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Randy Blankstein, President of national net lease advisory firm The Boulder Group, will be a featured speaker at the ICSC Net Lease Property Panel to be held at the Las Vegas Convention center in in Las Vegas on May 20th, 2012. Mr. Blankstein will join a panel of net lease executives who will “Institutional Net Lease Assets” in a Town Hall Meeting –style session at 2:00 PM (ET).

Texas Refinancing Expert Rodney Follmer explains all about the revamped government program that provides refinancing options to homeowners who owe more on their mortgage that their house it worth called HARP 2.0.

Given the volatile state of the economy worldwide and the diminishing value of the U.S. dollar, a large majority of the American population is searching for better, safer ways to secure their financial futures. And according to numerous experts, investing in gold is one of the smartest decisions they can make.

Every year, millions of women spend a significant amount of their hard-earned money on hair products. From creams that promise to fix dry and damaged hair to shampoos that claim to make hair shiny and frizz-free, women of all ages often end up trying a variety of products to try to improve the health and appearance of their hair.

After serving its clients with CRM solutions for over 4 years, OpenXcell is now a SugarCRM bronze partner. With the increasing demand for CRM solutions, OpenXcell feels that SugarCRM can be a best suit for most of the enterprises looking for a CRM implementation. Hence to provide these companies with the best SugarCRM support, OpenXcell has partnered with SugarCRM.

Gas production from the US’s Haynesville Shale continues to favour the state of Louisiana over East Texas, with the former set to become a major gas producing state while pipeline development in East Texas continues to slow, a new report by business intelligence expert GlobalData has found.

China and India are set to dominate the immunochemistry diagnostics market, according to a new report by medical intelligence company GlobalData.

Is set to take off due to the impetus provided by public and private stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum to modernize and streamline this overburdened sector, according to a new report by business intelligence expert GlobalData.

Barry Adams of the Wisconsin State Journal recently reported that American Packaging Corp.'s Rotogravure Printing & Laminating Division is in the break room.

The Russian reinsurance industry was relatively stable during the review period, despite the global economic crisis. This was due to the increasing costs of reinsurance protection and the market’s gradual consolidation over the review period, which enabled reinsurers to better manage their capital requirements and risks. The number of insurance companies registered in Russia decreased significantly from XXX in 2006 to XXX in 2010. Of these, the total number of companies accepting reinsurance decreased from XXX in 2006 to 152 in 2010. Meanwhile, the number of specialist reinsurers operating in the industry also reduced from XX in 2007 to XX in 2011.

Over the past several months, a website called Pinterest has exploded in popularity. Every day, millions of people visit the website, which is a content sharing service that lets its members “pin” videos, images and other objects to their “pinboard.” These image collections can be of hobbies, sayings, events, interests, and more. Other Pinterest users can browse through other pinboards to get ideas, inspiration and to also “re-pin” images to their own pinboard.

ItsHot.com offers unique and exclusive items of Diamond Jewelry at lowest prices to cater to the needs of the esteemed customers. They have come up with an all new range Diamond Jewelry that is available in various sizes, designs and shapes. ItsHot.com is one-stop-shop for diamond admirers who love to add exclusive items of jewelry to their jewelry box.

This report is a thorough analysis of India’s Wealth Management and Private Banking sector, and the opportunities and challenges that it faces. In addition to providing a comprehensive and robust background of the Indian economy, including, uniquely, detailed analysis of economic and political risks to HNWI wealth creation, the report provides robust projections of the volume and wealth of India’s HNWI.

Continuing problems of instability and violence have encouraged Indonesians to take personal accident and health insurance. Initiatives by the Indonesian government to implement a social health insurance policy to provide affordable healthcare to the population living below the poverty line is expected to drive personal accident and health insurance over the forecast period.

