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Phoenix-based specialty retailer and loyalty marketplace preferred partner SkyMall has merged into a subsidiary of leading digital marketing and advertising solutions provider Xhibit. Together, the companies will concentrate on the next-generation interactive platform to provide a comprehensive and enhanced client experience to SkyMall’s 650 million viewers and to more than 135 million loyalty division members.“We are excited to bring these two companies together,” said Xhibit Founder Chris Richarde , who will now serve as president of Xhibit Corp. “At Xhibit’s core, we have focused on building communities that link consumers with product and service providers while enhancing the purchasing process. We believe that our platform will enhance the shopping experience for SkyMall’s suppliers, customers and members.”Xhibit’s large digital media distribution network will combine with SkyMall’s increasing merchants and customer reach to create a world-class consumer merchandising and relationship platform. SkyMall’s

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Chanticleer Holdings, a joint owner of privately held Hooters of America (HOA) and an independent developer of international Hooters restaurants, is the focus of a recent Wall Street Journal article by Georgia Wells (http://dtg.fm/Fr8t) that covers the company’s move into Brazil. Chanticleer has already opened Hooters restaurants in Hungary, South Africa, and Australia, but sees Brazil as the single biggest opportunity for both Hooters and Chanticleer. In the article, Chanticleer CEO, Michael Pruitt, is mentioned as hoping to launch as many as 40 Hooters locations, making the country the largest Hooters footprint outside the U.S.Brazil holds special interest now, with the upcoming 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, but, as the article points out, the opportunity goes beyond that, since there is a real need for middle-tier restaurants that is not being met. The article quotes Andres Calderon, VP of Research at Hansberger Global Investors, as emphasizing the opportunity for mid-priced U.S. restaurants

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A global provider of advanced communications and mobile broadband services, iTalk has announced the appointment of Clive Raines as Director of Australasia and Europe Operations. With high voice quality and the lowest prices, iTalk Mobile is currently pushing the market for an industry alternative to traditional cellular coverage. Raines, whose resume includes extensive experience in better business practices in Australasia and Europe, will be welcomed to the team for his strong background in sales, marketing, strategic product development, and distribution.David F. Levy, Chief Executive Officer of iTalk, commented, “The Australasia and Europe region is poised for the same explosive growth in new communication devices and services that iTalk is currently offering to the US marketplace.” Continuing on Levy stated, “Clive is an excellent addition to our growing team and his 25 years of international communications, product development and distribution experience in Australasia and European countries, will allow

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Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a provider of networking solutions that help the world’s leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere, today announced that David Meyer, Brocade Service Provider CTO and Chief Scientist, has been appointed as the chair of the OpenDaylight Project Technical Steering Committee (TSC). This appointment reinforces the Brocade commitment to the OpenDaylight Project, as well as the industry initiative to accelerate customer adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies.A Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, OpenDaylight unites industry leaders with the goal of a common and open SDN platform for developers to utilize, contribute to, and build commercial products and technologies. The TSC, providing the technical leadership for OpenDaylight, will assist in the oversight of integration of best breed technology, inter-collaboration across all OpenDaylight projects to ensure release quality and the

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In 1999 Heath Clarke went online to make a specific purchase from a manufacturer and was disappointed when he couldn’t find it. While his shopping cart remained empty, the unsuccessful attempt did give him the idea to launch a downloadable search software application for consumers such as himself – this idea quickly evolved into national online media company Local Corporation.By 2004 the company completed its Initial Public Offering, and by 2007, operating through its own local search site, was granted U.S. patents related to local search technologies and processes. The same year, Borrell Associates ranked Local Corp. as the leader in online advertising revenue growth after the company achieved year-over-year sales growth of 138 percent.Fast forward to-date, passing over many other significant company milestones in the years in between; as of 2013, more than 1 million consumers use Local Corp.’s online products and services, which include the flagship www.Local.com Web site as well as www.Spreebird.com and a

http://blogs.transworldnews.com/Mission/Post.aspx?postID=179511 2013-05-15T17:24:45-04:00 2013-05-15T17:24:45-04:00

