BRIDGEVILLE, PA, June 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Geoff Davey, co-founder of FinaMetrica, and Andy Frommeyer, fi360’s director of products and services, announced they have entered into an alliance to further support fi360’s Toolkit subscribers. “Now, more than ever, advisors must have a complete understanding of their clients’ risk profile,” said Davey. “With fi360’s organizational focus on helping advisors execute their fiduciary responsibility, this new alliance will serve to further their objectives.”
One key duty of a fiduciary is to diversify assets according to the risk profile of the investor. Finametrica’s risk-profiling process provides a low-cost, easy to understand tool for gaining insight into clients’ financial attitudes, values, motivations, preferences and experiences.
“Finametrica fits in as another tool available to fi360 Toolkit users to help manage a prudent investment process,” said Frommeyer. “Our users have been asking for a well-crafted risk tolerance questionnaire. By partnering with FinaMetrica we are adding much more than a questionnaire – we are making available a best-in-class process for measuring client risk that is backed by years of research.”
Adding a Finametrica subscription to an existing fi360 Toolkit subscription provides advisors with:
- Improved quality of advice
- Enhanced regulatory and common law compliance
- Improved client understanding of financial risk and their personal risk profile
- Confidence from using an independent, expert third-party psychometric tool
“Typically, risk has been expressed as statistical measures that are difficult for investors to understand and which fail to adequately communicate the potential negative consequences an investment strategy can have on the client’s ability to meet investment objectives. Now fi360 Toolkit subscribers will be better equipped to address this critical topic with clients,” added Frommeyer.
About FinaMetrica
FinaMetrica specializes in risk tolerance and risk-related matters. The FinaMetrica risk profiling system is based on a psychometric test of personal financial risk tolerance. Psychometrics, a blend of psychology and statistics, is the scientific discipline for testing attributes such as risk tolerance. Psychometrics provides international standards for the development of tests and for evaluating the qualities of developed test. Numerous academic studies have employed the FinaMetrica test and/or FinaMetrica data. The system enables advisers to make valid and reliable assessments of their clients’ risk tolerance, incorporate those assessments into the financial planning process and explain risk meaningfully. More information: www.riskprofiling.com.
About fi360
Fi360 offers a comprehensive approach to investment fiduciary education, practice management and support that has established them as the go-to source for investment fiduciary insights. With substantiated practices as the foundation, fi360 offers world-class fiduciary training/education, tools, and resources that are essential for fiduciaries and those who provide services to fiduciaries to effectively and successfully manage their roles and responsibilities. Fi360 assists those who rely on their fiduciary education programs, including professional AIF and AIFA designees, by providing web-based analytical and reporting software and resources to achieve success. More information: Visit www.fi360.com or follow @fiduciary360 on Twitter.
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BLACK DIAMOND, WA, June 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Most traders know the popular price oscillators: Stochastic, RSI, Williams %R, Price Rate of Change, etc. Price Oscillators are second only to MACD in popularity and use by retail traders. But few traders know or use a far more important category of Oscillators: The Volume Oscillators.
While price oscillators are used mostly to reveal overbought and oversold price conditions, with a high and low percentage range, volume oscillators are used to help identify the energy behind the move. To read more go to the Stocks and Commodities Magazine July 2010.
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, June 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Boots Travel Insurance has announced that it is covering claims resulting from the closure of airspace due to volcanic ash. Boots Travel Insurance will not invoke any exclusion relating to “closure of airspace by the CAA” and all the conditions and exclusions in the customer’s policy will remain unchanged.
For those policyholders waiting to go on holiday, it means that they may be able to recover the costs of their trips or journeys that would not otherwise be recoverable from another source such as the airlines, tour operators or hotels.
The same stipulations apply for those are who are left stranded abroad. Boots Travel Insurance revealed that travellers left stranded may be reimbursed a travel delay benefit which is designed to contribute towards additional costs incurred such as accommodation, depending on the length of the delay.
Boots Travel Insurance volcanic ash assures travellers visiting locations both in Europe and worldwide that they are covered in the result of any delay. However, this is only if the flight has been delayed for 12 hours or more.
