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Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that WellStar Health System (WellStar), has selected its consulting services and patented labor management software, Smart Square®, in an effort to improve labor performance for the entire WellStar ... read more

Michelle Dockhorn, MBA, Ph.D., an executive with extensive marketing and business development leadership experience specific to the life science industry, has joined SCORR Marketing as vice president of global markets. Dockhorn brings more than 20 years of experience to ... read more

Celerion, announces the addition of a Containment Room at the Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK facility. The new Containment Room will allow Celerion to develop programs that require studies utilizing biologics, as well as vaccines with primary and secondary containment. ... read more

ArQule, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) today announced that the Company will present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. The presentation will be web cast and may be accessed through the investor relations section of the Company’s website, http://www.arqule.com. ... read more

America has voted and three finalists - an amateur outdoor filmmaker, a wildlife educator and a backpacking explorer - will now compete to become Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom's next Wild Guide, Mutual of Omaha announced. The Wild Guide finalists are: -- Stephanie Arne of Honolulu -- Reggie Busse of Omaha, Neb. -- Thiago Silva of El Paso, Texas The Wild Guide will be featured in a new series of ... read more

Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services, and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for the company’s Smart Square® technology. The patent, “Electronic Scheduling for Work Shifts,” applies to Avantas’ ... read more

Celerion is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bruce Morimoto as Executive Director of Applied Translational Medicine. Dr. Morimoto will have responsibility for developing and implementing strategies for patient populations in early clinical research and clinical pharmacology studies. Dr. ... read more

The Home Instead Senior Care(® )network, the leading global provider of in-home non-medical care services for seniors, today announced the release of two new resources that aim to help family caregivers determine their risk for caregiver distress, and to minimize key health effects that are associated with caregiver distress, a condition that may arise from the pressures of caring for a senior loved one. According to The Family Caregiver Alliance, family reported chronic conditions, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes at ... read more

Mortech™, a Zillow® business that provides mortgage technology software solutions for mortgage bankers and secondary market teams, announced today that it has rolled out additional features to Connect Plus, a borrower contact and management tool. The new offering, part of the Marksman mortgage marketing and lead ... read more

The Finest (www.thefinest.com), a sophisticated online Marketplace for fine art, antiques and collectibles, brings two exciting auctions to buyers located across the globe as the spring auction season bursts into full bloom. bfa Auction (www.bfaauction.com) will host its Fine 19(th) and 20(th) Century American and European Art auction on Monday, May 20 at 11 am Eastern. Fine Art, Decorative Art and Modern Design presented by Palm Beach Modern Auctions (www.modernauctions.com) will cap this exciting week of events on ... read more

Building a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) just got simpler and more efficient, thanks to the launch of a new ETF Knowledge Center from TD Ameritrade, Inc. (“TD Ameritrade”), a broker dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. ... read more

Economic optimism among retail investors of all ages has rebounded consistently in each of the last three quarters, according to the latest quarterly retail investor sentiment survey from TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD). Fifty-seven percent of all investors surveyed said they ... read more

Mutual of Omaha today announced the 12 semi-finalists who will compete for America's vote to become the next "Wild Guide" for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. The "Wild Guide" will win $10,000 and host a new webisode series of the original wildlife TV show, premiering this fall on the Wild Kingdom TV YouTube channel. The semi-finalists are: -- Stephanie Arne of Honolulu, Hawaii -- Joanna Brodecki of Lisle, Ill. -- ... read more

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTN):     ... read more

Linoma Software, the author of the secure managed file transfer and data encryption suite GoAnywhere(TM), announces its recent award of a General Services Administration - Schedule 70 contract. GSA contracts are awarded to American businesses to streamline the selection and purchase process of products for federal and state governments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130509/PH10091LOGO) "In a culture where data must be protected, we are pleased to provide our ETL and secure file transfer software as a preferred GSA Schedule 70 contractor," said Bob Luebbe, ... read more

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) today announced company metrics for April 2013. Monthly activities for April 2013 included: An average of 383,000 client trades per day in April 2013, ... read more

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 and provided a business update. First Quarter Financial Results Net sales for the first quarter of ... read more

Flash, a three-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever with a talent for learning tricks and a healthy smile, took the top spot in the Superstar Smiles Photo Contest sponsored by SENTRY(®) Petrodex(®), a dental brand from Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/an-adorable-labrador-with-a-talent-for-tricks-wins-the-national-sentry-petrodex-superstar-smiles-photo-contest-206461701.html "He is very smart and affectionate. A total 'people person'," said his owner, Amanda, who lives with Flash in San Diego, California. In addition to flashing a sparkling Petrodex smile, Flash ... read more

Mutual of Omaha’s My Wild Kingdom app has been awarded Mobile of the Day for May 6 by Favourite Website Awards (FWA). The app will be featured for 24 hours on the FWA website at http://www.thefwa.com/mobile. My Wild Kingdom is a free, mobile adventure app ... read more

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) to develop a CE-IVD test to screen patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) for RAS mutations (KRAS and NRAS). These RAS mutations, identified using the CE-IVD CRC RAScan™ ... read more