Platinum Group Metals reported some great news today out of their Waterberg platinum deposit on the Northern arm of the massive Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, as initial metallurgical sample testing comes in on the T2 and F layer zones, with 88% and 83% recovery estimates for platinum-palladium-gold (2PGE+Au), respectively.This massive deposit, some 10.1M ounces of platinum, palladium, and gold, originally kicked up through exploration efforts involving PLG and its JV partners back in 2011, including notoriously ravenous official Japanese agency JOGMEC (Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation, whose mandate is to secure stable supplies of oil, gas, and minerals), is now starting to look seriously juicy. We talk low-hanging fruit in this industry a great deal, driven by the need to meet the demands of shareholder growth and long-term productivity, all while keeping the increasingly complex mining orchestra safe and under budget. That’s why getting back initial results like these, in light of

http://blogs.transworldnews.com/Mission/Post.aspx?postID=179509 2013-05-15T14:43:42-04:00 2013-05-15T14:43:42-04:00

PITOOEY!, a complete digital marketing agency with proprietary technology, announced that the PITOOEY! Penguin has completed its 50th destination in 50 days! Originally launching March 25 in Washington, D.C., the PITOOEY! Penguin traveled across the United States to raise awareness of PITOOEY!’s innovative, revolutionary app in 50 cities. Yesterday the Penguin made a ceremonial return to the city of its creation, Phoenix.David Sonkin, President of PITOOEY!, Inc., stated, “The business community and the consumers have responded to the Penguin in a very personal, interactive way. The PITOOEY! App going live in 50 cities, from Seattle to Boston, has been just the start in a new era in communication between consumers and the businesses they love.”Each morning, a new launch city was announced through PITOOEY!’s Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram social media channels. The basic concept of the campaign, “#BuildYourList™,” provided an interactive Facebook timeline, along with daily digital postcards, thus creating a

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Cardium Therapeutics today presented its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, and reported on highlights and other recent developments.The company narrowed its first-quarter loss to $2.2 million from a net loss of $2.6 million for the comparable three months of 2012.Sales in the first quarter totaled $599,000, an increase compared to sales of $20,000 reported for the same period in 2012. The company attributes the increase in sales to its To Go Brands health science-based operating unit, which represents roughly 92 percent of total product sales, and sales of the Excellagen advanced wound care product, which represents 8 percent of total product sales.Research and development costs for the quarter were $762,000, as compared to $1.2 million for the prior year period. Cardium attributes the decrease to lower expenses related to the development of Excellagen, partially offset by increased costs associated with the company’s ongoing Generx ASPIRE study.Cardium also highlighted recent

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Cinedigm and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced a strategic multi-year agreement. Premier home entertainment company, Universal Studios will provide supply-chain services across the United States for Cinedigm’s growing library of digital films and other content. Cinedigm’s existing sales team will continue implementing sales directly to consumers.Cinedigm’s existing library holds over 5,000 titles of which includes acclaimed independent films, award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-gen indies from Flatiron Film Company®, as well as festival picks through partnerships with Tribeca Film and the Sundance Institute. Cinedigm also distributes award-winning and Oscar®-nominated films.Chris McGurk who currently sits as Chairman of the Board and as CEO of Cinedigm commented, “Having worked with Craig Kornblau at both Disney and Universal, I’m thrilled to be working with him and the entire Universal Studios Home Entertainment team again. With Universal by our side, we look forward to

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First Independence Corp. and its subsidiary, The Codesmart™ Group, an ICD-10 education and solutions group, reported that its Codesmart™ University study programs are now eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEU) for existing medical coders, as certified by the Association of Professional Coders (APPC) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).ICD-10, or the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases, is approved by the World Health Organization for the designation of the aspects of disease treatment that include categories of diseases and treatment modalities for them. This tenth revision of the ICD has been broken down into more than 141,000 designations vs. only 17,000 codes, diagnoses, and procedures in the previous version ICD.The Codesmart Group says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has mandated that all medical practices, hospitals, and other medical record keeping organization be trained and ICD-10 compliant by October 1, 2014. Codesmart

