Rock icon Rod Stewart will be hitting the road with his 56-city 2007 North American tour, kicking off January 12, 2007 at BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The tour will celebrate Rod's recent return to his rock roots with his #1 chart-topping album Still The Same…Great Rock Classics of Our Time and feature all of the classic hits from his more than three decade career. In addition, for the first time in over a decade, Rod's stage will be designed in the round, giving fans an intimate 360° view of the concert. Tickets will go on-sale beginning Saturday, November 11th at 10:00 AM local time.

In response to the breakneck speed of the CNBC program "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" and a lack of decent, user friendly resources on the web, Chris Mello of New York, NY has launched 'The Cramer Report' (http://www.thecramerreport.com). The website was created to simply recap, without any editorial content, the stock picks and pans of prolific ex-Wall Street stock analyst James J. Cramer.

Mr. Mello feels that Mr. Cramer's fans fall into two categories: First are the people who do not have the time to watch the program, and/or will not stay awake long enough to watch the repeat showing. The second are the people who would rather carefully analyze Mr. Cramer's recommendations at a pace that they themselves choose. The Cramer Report fulfills the needs of both of these groups.

min has issued its final call for entries in the annual Sales Executive of the Year Awards program, the industry's most-coveted awards for media sales professionals, recognizing the "best sellers" in both consumer and business-to-business media. The entry deadline is this Friday, March 6, 2009.

Enter online or download the entry form here www.minonline.com/awards/seoy2009.html.

min's Sales Executive of the Year Awards, presented by the media market intelligence leader, min and min's b2b, is open to all sales/business development job titles -- from Account Executive to Vice President, from Publisher to Sales Director. This year includes several new categories, recognizing the marketing and support teams that contribute to the brand's sales successes.

Take an economy teetering on recession, high gas prices, and an escalating cost of living, and you've got a climate ripe for selling anything proven to save businesses and consumers money, especially if it's related to fuel. Enter the legions of fuel-economy prophets.

Smith-Winchester recently began an aggressive PR program for CerMet Lab, a nano-technology company that has a unique product proven to improve gas mileage by 5% to 10%, sometimes more. From a PR standpoint, however, it's a double-edge sword. With fuel-saving tips being collected, published, broadcast and blogged everywhere, editorial on the cost of driving is at an all-time high. But much of it is negative toward anything you can buy to help save fuel.

Mark Manesh, President and CEO of Micro Technology International, Inc. (MTI) announced today that it has signed a sales and distribution deal with Zones Inc. of Auburn, Washington.

“Zones has been looking for a proven, stable POS solution for the SMB (small medium business) market and we are pleased to have found that partner in MTI,” said Sean Hobday, EVP Sales for Zones. “MTI is a proactive solutions provider who complements Zones’ strengths in services and sales.”

Zones, Inc. is a single-source direct marketing reseller of name-brand information technology products to the small- to medium-sized business market. Zones offers more than 150,000 products from leading manufacturers including 3COM, Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Epson, HP, IBM, Kingston, Lenovo, Microsoft, Sony and Toshiba.

USBA Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uniformed Services Benefit Association, today announced that NorthStar Loans USA has become an exclusive mortgage lending partner for the associations membership.

Through this strategic marketing partnership, USBA members will have access to an online consumer-direct lender dedicated to simplifying the mortgage lending process," explains USBA President/CEO, Rear Admiral Larry G. Vogt, US Navy (Ret.). The companys website, usba.com, began offering visitors to the site a gateway to the NorthStar Loans USAs site this month.

An action-packed spring break is in bloom at the largest Marriott in the world, Orlando World Center Marriott Resort, nestled along 200-tropically landscaped acres. Whether visiting the nation's most famous theme parks or hanging out at this family-oriented Orlando hotel oasis, the fun-filled adventure begins with the fantastic Fifth Night Free offer from now through April 30, 2007 and incredible rates from only $169* per room, per night.

Submerge into 1,000,000 gallons of liquid refreshment with six swimming pools including an indoor, secluded adult pool and two children's pools, a winding 106' waterslide and six invigorating whirlpool spas. Children ages 5 - 12 have a 'whoop' of a time with daily poolside activities at this Florida vacation resort that include dive-in movies, hula-hoop contests, face painting and more. Build a fortress in the sand play area or challenge a parent or sibling in the expansive game room, offering arcade games, air hockey, ping pong and more.

