Pirate Bay Surrounded

Pirate Bay deal surrounded by headaches (Los Angeles Times)
Global Gaming Factory says it has the money to buy the file-sharing website. But Grokster ex-President Wayne Rosso quit his consulting post abruptly, and legal issues keep developing. The company that's hoping to turn Pirate Bay into a legal distributor of movies, TV and music says it now has the cash to purchase the online file-sharing hub next month, but it is already embroiled in some problems with a suit filed on behalf of Somali Pirates, claiming infreingement.

Maui Venture Consulting LLC To Launch

Fisher to launch Maui Venture Consulting LLC (Haleakala Times)

KAHULUI - David Fisher announced that he is leaving the Maui Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and starting Maui Venture Consulting LLC as of Sept. 1. Fisher opened the Maui Center at MCC in September 1990, and moved in 1992 to become one of the first tenants at the Maui Research and Technology Center. It has been a great honor and pleasure helping entrepreneurs on Maui over the Hump.

State Implements Performance Management System

Anteo Consulting Helps Georgia's State Personnel Administration Implement New Performance Management System (PRWeb)
An historical first - Anteo Consulting, an enterprise applications implementation consulting firm for the public and private sectors, today announced the successful completion of the first statewide implementation of an online employee performance management system for the State of Georgia's 88,000 employees. This new process utilizes PeopleSoft ePerformance to increase employee accessibility.

CRA International shares bounce

CRA International upgraded, shares bounce (AP via Yahoo! News)
Shares of CRA International Inc. jumped Monday after a William Blair analyst boosted his rating on the management and financial consulting company, saying it's poised for big earnings growth as the economy recovers.

Real Estate Prices Plummet In Ha Noi

Ha Noi real estate prices plummet in Q2 (Việt Nam News)

HA NOI - Commercial real estate prices plunged in Ha Noi during the second quarter of the year, according to a report from property consulting firm CBRE Viet Nam.

Fashion House May Get Bailout

FASHION HOUSE LACROIX MAY GET LIFELINE (New York Post)

Christian Lacroix SNC, the money-losing French fashion label that filed for protection from creditors in May, may receive as much as 15 million euros ($21 million) from Bernard Krief Consulting if a planned bid for Lacroix is accepted in France's need to be a fashion leader at any cost.

Koya Consulting LLC

Koya Consulting LLC (Philanthropy Journal)

Koya Consulting is a national retained search and consulting firm that works exclusively with non-profits and social enterprises. They deliver measurable results, finding exceptionally talented people who truly fit the unique culture of their client organizations.

3-MOVES: FTI Consulting, TIAA-CREF, Jones Day, UBS

(Adds FTI Consulting, TIAA-CREF, Jones Day) July 24 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Friday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com

Developer kept paying consulting fee despite FBI inquiry

Brian Potashnik kept paying former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill's mistress a consulting fee even after the FBI's investigation of corruption at City Hall was made public, the developer admitted on the witness stand Thursday. "Well, by then it was too late to make any difference, and she seemed like such a nice girl.".

Chad Allan Consulting accepting applications for free Web services

Chad Allan Consulting is accepting applications from local non-profits for free Web services. This is the second assemblage for the firm's Focus on Community program. The Medina-base Internet consultants are inviting Medina and Summit county organizations to submit applications.

Kyiv ready to cooperate with property-development and consulting companies

The Kyiv municipal administration is ready to cooperate with property-development, investment, and consulting companies in drafting a new general plan for development of Kyiv and its suburbs until the year 2025.

Huron Consulting Group To Announce Earnings After Market Closes

CHICAGO----Huron Consulting Group Inc. , a leading provider of business consulting services, will announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 immediately after the market closes on Thursday, August 6, 2009.

PSR Consulting Unveils New Web Site Design

PSR Consulting, Minneapolis's premier consulting firm, has launched a renewed company image with the redesign of their web site and logo.

