WednesdayJun 10, 2009 6:49 am

Carnival Cruise Lines Awards Pro Travel Network Inc. (PTVL.OB) for Sales, Professionalism and Marketing

Pro Travel Network announced that it has been recognized in the industry for its sales, professionalism and marketing by Carnival Cruise Lines Awards. According to the press release, Carnival's top "Pinnacle Award" was given to the company as one of the top marketers of the "Fun Ship" vacation experience. Lynn C. Torrent, Carnival's Senior Vice President of Sales and Guest Services, stated, "Travel agencies are an important part of our distribution system, which is why we created the 'Pinnacle Club' to recognize those high-volume agencies like Pro Travel who are truly experts in their field and exhibit the highest levels…

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WednesdayJun 10, 2009 6:44 am

Pacific WebWorks, Inc. (PWEB.OB) Builds Infrastructure to Keep Pace with Growth

Pacific WebWorks, Inc., a provider of affordable, easy-to-use software programs for small businesses, announced this morning that it has added significant infrastructure to accommodate the continued growth the company is experiencing. “This represents an important step for us. The company has expanded its phone and server capabilities to not only handle current growth, but to more efficiently deal with expected future growth. We are now in a position to double or triple our customer base with limited costs going forward,” stated Ken Bell, CEO. He continued, “The infrastructure investments, including increasing customer service personnel by 500%, have positioned the company…

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WednesdayJun 10, 2009 6:38 am

KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. (KEYO.OB) Announces Implementation of LogiSense’s Billing and OSS Management Tools

KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. and LogiSense Corporation, a leading provider of billing, OSS and business process management solutions for telecommunication and broadband service providers, announced that KeyOn is implementing LogiSense’s EngageIP billing, operations support/customer resource management (OSS/CRM) platform. The platform will provide secure, end-to-end bill processing, order management and customer information management for KeyOn’s wireless broadband and related services. Jonathan Snyder, President and CEO of KeyOn Communications, commented, “We knew with continued growth of our business, KeyOn was going to need a robust and dynamic platform to handle significant subscriber additions. With EngageIP, we get a management system that fully…

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WednesdayJun 10, 2009 4:57 am

The UpTurn, Inc. (UPTR.PK) to Present at Inman News’ Real Estate Connect Conference San Francisco 2009

The UpTurn, Inc. announced this morning that it has been invited to present at Inman's Real Estate Connect Conference this August in San Francisco. Representing the cutting edge of real estate, and attended by both established industry leaders and visionaries in the space, Inman's annual west coast event is the organization's flagship conference. Inman, the preeminent real estate technology news and industry organization, anticipates this year’s Real Estate Connect conference to attract over 1,500 world class leaders in real estate, technology, lending, title and financial services professions. The San Francisco event has attracted sponsorship from Google, Better Homes and Gardens,…

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WednesdayJun 10, 2009 4:39 am

Sino Payments, Inc. (SNPY.OB) Enters $18.6 Trillion Asia Card Processing Market

Sino Payments, Inc., a provider of IP credit and debit card processing services to large retail chains in China and throughout Asia, including supermarket chains and large regional multinational retailers, recently announced that the company is deploying its proprietary SinoPay Global Processing Platform (GPP) in Shanghai and Macau to service Asian regional retailers. SinoPay GPP converts transaction processing systems from dial up point-of-sale terminals to a modern seamless IP transaction process, which reduces credit and debit card transaction checkout processing times by half. According to the Peoples Bank of China, the volume of bankcard-based transactions in China reached 16.7 billion,…

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TuesdayJun 09, 2009 8:53 am

BWI Holdings Inc. (BWIH.OB) Takes on Competitive Edge with Recruitment of Fresh Traffic Group

Times are tough for every one – and during harsh economic environments, a competitive approach is needed for survival. Gaining the trust and loyalty of a targeted demographic or market is one thing, grabbing their attention in the first place is another. Canadian waste solutions company BWI Holdings Inc. (BWIH.OB) is taking a proactive step to stand out from its competition while taking advantage of technological opportunities for expansion. The company recently announced it has chosen Fresh Traffic Group to assist with the development and enhancement of its online visibility and market presence. "We recognize the huge potential the Internet…

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TuesdayJun 09, 2009 8:24 am

Aileron Therapeutics Inc. Receives $40 Million from Consortium of Large Pharmaceutical Companies

Expanding an already huge market is a dream for any investor. It does not happen often and the process is never easy, but if it can be accomplished, the rewards are massive. Understanding the risk is important but not being involved is ignorance. Most companies within a market, that is large to begin with, understand this. An investor that also understands this is one that may find incredible rewards. Aileron Therapeutics Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, is currently working to develop a new class of pharmaceutical platform. Recently, the company has received an influx of $40 million in capital…

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TuesdayJun 09, 2009 8:13 am

Energtek, Inc. (EGTK.PK) Continues To Attract Investor Money

Energtek, Inc., a leading developer of Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology for improved efficiency in the containment and transportation of natural gas (NG), has been able to easily attract investment funding. The company has already received the first $150,000 installment of a $1,500,000 planned investment from EGFE DM Ltd, for which EGFE will receive shares of Energtek common stock. Monthly payments by EGFE are to continue until the full investment is completed. EGFE earlier completed a period of due diligence, evaluating Energtek’s prospects, and came to a positive conclusion. It’s another vote of confidence from the investment community, based upon…

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TuesdayJun 09, 2009 8:09 am

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (KBLB.OB) Looking to Spin New “Super-Fiber”

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. is focused on the development of high performance technical fibers and polymers using spiders and silkworms. While the production of a “super fiber” is the company's primary focus at this time, it is also considering the production of other unique proteins using transgenic silkworms. It is thought there is a large viable market for such proteins in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Kraig Biocraft is involved in research related to utilizing spider genes for insertion into silkworms to create a transgenic variety of silkworms. These silkworms will be capable of spinning a new “super fiber” that…

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TuesdayJun 09, 2009 6:07 am

TurboSonic Technologies, Inc. (TSTA.OB) Receives $2 Million New Order from U.S. OSB Producer

TurboSonic Technologies, Inc., a leading designer and supplier of industrial air pollution control technologies, announced that it has received a $2 million new order for a Gas Scrubbing System for a US-based oriented strand board (OSB) producer. The order is expected to be filled in this calendar year. Edward Spink, TurboSonic's CEO commented, "This is the fourth contract from this major OSB producer in the past two years, all of which are for enhancement of their existing operations. Because of our system's superior ability to remove particulate matter from the gas stream, a $1.2 million savings in operating cost was…

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