Tuesday, December 8, 2009

“Unlimited Priorities Corporation Receives 2009 Best of Business Award - Yahoo Finance” plus 4 more

“Unlimited Priorities Corporation Receives 2009 Best of Business Award - Yahoo Finance” plus 4 more

Unlimited Priorities Corporation Receives 2009 Best of Business Award - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:01 AM PST




CAPE CORAL, Fla., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlimited Priorities Corporation, a company specializing in support for organizations within the information industry, has been selected for the 2009 Best of Business Award, Management Consulting Services, by the Small Business Commerce Association (SBCA).


SBCA is a San Francisco-based private sector entity providing tactical guidance on the many issues faced by small businesses.  Utilizing consumer feedback, the SBCA 2009 Award Program identifies the top 5% of companies that have demonstrated those qualities that make small businesses a vital part of the American economy.  Award winners are chosen from nominees based on information provided through monthly surveys administered by the SBCA, a review of consumer rankings and additional consumer reports, and are recognized as valuable assets that exemplify the importance of small businesses to their communities.


Unlimited Priorities president Iris L. Hanney responded to announcement of the award: "We are extremely gratified to receive this honor from the SBCA.  Unlimited Priorities was founded to provide a single go-to source of support for those evolving small and mid-size firms in need of senior managerial support and direction at all levels.  We appreciate this recognition of our ability to provide affordable solutions for firms that are in a position to grow, but who require management assistance in areas they currently are unable to support fully."


About Unlimited Priorities Corporation


Unlimited Priorities is attuned to the management requirements of organizations in the information industry.  We provide executive level support services by utilizing a highly skilled group of professionals with abundant experience in sales, marketing, finance, operations, production, IT, content licensing and training.  Unlimited Priorities believes that sales and marketing effectiveness combined with operational excellence are the keys to successful market penetration and growth.  By coordinating our talents with your team's knowledge and experience, we can help you build your business and attain your goals in an efficient and cost effective manner.


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1-800-FLOWERS.COM® Reports Signing Definitive Agreement To Sell its ... - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 01:34 PM PST

CARLE PLACE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLWS - News), the world's leading florist and gift shop, today reported that it has signed a definitive letter of agreement to sell its Home and Children's Gifts business to PH International, LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based manufacturer and wholesaler of home décor and garden products. Included in the sale are the Plow and Hearth, Problem Solvers, Wind and Weather, HearthSong and Magic Cabin brands as well as the division's offices and warehouse facility in Madison, VA and a warehouse distribution center located in Vandalia, OH. According to the terms of the agreement, purchase price is $17 million (plus adjustments for seasonal working capital). The sale is expected to close near the end of January, 2010.

Jim McCann, CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, said, "We're very pleased to have concluded this agreement and believe this will enable us to focus all of our efforts and investments on the business categories that we believe offer the best opportunities for growth and profitability, including our 1-800-FLOWERS.COM consumer floral business, our BloomNet wire service and our Gourmet Food and Gifts Baskets segment – which includes our recently launched 1-800-Baskets.com brand. The sale also represents an excellent growth environment for the associates of the Madison Brands businesses based on PH International's vertically integrated business platform, with manufacturing facilities in China, and their focus on the home décor and children's gifts category."

McCann noted that the January closing date will enable the Company to capture the significant cash flow that is anticipated from the Home and Children's Gifts category during the calendar year end holiday season, traditionally its largest in terms of revenues and profitability.

About 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. is the world's leading florist and gift shop. For more than 30 years, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. has been providing customers with fresh flowers and the finest selection of plants, gift baskets, gourmet foods, confections, balloons and plush stuffed animals perfect for every occasion. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM® (1-800-356-9377 or www.1800flowers.com), was listed as a Top 50 Online Retailer by Internet Retailer in 2006, as well as 2008 Laureate Honoree by the Computerworld Honors Program and the recipient of ICMI's 2006 Global Call Center of the Year Award. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM offers the best of both worlds: exquisite arrangements created by some of the nation's top floral artists and hand-delivered the same day, and spectacular flowers shipped overnight Fresh From Our Growers®. As always, 100% satisfaction and freshness are guaranteed. The Company's BloomNet® international floral wire service provides (www.mybloomnet.net) a broad range of quality products and value-added services designed to help professional florists grow their businesses profitably.

