Despite a sluggish economy and sliding auto sales, the leading automotive advice site for women, AskPatty.com, is seeing an increase in interest from new and used car auto dealers looking to become more female friendly.

"Women purchase the majority of new vehicle sales in the United States," says AskPatty.com President and CEO Jody DeVere. "Despite the economic slowdown, our new customer sign-ups are at an all-time high. Dealerships recognize the woman car buyer's propensity to find online advice before making a major purchase. AskPatty.com can legitimize a dealership in the eyes of interested female customers."

The president of GHEEK.COM INC. (www.gheek.com) has authorized blocking specific domain names and IP's for several companies identified as those conducting mass emailing practices. In an attempt to send a clear message to companies using these tactics, the owner of gheek.com inc. hopes companies will think twice about the effects of sending unsolicited email (spam). By blocking IP addresses, any legitimate company correspondence will no longer be received, and any potential business with that company has an excellent chance of being lost.

The Internet's first comprehensive soccer coaching resource is now live at completesoccercoach.com. Designed specifically to support coaches in both planning and enjoying their coaching experience, the site features a comprehensive video library that showcases drills(over 50), activities and tips, and an extensive library of "How To" articles for coaches of all levels and experience.

Interactive features likes blogs and discussion forums also allow visitors to share their experiences, lessons learned and offer advice on drills, techniques and everyday coaching practices to fellow coaches. In addition to the site's unique tools, resources and coaching centric focus, Complete Soccer Coach offers an online coaching certificate course from expert coaches, and one-on-one customized advice and support from experienced and professional staff.

Equity Based Services, Inc. ("EBS") announced an equity recapitalization of its AMS IV Self Storage facility in Austin, TX. The property was originally financed by a large European Bank and was refinanced with a Regional Midwestern Lender.

Equity Based Services, Inc

"Lenders are definitely more cautious than they were a year ago, but, we are still closing loans. We are placing debt not only on new acquisitions, but also on existing projects which are generally more difficult to finance. The fact that EBS paid back the original note and placed new debt with a new lender shows that there are still loan dollars available to strong sponsors with strong projects," states Troy Downing 1355 , Principal, Equity Based Services, Inc.

Midst the bustling local scene in the heart of a city known for its unmatched natural beauty and sumptuous dining, Western Culinary Institute (WCI) in Portland operates a classically styled restaurant, Bleu, to provide practical experience for their advanced culinary arts and restaurant management students. Located in the historic Galleria Building downtown, the student-operated restaurant features classic and contemporary gourmet cuisine. www.wci.edu

Dining downtown on gourmet food would usually be quite an expense and perhaps even cost prohibitive for many citizens, especially seniors. At Bleu, the price is right and the offerings are scrumptious. The menu changes daily, with new entres, and four or five desserts to choose from. The students create and prepare their own recipes for salads and appetizers each day. Recently they fashioned Ceviche, coconut shrimp with sweet chili sauce and soy, curried Indian Pakoras, and Braised Rabbit for the first course.

Scotsman Guide, the leading resource for mortgage originators, has announced the release of its complete line of free online wholesale-lender search engines at scotsmanguide.com.

All matrixes from Scotsman Guide's residential and commercial magazines are now searchable online. Mortgage brokers can search residential wholesale lenders in seven categories: Prime, Alt-A, Nonprime, High CLTV, Construction, Hard Money and Warehouse Lines. For commercial lenders, brokers can search four categories: Commercial, Multifamily, Hard Money and Construction.

IndexTools, a market leader in on-demand Web Analytics, today announced the launch of its Professional Services Group, which will provide best practices, deployment and end-user training to the company’s worldwide customer base.

“Professional services have always been key to our customers seeing almost immediate returns using our service," said IndexTools COO, Dennis R. Mortensen. “The accelerated growth in online marketing only confirms the importance of a web analytics partnered with the capability to help customers measure their web presence.”

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) June 19, 2006 – MenuVantage today announced that it has enhanced its web-based menu selling system to allow dealers to fine-tune each F&I product presentation for the specific payment needs of each customer. The new “Product Rollback” feature gives the F&I Manager unprecedented “goal seeking” capabilities, automates the entire payment calculation process and eliminates the headache of manual calculation. Utilizing the MenuVantage proprietary Deal Calculations Engine, the new feature can roll back eight payments – up or down – simultaneously.