Despite the global economic crisis, the Indonesian reinsurance industry remained relatively stable during the review period. This was due to the increasing costs of reinsurance protection and the occurrence of natural disasters during the review period. Over the forecast period, reinsurance market growth is expected to be driven by stricter regulations demanding higher capital requirements for insurance companies and by the expansion of the life, non-life, and personal accident and health insurance segments in Indonesia.

Russia is the world’s nineteenth-largest insurance market in terms of gross written premium and has the most underdeveloped life insurance segment among the BRIC countries, with the life insurance segment contributing only XX% of the overall written premium for the total insurance industry in 2011. The Russian insurance industry registered significant growth during 2006–2008, before the global economic crisis of 2008. Although insurance industry growth slowed during 2009, it recovered quickly and is expected to continue to expand over the forecast period.

Until the global economic crisis, the Russian non-life insurance market grew at a healthy rate before slowing to register a modest growth during the crisis period. The market however recovered and grew at a healthy rate during 2010–2011. The market is highly fragmented with more than XXX insurers operating in it. The market is expected to consolidate over the forecast period, with larger companies acquiring smaller ones and some smaller insurers exiting the market. Although the Russian non-life insurance market recorded healthy growth over the review period, 2007–2011, it remains largely underpenetrated.

The Russian personal accident and health insurance market is one of the ten largest in the world. The market registered strong growth during the review period (2007–2011), which can be attributed the country’s ageing population, robust economic growth, rising disposable income levels and increased awareness of the need for insurance, especially among the younger population. With the increasing competition among companies for a higher market share, the personal accident and health insurance market is expected to register strong competition among both domestic and foreign operators during the forecast period (2012–2016)

During the review period, the South Korean non-life insurance market grew at a healthy rate backed by growing industrial and commercial construction markets, a positive outlook for GDP growth and increased penetration of insurance products. The South Korean insurance regulatory authority introduced a new risk-based capital (RBC) solvency regime in April 2011, replacing the old solvency model based on the EU’s solvency I regime. The proposed solvency standards will increase insurance companies’ capital requirements, allowing them to assume higher risk and improve their financial stability.

The South Korean personal accident and health insurance market grew at a healthy rate during the review period (2007–2011). This growth was generated by the country’s high traffic accident ratio, ageing population, increased penetration of health insurance products, rising disposable income and improved awareness of the benefits of health insurance. Over the forecast period, the growth in the insurance segment will be driven by the increased participation of private health insurers, as the government implements measures to contain the country’s rising public healthcare expenditure.

he South Korean insurance industry has not recorded any major losses since 2004 due to the absence of large natural catastrophes in the country. The premium retained by insurers continued to increase during the review period and resulted in high competition over reinsurance premium rates. As a result, the South Korean reinsurance market has not registered steep growth in reinsurance premium rates in comparison to Japan or the US.

Lee & Eddie's, caterers to Chicagoland for more than 50 years has added a new level of service that caters to smaller groups. Long known for their premium, everything included catering for large groups, Lee & Eddie's Kitchen is bringing their delicious food and great value to smaller groups just in time for Mother's Day.

Ribbun Software is an SEO company that has been offering several different link-building services for its clients. The company now offers a complete link building campaign, which includes a mix of different forms of link building.

Tom Kipp learned just how serious Florida Power & Light is about safety and reliability when he stopped by a booth at the company’s 18th annual Quality, Safety and Innovation Expo.

Do modern women want to surrender to a man? If the explosive sales of Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic novel about a man who dominates and instructs an innocent college girl in S&M are any indication, they at least enjoy the fantasy. However, according to Heart’s Desire International, which hosts The Lifelong Romance Seminar on May 19th, and The Sweet Surrender Workshop for Wives and Girlfriends on May 20th the idea of not having to be in charge all the time is alluring for women who make decisions all day at work and as parents. The organization bases its workshops, coaching and retreats on another New York Times best-selling book; “The Surrendered Wife” and “The Surrendered Single” by Laura Doyle, who will come from California to be at both events.