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New Mortgage Industry Report From S&P Offers Biannual Lending Analysis
New mortgage reports analyzing the lending industry are now available from Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect.

New Automation Technology Delivers Bigger Piece of Federal Funding Pie for Schools with Struggling Lunch Programs
Under-fed districts learn that keeping accurate, centralized records of free and reduced-fee meal data can maximize returns.

Rubenstein Public Relations To Represent Industry Leader in Portable Water Purification
Sionix Corporation's Advanced Technology is Effective at Producing Clean Drinking Water in Remote Locations

World Fire Alarm Equipment Market to Top $4.2 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
World fire alarm equipment market is expected to witness modest growth to cross US$4.2 billion by 2010. Europe represents the largest market for Fire Alarm Equipment, accounting for 43% of the total demand in 2006. United States follows next, with 2006 market value of US$726 million. However, best prospects in terms of growth are likely to emanate from the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific and Latin America, which are forecast to register CAGRs of 8% and 7% respectively over the next five years.

Good Help Isn't so Hard to Find: Hospitality Training Institute Tackles Service Industry Shortcomings
With classes taught both on-site at restaurants and hotels, and in-house at HTI's own Alexandria, Virginia facility, Alex Atwood and his staff tackle the growing need for professional, well-trained hospitality employees.

Payday Loan Industry Regulation And Legislation
A number of states from coast to coast are attempting to impose further regulations on the payday loan industry, but without much success in many cases. Consumers of payday loans have generally argued against more stringent measures and limitations, that would limit their access to payday loans. And, in the meantime, the payday loan industry continues to grow, both in the numbers of loans issued and the dollar amounts of loans issued.

Intercept Technology is the Only Anti-tarnish Product to Win the German Environmental Award
The German environmental laws are considered to be the toughest in the world. Intercept Technology? from Intercept Silver and Jewelry Care Co. is proud that to be the only anti-tarnish product to win the prestigious German environmental award.

VOIP Technology Saves Money and Increases Flexibility
Computer technology- and the Internet in particular- is changing the way we conduct out lives in some pretty dramatic ways. One of the most dramatic changes that the Internet has brought us is the ability to take more control over how we communicate with each other by telephone and how we spend our money on phone service. The specific technology that allows this is called Voice Over Internet Protocol, or VOIP for short. Voice Over Internet Protocol takes advantage the fact that data moves across the Internet without any of the constraints of conventional telephone calls when it comes to geography and distance. Just like you can send an email to anyone, anywhere in the world and download a web page from anywhere in the world without incurrin...

phion Information Technologies and ipoque Sign Technology Cooperation
ipoque, provider of professional solutions for Internet traffic management and analysis, has signed a license agreement with phion Information Technologies, a company specializing in security and connectivity solutions. The cooperation comprises the integration of ipoque's layer-7 deep packet inspection technology in phion's netfence products. phion's customers will then be able to effectively control applications such as P2P, IM, VoIP and Skype, which consume a lot of network bandwidth and often cause security problems.

Industry Regulation and Recent Legislation
A number of states from coast to coast are attempting to impose further regulations on the payday loan industry, but without much success in many cases. Consumers of payday loans have generally argued against more stringent measures and limitations, that would limit their access to payday loans.

World Contact Lens and Solutions Market to Reach US$6.7 Billion in 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
The global soft contact lenses market continues to witness increasing growth largely buoyed by favorable demographics, rapid penetration of high-value products, growing incidence of myopia, reduction in wearer dropouts, and expansion of lesser-developed markets. Spurred by favorable trends, the world contact lens and lens care solutions market is expected to reach US$6.7 billion by 2010.