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Fleishman-Hillard Inc., St. Louis, is named one of the "Top 50 Companies for Executive Women" by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) and will be featured in NAFE magazine's Spring 2010 issue.

Proforma, Cleveland, a leader in the printing and promotional products industry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Fort Scott, Kansas-based, Global Source Link (GSL). This transaction will result in more than 100 GSL sales professionals becoming individual members of the Proforma Network.

Good morning.

I am pleased to be with you this morning at the opening of NABE's Washington Policy Conference.

The last time I spoke before NABE was at your 50^th Annual Meeting, on October 6th, 2008.

It was at the height of the financial crisis, when a range of extraordinary policy actions were being undertaken by the federal government to restore order to our financial markets. Click here to read the full speach by Chairman Bair.

President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday extending until March 28 the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) ability to provide small business loans that are enhanced with special provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a higher guarantee of SBA-backed loans and a waiver of loan fees normally paid by borrowers.

The U.S. audience watching online video continues to build, hitting a high of 86.5 million Internet users in December 2009, according to marketing research firm comScore. While a good deal of these folks are laughing along with giggly babies and checking out videos from their favorite entertainers, plenty of consumers and businesspeople also are tuning in to how-to demos, product announcements, event keynotes and other types of marketing content.

The truism "people don't care what you know until they know that you care" is profoundly true. If you try to move a conversation straight from "how 'bout them Saints" into your pitch, you're dead.
First, you have to do some serious listening.

Click here to read the entire post by Charles H. Green on Msnbc.com.

Globe Die Cutting Products, Inc., Metuchen, N.J., announced Kevin Comerford joined the company as plant manager. Comerford was formerly vice president and co-owner of Berk Gold Stamping Corporation, located in Fairview, N.J.

Namifiers LLC, Springville, Utah, announced the hire of Greg Thredgold as the company's new customer service manager. 

Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) awarded Kodak Design2Launch Solutions with an Editors’ Pick Award in the Annual Readers’ Choice issue. The Rochester, N.Y. company's Design2Launch Solutions are a comprehensive workflow for global marketing and creative teams.

Cleveland-based Proforma, announced there are 11 new members to the Million Dollar Club and four new members to the Multi-Million Dollar Club. The prestigious group of owners is heading to the Atlantis Resort and Spa on Paradise Island, the Bahamas, as a reward for their 2009 sales achievements.