A new study released today entitled "A Virtual Solution for Business Growth, Stability and Profitability" by Sharon Williams, shows business owners how outsourcing to Virtual Assistants, members of one of the fastest growing industries today, can save time and money and increase profitability.

The report introduces small business owners, independent professionals, entrepreneurs and corporations to solutions that resolve challenges and positively influence business growth and stability. It is especially beneficial for entrepreneurs seeking relief from overwhelmed, and those that could use fresh insight into projects, an extra pair of administrative hands or an expert in Internet-based technologies.

HSA for America, the nation's leading provider of Health Savings Accounts and HSA-qualified health insurance plans for individuals and families, is now offering new tools to help health insurance agents improve their expertise and marketing of HSA plans.

Health Savings Accounts enable people with qualifying high-deductible health insurance plans to set aside money in a tax-favored account, which grows tax-deferred and can be used tax-free to pay for future medical expenses. There are now 4.5 211c million Americans covered by HSA-qualified plans, a 43% increase since last year.

Leading provider of electronic bank account, mandate and relationship management software, provides enhancements designed to give users tools to work online with their banks to effect changes in their banking structure.

For corporations and banks, legacy account and signer management processes are so heavily manual, paper based and lengthy they necessarily incur high processing costs, a high degree of human error and great potential for fraud. This latest release focuses on replacing all of the pen and paper components of the account management processes. The enhancements facilitate the straight through processes that provide efficiency and reduce risk in this activity.

When it comes to hiring top management talent in the construction industry, the concepts are very simple to understand. It's just a matter of doing those things that win the most desirable candidates to your team. "It really is that simple," says Scott Love, a ten-year veteran of the executive search industry. Love's firm, Scott Love Associates, recruits senior level executives within the commercial construction industry. He says, "The problem is that most people never take the time to find out what really motivates the candidate."

London, England (PRWEB) May 23, 2006 -– When is tea meant for dipping your fingers and belching a sign of pleasure and respect? Hands, to shake or not? And just how firmly? Should a man order for his female guest? What if she is his boss? For London executives and professionals, the answers depend on which side of the channel they have been educated, and will either propel or derail their careers.

“International Business etiquette courses were introduced in London by Minding Manners last year and the growth in the seminars popularity has been tremendous,” says Tamiko Zablith, Director of Minding Manners. The Polished Professional hands-on workshop is the only etiquette program designed for English businessmen and women looking to master the new codes of etiquette and decorum in today’s international arena.

Jim Feldman Creative Direction, a strategic branding and marketing agency in New York City, is spotlighted in Raymond A. Nadeau’s ground-breaking new book, Living Brands: Collaboration + Innovation = Customer Fascination, for its approach to developing unique brand identities for its clients.

Nadeau calls Jim Feldman and his creative partner, Barbara Bonn, among “today’s finest creative and cultural minds.” He focuses on their work for one of the world’s largest producers of yellow diamonds. Acknowledging that customers have been “brainwashed” about the superiority of white diamonds, JFCD rejected the sentimental stereotypes of traditional jewelry marketing, instead identifying a new, fashion-oriented target market for the company’s stones, and naming them Blonde Diamonds®. The agency’s launch ad campaign featured glamorous dark-haired women and headlines such as “Meet a Natural Blonde” and “New Blonde in Town.”

Lonely Planet Publications and MyTripJournal Technologies announced today the expansion of MyTripJournal's custom-branded travel journaling service to customers and visitors at Lonely Planet's flagship website www.lonelyplanet.com. The service will be expanded at various levels within the Lonely Planet site.

Personal Travel Websites powered by MyTripJournal provide visitors to LonelyPlanet.com with a premium set of tools allowing them to easily document their travels through maps, photos, video and text, and to communicate with family and friends throughout their travels. These features, along MyTripJournal's customized archiving service, have been valued by Lonely Planet customers since May 2004.

Centennial High School offers a fast, affordable high school diploma program that can be completed online and that is accepted by many companies who require their employees to have a high school diploma or GED.

According to the 1999 Current Population Survey of the United States Census, a staggering 55% of individuals at least 25 years old who failed to complete high school or receive a GED reported no earnings for the year. This compares to 25% of those 25 years or older with at least a high school diploma or GED who failed to report earnings for the year.

Life Mastery Unlimited, LLC, a new start-up providing life mastery resources for parents and families in audio format, today announced "The Unlimited Child," an audio CD program designed to facilitate development of a positive internal belief system in all children.

The Unlimited Child pairs well-researched techniques like unconditional affirmations and positive reinforcement with sixty-beat-per-minute music to create a complete and enjoyable listening and learning experience for kids.

"This CD program leverages the latest research on childhood development and employs tried-and-true techniques to enrich and empower children," said Tina Janke, company spokesperson.

"This program will help children in school as it promotes the development of values, attitudes, beliefs, and other cognitive goals and objectives, giving them a head start in the world of intellectual ability and information," according to Dr. Jim Moore, a school psychologist for over 40 years who is associated with the company. "Success in school, as measured by grades, will be more likely to occur because of the motivational effects of success on self esteem. Crime will more likely be diminished or eliminated from the lives of children who listen to the program and develop these key values, attitudes, and beliefs."