Boots offers three separate cover areas; bronze, silver and gold. The bronze cover offers GBP20 for the first 12 hours and GBP10 for each extra 12 hour period the customer is delayed while the silver cover offers reimbursement of GBP30 for the first 12 hours and GBP25 for each additional 12 hour period of delay. The gold cover offers GBP40 for the first 12 hours and GBP25 for each extra delay of 12 hours.
If a Boots customer’s flight has been delayed for over 24 hours, they are then entitled to claim for pre-paid travel and accommodation expenses, pre-paid excursions, tours and activities which are non refundable from any other source. In this situation, the bronze cover claim can be as much as GBP2,000 in total while the silver and gold cover offers GBP3,000 and GBP5,000 in total respectively.
Please note that the sums referred to above relate to each person insured on a Boots Travel Insurance policy.
About Boots:
Boots UK is the UK pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing business of Alliance Boots.
Boots Pharmacy Superintendent is responsible for healthcare advice provided in relation to Pharmacy medicines and other healthcare advice located within the Boots Pharmacy pages of Boots.com. Boots.com is the trading name of Boots UK Limited (registered number 928555) a member of Alliance Boots. All other information and advice on boots.com is the responsibility of Boots UK Limited.
Boots insurance also offers customers a range of insurance options including boots dental insurance and travel insurance.
Website: http://www.boots.com/
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ST. LOUIS, MO, June 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Global Vision Technologies, Inc., the creators of FAMCare web-based child welfare and social services software for non-profits and county/state agencies announced today the release of “Under the Hood” – a live motion video series that walks visitors through FAMCare’s built-in form development wizards and financial management tools.
Visions Server – GVT’s proprietary Microsoft .Net engine is reviewed in detail. The videos cover the different aspects of the form development wizard such as – form creation, setting form security, workflow, and reports, among others. There are 6 form development wizard videos in all. Total time to watch all is between 6 and 15 minutes. You can view the Visions Server form development videos by visiting: http://www.famcare.net/Advantages/TechnologyServices/VisionsServerToolkitVideos/tabid/312/Default.aspx
FAMCare Financial – GVT’s tailored financial management module includes four videos that cover two of the main module’s functions: census reporting and billing, and service-based billing, such as Medicaid billing. Total time to watch all four videos – 12 minutes. You can view the FAMCare Financial videos by visiting http://www.famcare.net/Advantages/FAMCareFinancial/tabid/317/Default.aspx.
“In today’s difficult economy – there is a need for agencies to be more self-sufficient and fiscally responsible. That’s why we continue to improve upon the FAMCare platform with enhancements and productivity tools to help improve the bottom line for our friends in the child welfare and social services industries. Our goal is to create a web-based case management solution that saves people money,” said George Ritacco, Executive Director, Client Services at GVT.
GVT is a provider of world-class information management solutions for child welfare and human services case management, patient registries, and e-learning management. The company strength is derived from its ability to rapidly deliver tailored, cost effective and proven web-based tools that save organizations time and money by improving time to ramp up, while reducing overall training and support costs.
Website: http://www.globalvisiontech.com
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* Acquisition advances Boeing’s strategy for growth in C4ISR, cyber and intelligence markets
* Combined business will offer affordable, network-based capabilities to meet the mission-critical needs of Boeing’s domestic and international customers
* Combination creates robust synergy opportunities by leveraging Boeing’s platform solutions with Argon ST’s deep expertise
* Acquisition expected to have an immaterial impact on earnings
ST. LOUIS — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Argon ST [NASDAQ: STST] today announced that they have entered into an agreement for Boeing’s acquisition of Argon ST in an all cash tender offer and merger for $34.50 per share, or approximately $775 million, net of cash acquired.
The agreement to acquire Argon ST, a leading developer of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and combat systems, advances Boeing’s growth strategy and expands the company’s capabilities to address the C4ISR, cyber and intelligence markets.
Combining the strength of Boeing with the experience of Argon ST will significantly accelerate our capabilities in sensors, communications technologies and information management said Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Today’s announcement follows two years of partnering with Argon ST’s talented employees who, like Boeing employees, take pride in developing and deploying world-class engineering solutions for our customers
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Argon ST develops sensors and networks designed to exploit, analyze and deliver information for real-time situational awareness. In fiscal 2009, the company generated $366 million in revenues. Argon ST has operating locations in Virginia, California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland and Texas, and has approximately 1,000 employees.
