount from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Divinity from Shenandoah University and Conservatory.
•Rev. Buchanan is a affiliate of the axle of admiral of Food Resources Bank, International Food Bank Association and Faithnet.
•For added advice on the International Affairs Council, the Citizen of the World Award or the Citizen of the World Award Dinner, amuse appointment www.iacnc.org.

Quotes:
“We are captivated to account Rev. Ray Buchanan for all of his abundant efforts,” said Culpepper. “He has fabricated an immense appulse on the internationalization of the accompaniment of North Carolina and he absolutely deserves to be accustomed for it.”

About International Affairs Council:
International Affairs Council (IAC) is a nonprofit alignment that promotes compassionate of apple affairs, citizen-to-citizen address and the acceptance of North Carolina as a centermost of education, ability and business. IAC, which began in 1973 as the Research Triangle International Visitors Center (IVC), affairs itineraries for visiting all-embracing dignitaries and professionals absorbed in business development, apprenticeship and added topics, as able-bodied as hosts contest that accompany high-profile speakers from about the apple to the Triangle. After alpha as a account of the appointment of the University of North Carolina’s then-president Terry Sanford, IVC was congenital beneath N.C. law on July 30, 1975 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. During the aboriginal 1980s, the alignment was revitalized and confused to a beyond appointment amplitude with added agents acknowledgment to the abutment of Dr. William Friday, who was admiral of the UNC arrangement at that time. In 1986, the name of the alignment was afflicted to International Visitors Council. Since then, the alignment has quadrupled the amount of visitors it hosts anniversary year to over 600 and now has six agents members. In 2002, IVC alloyed with Triangle World Affairs Council to become International Visitors Council/World Affairs Council. In 2005, the axle of admiral appointed a appropriate board that absitively on the accepted abiding name: International Affairs Council. IAC’s mission is to advance all-embracing relations, accession acquaintance of civic and all-around issues and allure adopted dignitaries and professionals to the state. It receives admission allotment from the U.S. Department of the State, accumulated and altruistic foundations, alone associates and abundant added sources. For added information, appointment www.iacnc.org.

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Midas International Strikes Venture Capital Deal with Orphan Drug Company

Midas International appear today that it has appear to an acceding for up to $35 actor in adventure basic costs for two abstracted companies complex in the development of drop drugs (Drugs for diseases that afflict baby numbers of people). At this time data of the agreements were not disclosed, about it has been appear that the aboriginal annular of allotment would appear anon from Midas International with the after circuit advancing from a bunch of their clients.

“Midas International has continued accurate the biotech industry. We accept that not alone is it the appropriate affair to do as all-around citizens, but from a business angle as well,” said Kenneth Emerson, Director of Business development. “Several years ago we adjourned a baby biotech close in the U.S. that was developing a biologic to assure the axial afraid system. That biologic is now acclimated in treatments of added than a dozen diseases including Multiple Sclerosis.”

The companies that Midas has agreed to armamentarium will both be accepting analogous grants from a U.S. Foundation. The Dollar for Dollar acceding allows companies to bigger accompany treatments to ailments that generally go untreated. Midas in acknowledgment for its aboriginal annular allotment efforts will accept a bench on the axle of both companies and a appropriate of aboriginal abnegation on assertive next accomplish the companies may take. The business archetypal for investment into Orphan Drugs has been in aftereffect back the 1983 Orphan Drug Act in the US accepted appropriate apparent rights. Similar laws assure and advance this basic analysis and the drugs that are developed as a aftereffect in the EU.

Midas International, FZE is an investment banking, banking consulting and allowance close alms investment solutions, asset allocation strategies and appraisal on equities and anchored assets securities. The Dubai based investment close has digital offices in Hong Kong, London and Sydney.

Basic Food International Celebrates its 32nd Successful Year in South Florida

Prominent Food Executive John Bauer moves advanced with amplification affairs afterwards 32 years in business with Basic Food International, Inc, a all-around arctic foods import/export business based in South Florida. With drive building, abounding basic and acclaim available, and an chaste acceptability and able recognition, this advancing agent wants to plan with his antagonism to access bazaar share. “We ambition to body added alliances and affiliations as able-bodied as mergers and acquisitions. More so than ever, there is backbone in numbers and expertise”, says CEO Bauer who has been the aboriginal buyer of the arctic aliment aggregation specializing in seafood, poultry, and meat, back it’s birth in Florida back 1978.

As Basic Food International grew and broadcast over the years into a multi actor dollar enterprise, it connected to accretion accolades for its success and composure at a time if the industry was just accepting its anxiety wet. Using his business as a cardinal point, Bauer consistently maintained plan as a aggregation player. He auspiciously added the aggregate of barter through Florida, spearheaded acknowledged barter missions, formed with Latin American cooperatives to advice them ascertain and advance seafood articles for consign to the U.S., and able American producers with aliment articles destined for export. Basic Food International is aswell the aboriginal aggregation in the State to consign foods to the Middle East that accommodate to Islamic aliment laws, paving the way for others to follow.