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Mad Catz Interactive recently announced the release of the company’s new M.O.U.S.9 wireless gaming mouse. The device utilizes Bluetooth Smart technology and is usable for gaming and productivity across several computer types and portable/smart/tablet devices.Based in San Diego, Mad Catz is best known in the video game industry for producing gaming peripherals such as joypads and arcade sticks for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 consoles, as well as instrument peripherals for various music games. Mad Catz also produces flight simulators under its ThunderHawk Studios brand, and pro gaming peripherals under the Cyborg brand.The M.O.U.S.9, which is based on Mad Catz’s award winning R.A.T. gaming mouse, has been streamlined for a wider user base and general use. The mouse features Bluetooth Smart technology, which allows it to be used with a wide variety of computing and personal electronics equipment. PC and Mac computers, as well as smart TVs, smartphones, and tablets, are able to utilize M.O.U.S.9, and

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Los Angeles based manufacturer American Apparel has announced an exclusive partnership with Queensway based LAB CONCEPT, a contemporary lifestyle retailer. The collaboration aims to successfully introduce the brand to the Admiralty district in Hong Kong.Katherine Johnson, American Apparel Regional Manager for Asia, stated, “We have worked very carefully to develop a strategy for Hong Kong, keeping in mind that it’s a major center for business, travel, and finance both in Asia and worldwide. That’s why we’re so excited to be working with LAB CONCEPT in Admiralty on this special project; this partnership allows us to offer high quality American-made product to the Hong Kong consumer.”In 2012, American Apparel opened stores in Shanghai’s Joy City Mall and Beijing’s Parkview Green Mall. The LAB CONCEPT partnership signals additional signs of American Apparel’s plans for market expansion, specifically in China and Hong Kong. Last Year American Apparel held a pop-up space in LAB CONCEPT space.Morgan Tan, Vice

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VistaGen is a biotech company focused on using stem cell technology to generate new, safer variants (drug rescue variants) of once-promising small molecule drug candidates that were developed but ultimately discontinued by large pharmaceutical companies due to heart or liver toxicity issues. VistaGen aims to use their proprietary stem cell technology as a previously unavailable cost effective way to re-examine and ultimately “rescue” such lost drugs, thereby recovering the value from what is usually a substantial prior investment in research and development.The company recognizes the drug discovery and development crisis facing the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, where increasingly big investments are required for new drug development but not enough new drugs are being finally approved. Using its technology to derive mature human heart and liver cells from pluripotent stem cells, VistaGen continues to develop unique bioassay systems for assessing potential toxicity issues right in the laboratory, providing a

http://blogs.transworldnews.com/Mission/Post.aspx?postID=179469 2013-05-14T14:05:12-04:00 2013-05-14T14:05:12-04:00

Leading renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris made a statement yesterday announcing the appointment of R. Neil Williams, Chief Financial Officer of Intuit, to Amyris’s Board of Directors. He was also appointed to the Chair of the Audit Committee.“We are pleased with the addition of Neil to our Board. He brings extensive financial, corporate strategy and execution experience to help us build on our strategic direction and momentum,” commented John Melo, President & CEO of Amyris. “We are pleased Patrick Pichette, who served on our board for the last three years, has agreed to stay as a member of our strategic advisory board.”Neil Williams stated, “I look forward to supporting Amyris’s cutting edge technology development and growth-strategy execution. Amyris’s synthetic biology platform, now operating at industrial scale in Brazil, offers considerable opportunities across a broad range of renewable chemical and fuel applications.”With a thirty-year career in the financial services industry, Williams has

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Yesterday, AirMedia Group announced its board of directors has approved an investment agreement between various entities affiliated with the company, including Beijing GreatView Media Advertising Co. Ltd., which is the main operating entity of AirMedia’s gas station media network, the entity’s current shareholders, and Elec-Tech International Co. Ltd. In accordance with the investment agreement, Elec-Tech will invest RMB640 million ($104 million U.S.) to purchase ordinary shares representing around 21.27% of GreatView Media’s equity interest. Following completion of the transaction, AirMedia will indirectly control 61.41% of the equity interest of GreatView Media.In order to further develop its existing gas station media network, AirMedia plans to install LED screens in its gas stations throughout China. The company’s current shareholders elected to use the full amount of Elec-Tech’s investment to purchase LED screens from Elec-Tech, or its subsidiaries, for these installations.“We are excited about our