The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. "Gift Shop" also includes gourmet gifts such as popcorn and specialty treats from The Popcorn Factory® (1-800-541-2676 or www.thepopcornfactory.com); cookies and baked gifts from Cheryl&Co.® (1-800-443-8124 or www.cherylandco.com); premium chocolates and confections from Fannie May® Confections Brands (www.fanniemay.com and www.harrylondon.com); wine gifts from Ambrosia® (www.ambrosia.com) and Geerlings&WadeSM (www.geerwade.com); gift baskets from 1-800- BASKETS.COM® (www.1800baskets.com) and DesignPac Gifts™ (www.designpac.com) and Celebrations® (www.celebrations.com), a new premier online destination for fabulous party ideas and planning tips. Shares in 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, ticker symbol: FLWS.

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Pegasystems and Capgemini Announce Expanded Global Alliance - Stockhouse

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:09 AM PST

Industry Leaders Join Forces to Provide Business Process Excellence for Global Organizations

CAMBRIDGE, MA and PARIS, Dec 08, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software solutions, and Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced an expanded global alliance to provide business process services and solutions to drive transformation projects for Capgemini clients. This best-in-class combination of Pegasystems' industry leading BPM solution and Capgemini's full scope of consulting and IT services is expected to help clients transform business processes to drive greater efficiencies and improve customer service.

Capgemini and Pegasystems will now offer full end-to-end, global business process management solutions from upfront consulting, through deployment and ongoing services, fostering the business agility necessary to meet ongoing change requirements. The two companies have worked together for over three years in financial services, insurance and other industries in both North America and Europe.

As part of the alliance, Pegasystems' industry-specific framework solutions will be included in BPM services from Capgemini in the Customer Service, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, and other markets. This combination of BPM services and solutions is expected to significantly increase business agility through controlled migration, which enables clients to leverage legacy applications and existing investments with new functionality in order to efficiently and effectively Build for Change(R). Pegasystems and Capgemini will also provide consulting and delivery resources, full training and enablement, and support for establishing client BPM Centers of Excellence (COEs).

"Our clients look to Capgemini to bring them innovative solutions with measurable return on investment for their business issues. Pegasystems has played a significant role in some of our major global projects and has helped deliver high value with rapid and measurable ROI," said Vikrant Karnik, Vice President and Global Partner Portfolio Executive at Capgemini. "This new step is expected to allow us to expand the footprint of this partnership across multiple disciplines and sectors. As a platinum-level global partner with Pegasystems, Capgemini will have the ability to offer more innovative service offerings and best-in-class solutions around Pegasystems' business process management technology."

John Barone, Managing Director, Global Strategic Alliances at Pegasystems, said, "We are excited to be working at an expanded level with Capgemini to drive business process transformation with significant business returns for some of the world's leading organizations. This combination of Capgemini's world-class consulting and technology services with Pegasystems' best-in-class BPM technology will enable organizations to Build for Change and attain the agility required to meet their global business demands."

About Pegasystems Pegasystems, the leader in Business Process Management, provides software to drive revenue growth, productivity and agility for the world's most sophisticated organizations. Customers use our award-winning SmartBPM(R) suite to improve customer service, reach new markets and boost operational effectiveness.

Our patented SmartBPM technology makes enterprise applications easy to build and change by directly capturing business objectives and eliminating manual programming. SmartBPM unifies business rules and processes into composite applications that leverage existing systems -- empowering business people and IT staff to Build for Change, deliver value quickly and outperform their competitors.

Pegasystems' suite is complemented by best-practice frameworks designed for leaders in financial services, insurance, healthcare, government, life sciences, communications, manufacturing and other industries.

Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Pegasystems has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Visit us at www.pega.com.

About Capgemini Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience. The Group relies on its global delivery model called Rightshore(R), which aims to get the right balance of the best talent from multiple locations, working as one team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients. Present in more than 30 countries, Capgemini reported 2008 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion (approximately USD $12.74 billion) and employs 90,000 people worldwide.

More information is available at www.capgemini.com.

Rightshore(R) is a trademark belonging to Capgemini.

Capgemini Press contact: Christel Lerouge Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 54 50 76 Email: Email Contact Pegasystems Press contact: Brian Callahan Tel.:+ 1-617-866-6364 E-mail: Email Contact

SOURCE: Pegasystems

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Chinese wind power companies target global markets - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:02 PM PST


BEIJING — China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines — a cornerstone of the booming clean power business — but is unknown outside its home country.

Goldwind aims to change that. In a Minnesota farmer's cornfield, the company is erecting three 20-story-tall windmills in its first American project and hopes it will help to woo other buyers.

"There are a lot of leads, and we are following them up," said Kerry Zhou, Goldwind's director of development. "We certainly expect that by 2011 we can get good results."

China's market for wind equipment is on track to overtake the U.S. this year as the world's largest, spurred by a government campaign to promote renewable energy to clean up its battered environment and curb surging demand for foreign oil and gas.

Now the biggest Chinese manufacturers want to expand to the United States, Europe and other markets. Western suppliers could face new competition as low-priced Chinese rivals seek to profit from global efforts to limit climate change.

Chinese manufacturers could get a boost if officials at this week's U.N. climate summit meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, agree on new measures to spread use of clean energy.

Beijing is promoting the industry as part of sweeping efforts to transform China into a creator of profitable technologies. Utilities have been told to step up clean energy spending even as the global crisis cuts into investment elsewhere.

"China is a major player and will dominate the future development of wind," said Lars Andersen, president for China of Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines.

Chinese wind companies' technology lags behind global leaders such as Vestas and General Electric Co. But their prices are as much as 50 percent lower, which industry analysts say should make them competitive abroad.

"The performance-to-price ratio is quite attractive," said Victoria Li, who follows the industry for Credit Suisse in Shanghai. "I think they could see strong growth from export revenue within two years."

Last year, China accounted for 22 percent of new global wind capacity, while the United States was 29.6 percent, according to BTM Consult, a Danish research firm. This year, Credit Suisse says China will install up to one-third of new capacity.

The industry has gotten a boost from a flow of money through the Clean Development Mechanism. The U.N. program allows industrialized economies to meet commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by paying developing countries to cut their own instead. China is the biggest recipient of CDM money.

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Integrys Energy Services Closes Sale of Wholesale Natural Gas ... - Biloxi Sun Herald

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:51 AM PST

Other financial terms and conditions are not being disclosed at this time.

The transactions are consistent with the ultimate goals of the Integrys strategy to reduce capital investment and collateral support requirements for Integrys Energy Services.

J.P. Morgan Securities acted as exclusive financial advisor to Integrys Energy Group and Thorndike Landing acted as lead advisor to Integrys Energy Services for this transaction.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and often include words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," and other similar words. Forward-looking statements are beyond the ability of Integrys Energy Group to control and, in many cases, Integrys Energy Group cannot predict what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. Please see Integrys Energy Group's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including its 10-K and 10-Qs) for a listing of certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements.

About Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

Integrys Energy Group is a diversified holding company with regulated utility operations operating through six wholly owned subsidiaries, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, North Shore Gas Company, Upper Peninsula Power Company, Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation, and Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation; nonregulated operations serving the competitive energy markets through its wholly owned nonregulated subsidiary, Integrys Energy Services; and also a 34% equity ownership interest in American Transmission Company LLC (an electric transmission company operating in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois).

More information about Integrys Energy Group, Inc. is available online at www.integrysgroup.com.

SOURCE Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

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