In 1994, CV Technology, Inc, a global leader in dust explosion protection and consulting, first introduced Quench Tubes to the North American Market. Developed in Europe, these devices have a proven track record of success for the passive protection of small to medium sized vessels inside occupied buildings. They free up floor space as well as offer the option to protect via explosion venting in locations where it is not possible to duct to the outside. They are reliable, require no routine maintenance and in consequence, have grown enormously in popularity during the past decade.

EchoSat® Communications announced today that Gulf Oil L.P. has implemented EchoSat® SPG (Secure Payment Gateway) high-speed transaction transport service to their Gulf branded stations in most of its New England operating area. The EchoSat® SPG communication solution delivers high-speed loyalty transaction processing to enhance the speed of service to customers using the successful new Override Gas Savings loyalty program. Additionally, SPG delivers high-speed credit and provides a robust remote support infrastructure to ensure the popular new Override program has maximum uptime, reliability and customer satisfaction.

Outdoor Heating Guide announces their online comparison shopping service exclusively designed to provide consumers with the ability to compare features and prices for outdoor heating products.

Shoppers want to be confident that they are getting value for money while keeping up with the latest trends. The guide gives consumers the opportunity to compare prices and features for outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, chiminea and patio heaters allowing them to make easier and more informed choices.

Hostway Corporation, the global Web solutions leader, has announced Evan Karsch as the first of three winners in its Go Mobile with Exchange Giveaway. Karsch was automatically entered to win this fall when he ordered a hosted Exchange plan from Hostway.

"A lot of my customers need an immediate response to their questions. Exchange gives me the ability to respond to them right away on my phone, no matter where I am," said Karsch, owner of an IT consulting company. "Hostway was the only company who offered hosted Exchange for a reasonable price."

The birth of a child is the first time most of us have something important enough to risk our lives for. Children teach us selflessness, and sometimes heartbreak when things go wrong. But at least once or twice in their lives our hearts break because things go right. Acceptance to a college far from home can be--and often is--one of them. Its a time when you push your "chick" out of the nest and expect it to fly off on its own. Thats whats right about it. But whoever said, "If you love someone, let them go," cant be a parent. Doesnt that person know letting go hurts? Sending our children away means things will never be the same again. It also means we wont be there in case they need us. We wont be able to protect them. How will they manage? With what weve taught them! They take the lessons learned at home with them.

Whether a user has a TV in their PC, wants TV in their PC, or doesn't want anything to do with TV in their PC, Jon Peddie Research has launched a survey looking for opinions about PC TV. The survey is open to anyone including individuals who have taken previous Jon Peddie Research surveys.

By answering their questions participants may enter a drawing featuring 15 prizes, plus the more questions answered, the more entries the users get.

The survey is located at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=952632301044

AbTech Pacific, the premier west coast distributor of pioneering stormwater filtration technology, announced today the appointment of long time environmental advocate, Terry Tamminen to the firm’s senior management team. As a senior member of the management team, Temminen will be focused on leading strategic planning and development. Most recently, Terry served as Senior Advisor to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency to which he was appointed by the Governor in 2003.

John W. Fountain, professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former reporter for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Washington Post, will deliver the Samuel Cornish memorial lecture at the third World Journalism Institute spring conference for African American journalists of faith, April 21-22, 2006, at Morehouse College. Fountain is also the author of True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity.

The conference draws student and professional journalists of faith nationwide, who will be encouraged and challenged to integrate their Christian faith and journalism practice in an appropriate fashion.

Felten & Associates insurance agency, located in Vero Beach, Florida, announces their Hurricane Wilma planning.

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Felten & Associates is headquartered on Vero's barrier island at 2911 Cardinal Drive in Vero Beach, Florida. Depending on the final track and damage caused by Hurricane Wilma, it is possible that the Felten & Associates team will need to relocate their office temporarily. Felten & Associates expects to be open for business as soon as possible following the storm to process claims. If they are unable to access their office on the barrier island for a short period of time after the storm, they will have a mobile claims unit in place in the parking lot at the McDonald's restaurant located at 1925 S. US Hwy 1, Vero Beach (across from Blockbuster).

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd., one of Western Canada's leading resort companies, announces that it will begin construction this fall of Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa, a unique year-round destination resort in British Columbia's south Okanagan.

"It is very rewarding to reach this milestone in our vision for Spirit Ridge," says Ed Romanowski, president and CEO of Calgary-based Bellstar. "We 've been working on this project for more than two years. The result is a resort unlike anything else in the area."

Gilsbar Specialty Insurance Services, one of the largest administrators of CNA Lawyers’ Professional Liability insurance, announces that it is now providing Professional Liability insurance coverage to attorneys practicing in the state of Missouri.

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Quotes are available now for new policy effective dates beginning January 1, 2008. Gilsbar’s dedicated Professional Liability website, www.gilsbarpro.com contains all of the information attorneys need to complete the online application process and receive a PROnto return quote within the same business day. The site also contains resources such as news articles, frequently asked questions, and online risk management information from Gilsbar’s in-house expert legal staff of loss prevention specialists.