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The applications for social technology in the corporate world are moving at warp speed. Once a means of entertainment, e-mail access and online shopping, social technology has become so entrenched within global businesses, that it is unarguably one of the most powerful and yet largely untapped business tools on the planet.In a McKinsey & Company study of 4,200 companies around the world, 70% report that they currently use social technology in some form or fashion; and 90% of those companies said they were seeing some degree of business benefit. However, only 3% of companies were fully networked to achieve substantial benefits from these technologies.Recognizing the deep, untapped potential for social technology to improve communications and collaboration within and across enterprises is one thing. Executing a plan to actually participate in and take advantage of the billowing market is quite another.Social technologies serve as a platform for the key fundamentals of a progressive and thriving outreach

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Leading global brokerage company BGC Partners announced today that Jean-Jack Badet has been appointed as General Manager of its business in Switzerland. Based in Nyon, Mr. Badet will helm BGC’s Financial Products business; his presence will help the wholesale financial and real estate markets experts grow their presence throughout that country.“Joining BGC represents an exceptional opportunity for me and one I am delighted to accept. I look forward to working with BGC’s outstanding team of executives and contributing to the future success of this firm,” Mr. Badet remarked.Mr. Badet joins BGC with over 30 years of industry experience. He had worked at Tradition since 1986, most recently as Managing Director of the firm’s Switzerland business. While there, he coordinated the development of money market products domestically and across Continental Europe. Mr. Badet will report to JP Aubin, Executive Managing Director and Global Head Listed Products & Structured Solutions and General Manager, Continental

http://blogs.transworldnews.com/Mission/Post.aspx?postID=179443 2013-05-13T17:33:25-04:00 2013-05-13T17:33:25-04:00

When the KonLin Research & Analysis Corp. put out a positive follow-up report on Chanticleer Holdings, a joint owner of privately held Hooters of America (HOA) and independent developer of international Hooters restaurants, the report highlighted several notable advantages offered by HOTR as an investment in the global marketplace. Although it points out that consumer spending in emerging markets around the world is projected to increase to $30 trillion by 2025, it suggests that a safe approach, represented by Chanticleer Holdings, has important benefits.First of all, Chanticleer has wisely minimized its risk by investing in different geographical areas. The company currently owns, in whole or in part, 6 Hooters restaurants, representing Australia, South Africa, and Hungary, and also has franchisee rights covering parts of Brazil. The fact that various parts of the world remain in economic flux, dealing with debt issues and different phases of economic restructuring, calls for a geographically diversified

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The Guitammer Company, a leader in low frequency sound products that provide an immersive entertainment experience for audiences worldwide, announced this morning that it had entered into a Joint Marketing Agreement with Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (“Digiplex”).According to the signed agreement, Guitammer’s ButtKicker brand low frequency transducers will be installed in Digiplex’s Solon Cinema 16 in Solon, Ohio, enabling the patented “4D” Buttkicker experience for all of the 300+ stadium seats in one of the cinema complex’s largest 3D auditoriums. Because the ButtKicker system can be integrated with nearly all types of cinema seating, it was easily added to Digiplex’s upgrade plan for this recently acquired complex. Also, because ButtKicker’s products accurately reproduce the effect of each movie’s existing “.1″ and bass sound track, with no special processing or coding requirements, they can be used with all types of movies that will run in the auditorium. The ButtKicker Gamer and the Wireless

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PITOOEY!, a complete digital marketing agency with proprietary technology, today announced that the company sponsored the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, May 3rd at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club.“The tournament was a huge success! Besides being a picture-perfect ‘Chamber of Commerce day’ for golf, we had great sponsorships and sold-out the event,” stated Anna Mineer, the Chamber’s Signature Events Manager.“PITOOEY! used this event to grow awareness of the PITOOEY! App, as well as services available from Choice One Mobile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PITOOEY!, Inc.,” added David Sonkin, President of PITOOEY!, Inc. “The tournament is a great way for PITOOEY! to support our community by helping like-minded organizations, such as the Chamber. We share a common mission with Chambers of Commerce in that we all want to help businesses grow and succeed. That’s the most important feature of the PITOOEY! App.”The winning corporate challenge team was from the Scottsdale offices