As a avant-garde in the industry of acceptation and consign barter to and from Florida, Bauer and his aggregation accumulated acid bend hi tech techniques with all-embracing business adeptness to ability aberrant success. “Understanding your bazaar as able-bodied as your artefact is the key to all-around business development. You accept to be focused on what you do and which bazaar you ambition to pursue”, he says.
Bauer’s interpersonal relationships with his staff, able accomplishments in the all-around climate, and able barn and administration centers acquiesce him to action exponentially about the world. It’s no admiration Basic Food International has been accustomed as “Florida’s Top International Trade Company” by the Florida Secretary State with Bauer understandably accepting the almsman of abounding awards including the International Business Leadership accolade presented by World City and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s anniversary accolade for outstanding business development.

Today, Bauer wants to access and plan with added analogously anchored aliment businesses while architecture new alliances and relationships that can account from his all-embracing and civic activities in accession to his continued acquaintance in the aliment industry. “Globalization presents new affairs and different opportunities for expansion, abnormally in the aliment industry. The standards of active about the apple accept added and the new abridgement has opened doors for added cooperation”, says Bauer.

MFI International Recognized for Outstanding Performance on Environmental Compliance

MFI International was afresh awarded for its outstanding achievement in ecology acquiescence by the State of Chihuahua, Secretariat of Urban and Environmental Development, during the year of 2008-2009.

The accolade answer by the State of Chihuahua, through the Secretariat of Urban and Environmental Development, encourages acceptable ecology practices in the maquiladora industry (manufacturing in Mexico industry), as able-bodied as all-embracing acquiescence of State and Federal laws to assure the environment.

The accolade was accustomed by Tomas Mena, Director of Shelter Services analysis of MFI International, on account Mexico’s operations team. According to Mr. Mena, “It’s important for our aggregation to advance a antithesis amid our accomplishment practices and the environment. We are committed to accede with State of Chihuahua and Mexico's ecology laws, and calmly bottle on energy, baptize and added assets which allows us to accumulate our Mexican operations”.

Amongst added maquiladoras and Shelter Services Providers awarded in Ciudad Juarez accomplishment industry were: Ansell Perry de Mexico, Capsonic, Davol Surgical Instruments, Eagle Ottawa, Delphi, Intermex, Lexmark, Motorola de Juarez, Plexus Electronics, Tatung and Electrolux Home Products.

About MFI International
MFI International has 30 years of acquaintance in accouterment Competitive Crossborder Solutions to manufacturers in Mexico through its apartment casework and farm accomplishment divisions. Its audience are in the electronic, automotive, home capacity and fabricated to adjustment industries

MFI International is a ISO 9001:2000 registered company, with a auspiciously connected 30 year clue almanac of accouterment low-cost, aggressive crossborder solutions for all-around manufacturers alternating the El Paso – Cuidad Juarez apprenticed corridor.

The company’s 7 top managers accept a accumulated 130+ years of acquaintance in abacus to chump amount and ensuring that companies that accomplish in Mexico beneath the MFI Shelter Operations "outsourced maquiladora support" Management Program succeed.

Contact: Paola Ramos, Marketing Director, Paola.ramos@mfiintl.com, 915-225-5256, ww.mfiintl.com Competitive Crossborder Solutions

Press Contact:
Paola Ramos
MFI International
9570 Pan American Dr
El Paso Texas 79927
915-858-0971 ext. 20
paola.ramos@mfiintl.com http://www.mfiintl.com .

MFI International Recognized for Outstanding Performance on Environmental Compliance

MFI International was afresh awarded for its outstanding achievement in ecology acquiescence by the State of Chihuahua, Secretariat of Urban and Environmental Development, during the year of 2008-2009.

The accolade answer by the State of Chihuahua, through the Secretariat of Urban and Environmental Development, encourages acceptable ecology practices in the maquiladora industry (manufacturing in Mexico industry), as able-bodied as all-embracing acquiescence of State and Federal laws to assure the environment.

The accolade was accustomed by Tomas Mena, Director of Shelter Services analysis of MFI International, on account Mexico’s operations team. According to Mr. Mena, “It’s important for our aggregation to advance a antithesis amid our accomplishment practices and the environment. We are committed to accede with State of Chihuahua and Mexico's ecology laws, and calmly bottle on energy, baptize and added assets which allows us to accumulate our Mexican operations”.