We’re very pleased to join The Boeing Company said Terry Collins, chairman and chief executive officer of Argon ST. Our employee teams know each other well, and we are excited to now continue our combined support to warfighters and first responders as one company
Once acquired, Argon ST will be a stand-alone subsidiary of Boeing and a new division of Boeing Network & Space Systems, a business within the Boeing Defense, Space & Security operating unit. Argon ST will continue to be led by Collins and his management team, which will help ensure a seamless transition for employees and customers.
As part of Boeing, Argon ST will continue to provide leading-edge network-based communications solutions for domestic and international customers including the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Homeland Security so they can continue to execute their critical missions said Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network & Space Systems. We’re confident that this combined team will be able to achieve great things together in the future
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter 2010. The completion of the transaction is subject to a majority of the outstanding Argon ST shares being tendered, as well as satisfactory completion of other customary closing conditions, including U.S. regulatory approval.
The definitive agreement was unanimously approved by Argon ST’s board of directors, and Argon ST’s board intends to recommend that the company’s stockholders tender their shares in the offer.
Boeing plans to fund the transaction with existing cash. The acquisition is expected to have an immaterial impact on Boeing’s earnings.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $34 billion business with 68,000 employees worldwide.
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Additional Information
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Argon ST. Vortex Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has not commenced the tender offer for the shares of Argon ST stock described in this release. Upon commencement of the tender offer, the Vortex Merger Sub will file with the SEC a tender offer statement on Schedule TO and related exhibits, including the offer to purchase, letter of transmittal, and other related documents. Following commencement of the tender offer, Argon ST will file with the SEC a tender offer solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9. These documents will contain important information about The Boeing Company, Argon ST, the transaction and other related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to read each of these documents carefully when they are available. Security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the tender offer statement, the tender offer solicitation/recommendation statement and other documents filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents from The Boeing Company or Argon ST by contacting: Scott Fitterer of The Boeing Company at 312-544-2294 or Aaron Daniels of Argon ST at 703-995-5610.
Forward-Looking Information Is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty
Certain statements in this release may be forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as may will should expects plans intends projects believes estimates targets anticipates and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements regarding the proposed acquisition of Argon ST include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the transaction, future business prospects, our guidance relating to 2010 and 2011 financial and operating performance, product development and benefits and synergies of the transaction, as well as any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions about future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak to events only as of the date they are made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by federal securities laws. Specific factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the effect of economic conditions in the United States and globally, the ability of the parties to satisfy the transaction conditions and consummate the merger, the risk that competing offers will be made, our ability to successfully integrate Argon ST’s business and realize anticipated synergies, and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: WEBWIRE
Following is the Statement of the Power Ministry on Power shortage in Uttar Pradesh:
“Electricity being a Concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity in a State is the responsibility of the concerned State Government / State Power Utility, which decides the priorities of power supply to various areas within the State. Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments by supplying power from Central Generating Stations.
Uttar Pradesh has presently been allocated 5,303 to 5,386 MW power from the Central Generating stations including 4,708 MW of firm allocation and 595 to 678 MW from unallocated power of Central Generating Stations. The unallocated power presently allocated to Uttar Pradesh is 300 MW more than the power allocated during June, 2009. The power allocated to Uttar Pradesh from the Central Generating stations happens to be maximum among all the States /UTs in the country.
Government of India is not responsible for disruption in power supply to any part of the State of Uttar Pradesh as the responsibility for supply of power exclusively falls in the domain of the State Government”.
Superbreak, short breaks tour operator, has launched its new redesigned website featuring a vibrant new look and improved navigation.
The redesign aims to improve both the usability and the existing look and feel of the site with bigger, bolder lifestyle images and a stronger use of branding. In an increasingly competitive short breaks market there is also far more reassurance about the tour operator’s pedigree, particularly its 25 year history.
In addition the information architecture of the site has been improved with a new navigation. The Superbreak development team has worked on a solution which utilises the same best practice procedures as several other leading online retail sites to make navigation as intuitive as possible for users. Using an expandable navigation gives the opportunity to provide greater visibility to the growing breadth of exciting new products the tour operator sells from mystery hotels to theatre breaks.
The whole process started with an in-depth usability study on the existing site followed by further tests on the new ’concept’ design to ensure the company was heading in the right direction. Feedback was incredibly positive praising both the ease of use and effectiveness of the new design.