Clean Energy Technology Consultant Inducted Into Consulting

Janet Ann Smith, president of Multilogue Consulting Corporation in Albany, NY, was accepted for membership in the Consulting Alliance, an association of the Capital Region's leading independent consultants focused on learning and business development.

Temporary Drop In Illegal Migration

Absent comprehensive policy reform, illegal immigration will again increase.

So you're a consultant now? Deduct like one!

When you join the ranks of the self-employed, you get access to a world of tax deductions and credits. Here are some that can save you a phenomenon in April. You may not like how your consulting career was born, but there are some benefits to being your own boss, not the least of which are federal income tax breaks.

Q&A With Dr. Henry Kaufman

Forbes reported on a Q & A sesstion with president of Henry Kaufman & Co., a firm specializing in economic and financial consulting.

Sales Tool for Litigation Support Firms

LawProspector Takes to the Road with LawProspector Mobile

The Premier Litigation-Related Sales Tool for Litigation Support Firms Launches All New Mobile Product for Business Development Professionals On-the-Go

Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2009 -- To coincide with the start of LegalTech West Coast, LawProspector announces the release of LawProspector Mobile. Built for litigation support sales teams and business development teams at major law firms, LawProspector offers an unprecedented view into the current and future litigation activities of tens of thousands of attorneys, hundreds of law firms and thousands of corporate in-house legal departments. With LawProspector Mobile, that data will now be in the hands of increasingly mobile business development professionals.

Never before has there been such near-instantaneous access to critical data about the litigation marketplace. LawProspector subscribers are using LawProspector to uncover sales leads in minutes that used to take hours, days and months of research.

"In an effort to meet the demand for the best litigation marketplace data anytime and anywhere, we built LawProspector Mobile, and there is no other product like it," said Ken Lopez, LawProspector's Founder. "We are rolling out LawProspector Mobile in beta, initially, and we will solicit feedback to make this product perfect."

With LawProspector Mobile, if you have your phone, you have all the data you need to develop more business. LawProspector Mobile -- prospects, in the palm of your hand.

About LawProspector

LawProspector is a firm founded by a group of attorneys working in the litigation support field. The firm developed its LawProspector software-as-a-service (SaaS) product in early 2008 and immediately began signing up subscribers. LawProspector operated in private beta for a year and refined its tool with feedback from current subscribers. Current subscribers include top 100 law firms and litigation support firms with revenues ranging from one million to hundreds of millions of dollars. LawProspector expects its subscriber base to grow from hundreds in 2009 to thousands over the next few years. Subscribers pay a monthly subscription fee that is a fraction of the cost of a single researcher conducting similar research manually.

LawProspector, LLC - All rights reserved. LawProspectorT is a registered trademark of LawProspector, LLC in the US and/or certain other countries.

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LawProspector, LLC
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Global Seller Activity Profiler Launched

Hellotrade.com Launches Global Seller Activity Profiler

Hellotrade's global seller activity profiler allows sellers to broadcast their updated product/company information at once on the b2b platform.

Noida, India, June 04, 2009 -- Hellotrade.com - The global trade search engine announces the launch of a new seller section which profiles the activity of global suppliers on Hellotrade on real time basis. This feature enables sellers to take their product and company updates to global buyers instantly. The service will also aid global buyers with purchase decisions, through this up-to-the-minute updated information. Apart from this new look, the seller section constitutes many other features like product image display, easy access to supplier catalog and free call facility to the suppliers.

HelloTrade Sellers' Section (http://www.hellotrade.com/business/)

HelloTrade Sellers' section allows business buyers to stay abreast with seller offerings. Some key features of this section are

- Continuously records & updates seller activity (rare on conventional b2b platforms)
- Offers a real-time information update facility
- Enables tracking of sellers' activity on a minute-to-minute basis
- Helps track updated information/offerings from sellers worldwide
- Offers an absolutely Free access to thousands of detailed sellers' catalogs
- Allows refining of a search for sellers by countries, cities and industry segments
- Free online call service is also available through the site.