Calculating F&I product sales and keeping them within the customer’s desired monthly payment can be a major headache for dealers. This new enhancement enables F&I Managers to maximize the amount of products that can be sold within a customer’s monthly payment range. It automates the calculation process and rolls the payment against product options, simplifying the entire process.

While media attention is focused on the problems facing the traditional, Detroit-based U.S. auto industry, there’s another U.S. auto industry hub based in the Los Angeles area. According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), this industry is thriving, generating billions of dollars in business activity as well as creating high quality jobs. However, neither residents nor outsiders truly understand the vast benefit of this activity.

The LAEDC’s new report, “The Automotive Industries in Southern California,” highlights the wide variety of activities taking place. They include the North American headquarters of eight foreign auto makers, including Toyota (celebrating the 50th anniversary of their operations in the U.S. in 2007), Honda and Hyundai. Classified by government statisticians as “wholesalers,” these firms employ nearly 15,000 people and generated nearly $45 billion in sales in Los Angeles County alone.

While millions of people are going online to create second and primary incomes, more than 90 percent fail because they find the technologies required too complex and difficult to master.

Simple Money Machines is the first complete technology solution that eliminates the need to learn HTML, eliminates hosting accounts, eliminates software purchases and eliminates the need to hire expensive webmasters.

Now anyone who can point and click can put a complete web business online in less than 30 minutes. Simple Money Machines automates the time consuming processes, allowing non-technical users to focus on the important tasks of traffic and conversion. And Simple Money Machines provides thousands of dollars worth of technology for less than one Starbuck coffee a day.

This Mother's Day some of Hollywood's hardest working moms will be recognized with a gift basket from Distinctive Assets. Key to My Heart personalized key chains is one of the few companies selected to participate in the event. The gift basket is being hand delivered to moms Angelina Jolie, Gwen Stefani, Angela Bassett, Britney Spears, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Garner, Sharon Stone, Denise Richards, Reese Witherspoon, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart, Jane Kaczmareck, Marcia Cross, Tori Spelling, Faith Hill, Kelly Ripa, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Debra Messing, Sarah Jessica Parker, Celine Dion, Leah Remini, Heidi Klum, Nancy O'Dell, Keri Russell and Jenna Elfman.

Wholesalers USA (www.wholesalersusainc.com), a national retailer of glass and mosaic tiles, has announced a partnership with Giorbello (www.girobello.com), makers of European-inspired glass and stone/glass tiles. Wholesalers USA will offer discounts on Giorbello products at the Washington Home & Garden Show, to be held March 13-16.

Located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Giorbello is a producer of glass and stone/glass tiles for both residential and commercial use. Giorbello products contain a variety of designs, textures and color palettes. The tiles are widely used in kitchens, bathrooms and swimming pools for flooring and other purposes.

VMWorld, Cannes, France (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 – Qumranet, a leading provider of virtual computing solutions, announced today at VMWorld Europe (booth 81) that it has opened its first European office.

Based in Milan, Italy, the office will contain sales, technical and support personnel. Qumranet (www.qumranet.com), known best as the commercial sponsor of KVM, has other locations in Sunnyvale, CA and Ra’anana, Israel.

"Qumranet has been doing exciting things in virtualization and Solid ICE has proved to be a superior choice for our customers looking for a cost-effective and turn-key desktop virtualization solution," said Ivan Riservato, CEO of ReiSystem, a Milan-based IT reseller and consultancy.

"We are pleased to be a Qumranet partner and look forward to bringing the benefits of KVM and Solid ICE to all of our customers."

Fiskars Americas announced today that five 2008 new products have been recognized by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum for Architecture and Design as winners in the GOOD DESIGN competition. The winning products include: Gingher Rotary Cutter, Fiskars Garden Multi-Snip, Fiskars Rear Pivot Bypass Pruner, Fiskars Carabiner Bypass Pruner, and the Fiskars Rear Pivot Grass Shears.