VINI, a 2006 Thracian Valley Merlot recently earned the distinction of "Best Eastern European Red Wine" at the World Value Wine Challenge held by the Beverage Testing Institute. The award represents the continuing trend toward superb value-priced wines from Bulgaria. VINI is produced by Sonoma-based Bulgarian Master Vintners, America's leading importer of Bulgarian wines.

The editors at Wine Enthusiast have recently reviewed VINI 2006 Merlot and rated it 87 points and BEST BUY. Review will appear in the buying guide of the magazine in the May issue. During a challenging economic time for the wine industry, VINI and few other Bulgarian brands continue to gain notoriety and market share in America. Many internationally acclaimed wine producers are looking to Bulgaria as the "next big thing," as Bulgarian wines represent extraordinary quality and extremely reasonable pricing.

Almost 5 million free nights at over 4,000 hotels around the globe are up for grabs, as IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world's largest hotel company by number of rooms, launches its biggest free nights offer, ever.

Guests can earn a free night by registering at 'Get a Free Night' and staying two nights at any InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites or Candlewood Suites around the world between 4 May and 3 July 2009.

Andy Cosslett, IHG's Chief Executive, said: "As the world's largest hotel company we're able to give guests more choice and more flexibility. Our guests can choose from over 4,000 hotels in 100 countries, across seven brands, including the biggest of them all - Holiday Inn. Now, with our Biggest Free Nights offer more guests can enjoy a stay in any of our hotels around the world."

Onion Networks Inc., The Wide-Area Data Transfer Solutions Company, today announced the immediate availability of AntFlow, a cross-platform technology that enables non-programmers to automate file processing tasks such as XML processing, encryption, or file format conversion and to schedule the resulting workflow to run unattended.

"AntFlow has long provided powerful data processing and integration capabilities to Onion Networks WAN Transport family of products," said Justin Chapweske, CEO and Founder of Onion Networks. "Releasing AntFlow as Open Source allows our customers and the community at large to automate existing processes and build new data processing applications without fear of vendor lock-in. I'm very excited to see what new and interesting ways this technology will be put to use."

The company will feature three unique designs which are available custom and made to order. These new offerings complement the custom made dresses, tuxedos and tails that Athletique already offers to its clients and enables Athletique to completely outfit an entire wedding party. Clients who order their bridal gown and bridesmaids dresses by July 1 will receive free customized sterling silver bracelets for themselves and their bridesmaids from Athletique, provided by Say It In Sterling, Inc.

This is an excellent opportunity to offer TeKay Designs bridal styles to Athletiques customers" said TeKay President, Kimma Wreh. The fashionable and affordable bridal gowns selected by Athletique from the TeKay Designs bridal collection are absolutely fabulous and designed for brides who want to look and feel special with a custom fit."

Euroson America, Inc. the North American Master Distributor of PoINT Software & Systems GmbH announced the release of Version 3.0 of PoINT Archiver, a Secure Data Archival and Network Storage management application designed to meet the growing demand for fixed content storage management and archival

PoINT Archiver 3.0 is a Windows Server application designed to provide an effective process to secure and archive relevant data in a network. Version 3.0 utilizes a combination of sophisticated file system management tools and direct support for multiple storage devices and types. Key features include a Write Once file system for Hard Disc/RAID, PoINT's Tiered Archive File System (TAFS) for distributing data storage to multiple devices and media types, and PoINT Secure File System (PSFS) which prevents unauthorized access to information. PoINT Archiver Version 3.0 provides a central console with the ability to manage virtually all data storage requirements necessary for meeting regulatory compliance and best practices for disaster recovery.

R1Soft®, developer of Continuous Data Protection®, today announced the release of its long-awaited free beta version of Hot Copy for Linux, a new command line utility that takes instant, readable and writable snapshots of disks or volumes on any Linux server, providing an unprecedented level of flexibility for IT administrators.