About HelloTrade.com (http://www.hellotrade.com/)

HelloTrade.com is a generation next global trade search engine which intends to make the process of online B2B business easy and free for all the users. Hellotrade intends to offer all marketplace facilities absolutely free to its members. Some of the features freely made available on HelloTrade are:

- Free Tenders
- Free Catalogs
- Free Events Information

And many more to follow. In totality Hellotrade.com offers a win-win solution for global buyers and sellers.

Contact Information
Hellotrade International
Manish Gupta
+91 9999042716
manish@hellotrade.com
http://www.hellotrade.com/
E-46, Sector 30,
Noida
Uttar Pradesh - 201301, India

Educational Events for Engineers

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SoftInWay Has Scheduled Educational Events for Engineers for July-December 2009

SoftInWay has scheduled its training series dedicated to turbomachinery design engineers for July-December 2009.

Burlington, MA, July 02, 2009 -- SoftInWay Inc. has announced its educational activities for the second part of 2009. To meet the growing demand on training programs for mechanical and aerospace engineers, the company will be conducting professional turbomachinery design courses in 6 countries worldwide.

Thus, SoftInWay has scheduled AxSTREAM Introductory seminars during which the company's team will bring in the features of AxSTREAM - software system for design, analysis and multidisciplinary optimization of turbomachinery flow path. The seminar is dedicated to engineers involved in turbomachinery design and/or retrofitting, as well as to students of technical faculties and their professors.

Such seminars will be held

July 14 in Bangalore (India);
October 16 in Tokyo (Japan);
October 19 in Beijing (China).

To provide the engineering community with the necessary knowledge and hands-on experience, SoftInWay presents a new 5-day integrated course on axial turbine basics and turbomachinery design with AxSTREAM.

The program consists of two independent parts. The Axial Turbine Fundamentals course (2 days) describes gas dynamics, thermodynamics, structural analysis and essentials of axial turbines and their elements. "A most useful and interesting educational course backed up by excellent course text with helpful examples, - admitted Nathan Abbott, Dresser-Rand. - The course content covered all of the basic turbine fundamentals and was delivered at a pace that allowed the information to be digested ensuring a full understanding. The lecturers were extremely helpful and were more than willing to answer any questions."

The second part - AxSTREAM Interactive Workshop on Turbomachinery Design and Optimization (3 days) - is focused on practical aspects of design, optimization and retrofitting of axial/radial/mixed flow turbomachinery. After the workshop all the participants will be granted a free 1-month license for AxSTREAM.

The 5-day intensive course on turbomachinery will took place

September 21-25 in Dusseldorf (Germany);
October 2-6 in Bangkok (Thailand);
November 9-13 in Boston (MA, USA), (presentation of AxSTREAM 3.0).

Finally, to make its educational programs even more available and reach engineers all over the world, SoftInWay offers free monthly webinars powered by the company's industry experts. The next webinar on multidisciplinary optimization of turbomachinery flow path using Design of Experiment and Low Discrepancy Sequences methods will be held

July 23, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST.

To register for SoftInWay educational programs or to find more detailed information, please visit http://softinway.com.

About SoftInWay

SoftInWay Inc. is a USA corporation, headquartered in Burlington, MA. The company's mission is to serve the high technology community by providing software products and engineering services in the area of research, design and digital prototyping of power generation equipment. SoftInWay develops products for rapid turbomachinery design, provides technical engineering services and uses in-house and industry standard CFD, FEA and CAD tools to address design issues at the earliest possible stage to maximize engineering productivity and increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment. The core product, AxSTREAMT, is an integrated solution based on over 400 years of collective turbomachinery experience of SoftInWay engineering team, with the clear goal of bringing to industry a professional software tool for rapid, optimized turbomachinery flow path design.

Website: www.softinway.com Telephone 1-781-862-7867.

Contact Information
SoftInWay Inc.
Leonid Moroz
1-781-685-4942
info@softinway.com
http://softinway.com