The booking process has also been focused on as Superbreak aims to Pack more in for its customers, which means not only offering the hotel, but also the reason to travel and the transport to get there. The prominence of the Add a Rail Journey and Add Tours & Tickets options for customers has increased in prominence with the goal of increasing rail and sightseeing add-ons sales.
Web content manager at Superbreak, Jane Crease, commented, The new design follows several months of research and usability studies and the end result is a site that is much easier to use. The new design has a well structured layout, better quality imagery and greatly improved navigation. The launch of the new site represents the first phase of our redevelopment and future phases are planned to bring even more enhanced functionality
Senior developer Paul Robertson added, The markup has been written to validate with W3C web standards which helps to improve our search engine optimisation, cross browser compatibility and accessibility. We have also optimised page weight to ensure that our pages are rendered to end users in the fastest possible time
About Superbreak:
Superbreak is the internet division of Superbreak Mini Holidays Limited, the market leader for short breaks and hotels throughout the UK. Superbreak is part of Holiday Break plc. Based in York, England, Superbreak specialises in booking cheap hotels in 2-5 star hotel accommodation throughout Britain and Europe for the leisure traveller including Barcelona hotels and Prague hotels Superbreak holds allocations of rooms at all hotels and can make bookings up to and on the day of departure.
With 5000 plus hotel partners in worldwide locations from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi, from London to Lourdes and with great availability and rates for theatre breaks, events at the O2 Arena, various popular attractions and national and international rail partners, Superbreak offers an outstanding depth and breadth of UK and Overseas short break products.
For further information on Superbreak or on this PR, please contact:
Khalid Amin
Online Marketing Manager
Superbreak Mini-Holidays
Eboracum Way
York
YO31 7RE
(01904) 436043
www.superbreak.com
Source: WEBWIRE
The tropical storm creeping across the Gulf of Mexico is a reminder of how important partnerships are to the American Red Cross. No single organization can handle disaster relief on its own, so collaboration and advance planning with partners is crucial.
Today, representatives from the YMCA of the USA and the Red Cross met in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which provides a framework for their cooperation.
“This partnership is just a natural fit,” said Joe Becker, Red Cross senior vice president of disaster services. “Put together, we have almost 300 years of experience and connections to communities across the country—so together we’ll work even better.”
This meeting comes a month after Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern sat down with Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of the YMCA, to discuss ways they could build on their pre-existing relationships across the country.
Although the two organizations already cooperate on a local level in many places in the U.S., the MOU provides a framework for national-level cooperation with respect to community disaster relief and other mutually beneficial services.
The YMCA will help coordinate disaster preparedness education activities in the local community; this includes distributing disaster preparedness checklists and teaching people how to build a disaster supply kit and make a family communication plan. The YMCA will also support disaster relief by using their facilities as Red Cross shelters or bulk distribution centers.
The Red Cross will support the YMCA through disaster response training and CPR/AED and first aid training. During a disaster, the Red Cross will also use the YMCA as a referral for child care.
The meeting participants also discussed other areas for future collaboration, including youth programs and services for military families.
Attendees at Tuesday’s event came away with an excitement for what promises to be a strong relationship.
“The humanitarian spirit to serve the community is what binds our organizations,” said Juliet Choi, senior director of partner services. “We’re confident that this will be a sustained partnership.”
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
Source: WEBWIRE
BlueBean is pleased to announce that Invengo is the site’s Passive RFID Tags Category sponsor. Invengo offers low cost Ultra-High Frequency (UHF), High Frequency (HF) passive RFID tags, RFID inlays, smart cards, and RFID readers, at competitive prices.
“Since Invengo recently announced its arrival in western markets we are excited to be partnering with RFIDtags.com to showcase our offering of innovative RFID products,” says Invengo’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing Philip Calderbank. “We have been working diligently to build a strong reputation for providing quality RFID tags and we feel that becoming the Passive RFID Tag Sponsor is a great step forward in this process.”
Invengo’s RFID tag selection includes:
• Invengo RFID Smart Card: perfect for truck tracking, trade shows, people tracking, patient tracking, library tracking, access tracking and asset control
• Invengo Jewelry RFID tag: perfect for jewelry inventory management and electronics inventory tracking
• Invengo Great Wall RFID Tag: perfect for supply chain management, retail management, pallet tracking, inventory tracking and asset tracking
• Invengo HF RFID Tag: perfect for supply chain management, library tracking, IT asset tracking and equipment tracking.