Hot Copy creates a point-in-time snapshot of the disk while the system is running, without interrupting applications even on the busiest Linux servers. As block level changes are made to the device, Hot Copy makes a backup copy of only the changed blocks instead of replicating the entire drive. These changed blocks are then efficiently stored in the unused space on the hard disk.

WTS, Inc., the leader in application hosting and managed disaster recovery services for Oracle's JD Edwards applications, announced their completion of pre-release testing of Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.97. While participating in the pre-release testing, WTS provided strategic feedback to Oracle prior to the general availability of the product. Additionally, this testing helps shape the advice and support WTS will give its customers regarding JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.97. Upgrades for several WTS customers are already underway, including one customer who is officially an Oracle early adopter.

PeoplePond, LLC recently launched their online personal search engine optimization service from their booth at the Interactive and Music Tradeshows during South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Registrants signed up during the event were automatically eligible for exciting prizes including dozens of Apple iPod Nanos, iTunes prepaid cards and a grand prize of a Vespa S150 scooter.

Brandon Mauth of Mauth Studios, a photography and web design studio located in San Diego, California, was announced as the winner of the grand prize Vespa scooter by PeoplePond president, Theron McCollough, on the last day of the SXSW trade shows.

MacLean Finance (www.macleanfinance.com) is proud to announce its inclusion as one of a handful of Australia home loan companies offering the new "Cash Flow Plus Loan" (CF+L). This is a radical new loan finance product that allows an investment client to gain the twin benefits of a positive cash flow from their investment, and a negative gearing taxation deduction that assists in the legal reduction of their taxation bill. Simply put this means money in the investors pocket, and a reduced tax rate. This a new concept in loan finance for Australia home loan companies and investors.

Disclosure is taking a higher profile at Lennar, Inc.. (NYSE:LEN), one of the nation's most prominent homebuilders. A proprietary analysis of LEN's recent 8K supplemental SEC filing dated March 31, 2009 reveals much more about the company's financial condition than was often the case in the past.

Disclosing more, hiding less?

According to Chris McConnell AIFA, of Chris McConnell & Associates/ FiduciaryFORENSICS®, an LA-based fiduciary forensics consultancy, kudos are due LEN's board and management in issuing the 8K, for listening to its critics, recognizing that it alone controls the flow of information to respond to analysts' and investors' concerns.

It is well documented that employees respond best to "What's in it for me" incentives. Without an easy to manage system, even that tactic can quickly fail. Every organization has a unique set of needs and circumstances in running a successful wellness program. The programs are personalized in numerous ways including company size, the choice of online only programs, or the addition of onsite wellness activities such as Health Fairs and lunch time walking programs. Participation and rewards are monitored by the accumulation of points assigned to these activities. If a point tracking system is difficult to setup and manage, disbursing rewards becomes challenging and ineffective. Timely rewards are essential in aligning participation and motivation levels with achievable goals.

Typically when one thinks of recycling they don't picture heavy machining, aluminum fabrication, metal forming, and plasma cutting. However Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Company of Hudson New Hampshire recently made the shift to utilize entirely renewable wind energy for use in their contract assembly and metal fabrication facility.

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Jack Gilchrist, president of Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Company says that the change is significant for a number of reasons. Not only is the company's progressive use of renewable energy an example for other fabricators, but the company's choice is also significant because, as Gilchrist explains, recycling and the steel industry go hand-in-hand.

Recently celebrating their 15th anniversary, Gold Medal Wine Club continues to attract recognition as a spectacular source of California's highly-rated, small-production wines. The latest reviews from top wine publications around the country are proof that Gold Medal Wine Club has much to offer its members.

When it comes to finding the very best in wine, local grocery or liquor stores are not the best sources. Your best source for consistent, high quality wine purchases usually come with membership to an established wine club. Gold Medal Wine Club is ahead of the pack in providing its members exceptional, small-production, highly rated monthly selections of wines at below winery-direct prices. Gold Medal Wine Club eliminates the guesswork and makes the art of buying fine wine every time a reality to virtually everyone. Club members also receive substantial discounts with each purchase plus a fun and informative newsletter with each shipment to learn about the featured wines and wineries.