"The GOOD DESIGN Award recognizes superiority in innovation, construction, function and utility. We are honored that the Chicago Athenaeum has recognized our sewing and garden tool designs as some of the best in the world," said Paul Tonnesen, President of Fiskars Americas.

With holidays right around the corner, those recognizing the importance of this special time are beginning to ponder the question of a perfect gift for their loved ones. With so many options, it is at times difficult to decide on that perfect gift. Natasha Girel, the owner of Fill-A-Basket.com is helping to ease this decision-making process, by providing a great selection of high-end, high quality gift baskets for all occasions. "The main reason why the company is successful is because we understand the importance of originality and quality of a gift. Fill-a-Basket.com only carries the gifts that customers will actually use and enjoy," said Girel.

Working to provide scientists with the richest product portfolio possible, e-Scientific Inc. has announced a new relationship with WTW®, (a Nova Analytics Company) to represent the inoLab®, ProfiLine®, and VARIO® family of pH meters and accessories for all of the western US States. "We are thrilled to have WTW pH meters and electro chemistry products as a key offering in our portfolio," says Pete DeCarlo, founder and President of e-Scientific Inc. Pete adds, "With their breadth of line and breadth of product WTW® meters really offer the best electro chemistry package available and we consider WTW® to be a strategic partner"

Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Adventures of Gabby and Coyote Girl by J.M.Lewis, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5 x 8 Paperback in the Children's Literature - General category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $7.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/GabbyandCoyoteGirl was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.



About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

In The Adventures of Gabby and Coyote Girl, ten-year-old Gabby Miller raises a precocious female coyote pup rescued from poachers. Gabby and her father must teach Coyote Girl to be independent for release back into the wild. The two youngsters embark on many adventures as they hike and hunt throughout the forest. Gabby has an unusual ability to communicate with Coyote Girl and agonizes when her best friend must be returned to the wild.

Deftly constructed at 64 pages, The Adventures of Gabby and Coyote Girl is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Children's Literature - General category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, The Adventures of Gabby and Coyote Girl meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $7.95.

We Help Your Biz Company of Southern California is now offering a broad array of promotional products in an online ordering format designed specifically for the bulk order client. This new promotional site explores opportunities for promotional items sold via the internet with shipment to any client in the United States and abroad. Launching the site www.WeHelpYourBiz.com, the Company seeks to offer their products to anyone searching for innovative promotional marketing materials and by offering these products through the Internet We Help Your Biz is now able to save clients time and effort through its online presence. With exceptional customer service as the company's foundation, they are able to offer a multitude of products to clients looking to purchase promotional materials of all sorts for their association and/or cause.

Move aside pail of dirty water and cloth rags. Step aside ungainly spray bottles and paper towel rolls. You've been replaced! Green Bay Converting, Inc. has developed an all-in-one, cleaning tool called Spray and Dry™. The new product is designed to better sanitize surfaces, conserve space and be more convenient compared to a bucket and a rag or an individual spray bottle and towel rolls.

Spray and Dry Unit

Spray and Dry™ combines 26 ounces of cleaning liquid with a protective dispenser for disposable toweling in one easy-to-use, lightweight package. Spray and Dry™ comes standard with a roll of 85 sheets of strong, absorbent 100% recycled 2-ply white towel with the option to purchase rolls containing 140 sheets of medium to heavy-duty wiper-style paper or 400 sheets of an economical brown wet crepe style towel. When it's time to replace the towel roll, with one quarter turn of the top, consumers can remove and reinstall paper into the canister with a total time requirement of 15 seconds. Spray and Dry™ is perfect for all types of cleaning, sanitizing and polishing and comes in a variety of colors, red, blue, yellow, white and even a clear version which features a clear fluid reservoir.

Eco-Chic -- this is the unique concept behind a dynamic, new retail experience -- IIKH (two "k" "h"), the first lifestyle store to combine style, sophistication and the finest in natural/organic, eco-friendly and handcrafted products.

IIKH takes elemental chic and attainable luxury to a new level within the natural and organic category. Offering a distinct point of view and an expertly edited selection of merchandise across six key categories: personal care, home, baby, pet, food and specialty, IIKH has sourced exceptional products-all with a conscience.