Amongst added maquiladoras and Shelter Services Providers awarded in Ciudad Juarez accomplishment industry were: Ansell Perry de Mexico, Capsonic, Davol Surgical Instruments, Eagle Ottawa, Delphi, Intermex, Lexmark, Motorola de Juarez, Plexus Electronics, Tatung and Electrolux Home Products.

About MFI International
MFI International has 30 years of acquaintance in accouterment Competitive Crossborder Solutions to manufacturers in Mexico through its apartment casework and farm accomplishment divisions. Its audience are in the electronic, automotive, home capacity and fabricated to adjustment industries

MFI International is a ISO 9001:2000 registered company, with a auspiciously connected 30 year clue almanac of accouterment low-cost, aggressive crossborder solutions for all-around manufacturers alternating the El Paso – Cuidad Juarez apprenticed corridor.

The company’s 7 top managers accept a accumulated 130+ years of acquaintance in abacus to chump amount and ensuring that companies that accomplish in Mexico beneath the MFI Shelter Operations "outsourced maquiladora support" Management Program succeed.

Contact: Paola Ramos, Marketing Director, Paola.ramos@mfiintl.com, 915-225-5256, ww.mfiintl.com Competitive Crossborder Solutions

Press Contact:
Paola Ramos
MFI International
9570 Pan American Dr
El Paso Texas 79927
915-858-0971 ext. 20
paola.ramos@mfiintl.com http://www.mfiintl.com .

Airline Ground Services: the Aviation Quarterly with its Ear to the Ground

Airline Ground Services, one of the publications from aerodynamics account publishers EVA International (www.evaint.com), is the alone aerodynamics annual to awning assiduously the abounding assortment of casework airlines can now account themselves of whilst in the airport environment. The advertisement letters on account and issues surrounding the casework acquired by airlines on the ground, such as arena administration on the ramp, commuter administration and accoutrements handling; but it is aswell a key ability for appearance on refuelling, band maintenance, catering, IT, berth adjustment and cleaning.

Airlines are now outsourcing a abundant added arrangement of arena casework than anytime before, both on the access and central the terminal building. Recession has brought with it the admiration for abounding airlines to optimise antithesis sheets, abate inventories of arena abutment accessories and IT-enable processes to drive efficiencies through their organisations. On the added hand, some airlines accept developed an insourced arena administration strategy, advertence their casting with their customers’ adventures on the arena and thereby abnegation to let go of these actual important airline arena operations. The assorted access to airline arena casework are all reflected in the anew adapted Airline Ground Services advertisement (formerly blue-blooded Airline Handling International).

The annual from arch aerodynamics account aggregation EVA International includes up-to-the-minute airline industry news, focus appearance on issues affecting the apple of airline arena casework and astute interviews with active of accretion at all types of airlines, from account and bounded to charter, appointed and cargo.

Airline Ground Services is one of three key aerodynamics publications from annual publishers and exhibition organisers EVA International. Combined with Executive & VIP Aviation International and Airside International, the three quarterlies awning all of the latest account and appearance arresting to the aerodynamics world. Find out added at www.evaint.com.

Editor’s Note: EVA International is represented by the agenda business specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please absolute all columnist queries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.

EVAInt.com is the Home of Business Aviation News

For breaking account and the latest issues affecting controlling and business aviation, accumulated air biking and the clandestine jet sector, appointment the website of aerodynamics publishers EVA International: www.evaint.com. EVA International is a aggregation focused on specialist aviation, from the alcove apple of VIP aerodynamics to airside basement and arena services.

EVA International publishes three quarterlies accoutrement all aspects of specialist aviation: Airside International, Airline Ground Services and Executive & VIP International, the closing accepting indispensible for anyone complex in business aerodynamics or the clandestine jet industry. Executive & VIP International serves as a absolute aerodynamics account antecedent for clandestine aircraft owners and operators, as able-bodied as the assorted acknowledging industries. The annual account appearance interviews with manufacturers of business aircraft and key players aural the apple of controlling and business aviation; abounding advantage of clandestine jet account providers, from jet aircraft aliment to autogenous design; and profiles of clandestine allotment companies.

Perhaps you are analytic to acquirement your own clandestine jet or redesign the autogenous to accomplish it added acceptable for the controlling market. You may be a clandestine jet pilot absent to accumulate up with the latest movements in the industry, from technologies to certifications. Or conceivably you arch up the biking administration of your aggregation and charge to get the a lot of out of business aerodynamics for your key executives. No amount area you fit into the apple of business aviation, Executive & VIP International is your accurate account resource.

Publishers EVA International’s website, www.evaint.com allows you to apprehend online autograph from antecedent issues of Executive & VIP International, Airside International and Airline Ground Services, as able-bodied as seek the annal of account capacity and apprentice of the latest industry conferences and events.

Editor’s Note: EVA International is represented by the agenda business specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please absolute all columnist queries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.