“Invengo’s line of RFID tags is very diverse and provides our RFID buyers with great options for applications like jewelry, electronics and library tracking and more,” says Gregg Maggioli, BlueBean President. “Invengo’s quality RFID products are a great asset to our site and we are so excited to have them as the Passive RFID Tag Category sponsor.”
About RFIDTags.com
RFIDTags.com, part of BlueBean’s suite of RFID-related websites, is the leading online website dedicated to providing the largest selection of RFID tags, labels and cards from the top RFID manufacturers. End users enjoy the depth of information they can conveniently find in a single location. RFID manufacturers enjoy the search engine visibility that RFIDTags.com provides by ranking on the first page for all major search engines. Different RFID tag types – active, passive, apparel, rugged, laundry, LF, HF, UHF and more – can easily be researched and sample packs ordered.
RFIDTags.com is proud to have Alien Technology as our cornerstone sponsor, UPM Raflatac as our HF category sponsor, Avery Dennison as our UHF category sponsor and Invengo as our Passive RFID category sponsor.
About Invengo
Invengo is a public quoted company and employs around 450 people in its Shenzhen design and manufacturing headquarters. It designs and manufactures a complete range of its own UHF and HF inlays, tags, cards, and readers for many RFID applications including logistics tracking, books and library tracking, healthcare, manufacturing, traffic management and pharmaceuticals. The firm is best known as the RFID technology provider for China Railway’s RFID automatic train identification system, which includes 17,000 RFID readers, 565,000 passive tags and an information system integrated across 995 facilities in the China Railway network.
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Experian QAS has announced that it is working with Charles Tyrwhitt, the fine menswear retailer. The deal supports the retailer’s increasingly multichannel approach, helping to ensure customer contact details are accurate and validated for Charles Tyrwhitt’s offices in the UK, US and Germany.
Charles Tyrwhitt has implemented a range of products from Experian QAS to help improve its contact data management strategy and meet growth targets that forecast sales of £55 million in 2010. The company’s menswear range, which includes formal shirts, suits and ties, is currently sold through a combination of 12 European retail outlets, a call centre and a dedicated website.
At the front-end, QAS software, including an address finder and postcode finder, is used to add accurate data to its database for order fulfillment and future marketing communications. In the UK, it is also used to cross-reference customer addresses against the edited Electoral Roll to verify that a person claiming to live at a given address actually lives there.
Taking its contact data accuracy principles online, Charles Tyrwhitt will also use the application to help customers to enter their address details quickly and accurately when placing an order via the website. This will improve customer service and ensure information and products are dispatched to the correct address.
The software will be used to clean and maintain address data that is entered onto its system via Amazon, which also sells Charles Tyrwhitt’s goods online. This helps to ensure that data captured by third parties is kept uniform with in-house processes, improving the targeting of future mailings received by customers.
Cora McDonnell, Systems Manager at Charles Tyrwhitt commented: Using a contact data management tool is crucial for our business and will play a vital part in our ability to reach our £55 million growth target. Dispatching an order with someone’s name or address misspelt risks it failing to reach the correct pair of hands, and reputational damage that could impact on future sales. Experian QAS’s solutions are user-friendly enabling us to tidy up address data and put it in the format we like it at the click of a button
Stuart Johnson, UK Managing Director of Experian QAS added: Data is at the heart of every successful business operation and in an increasingly competitive marketplace it’s vital that organisations harness this information to improve their customer communications and in-house processes. Our work with Charles Tyrwhitt is testament to our ability to provide cutting edge data management solutions in the retail sector and we look forward to growing our presence in this space
About Experian
Experian is the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to clients in more than 90 countries. The company helps businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making via solutions such as email validation and data cleansing. Experian also helps individuals to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft.
Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended 31 March 2010 was $3.9 billion. Experian employs approximately 15,000 people in 40 countries and has its corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; Costa Mesa, California; and São Paulo, Brazil.
PR Contact:
Marielle Legair
Experian Public Relations
QAS Ltd
George West House
2-3 Clapham Common North Side
London
SW4 0QL
(+44) 07966 102 823
www.experianplc.com
Source: WEBWIRE