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Pearson Offers On-Demand Professional Development with Teacher...

School districts seeking solutions to meet new state and federal requirements for evaluating teachers and providing high-quality professional development can turn to Teacher Compass PD, the latest addition to Pearson’s Teacher Compass Suite, a comprehensive teaching effectiveness system. Launched at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia today, Teacher Compass PD is a web-based, on-demand professional development platform that engages teachers in ongoing training, reflection, and collaboration.

AVT Voted Best Stock 2011

AVT is changing the ways consumers experience vending. No longer is it about traditional products being delivered in conventional methods.

Voted Best New Stock of the year AVTC received $1. 5 million in purchase orders from H.U.M.A.N. (Helping Unite Man and Nutrition) of Santa Monica, California.

For the manufacture and delivery of 260 custom products dispensing, averaging almost $6,000 per unit this order confirms that AVT is converting smaller pilot programs into full produc...

Christian Erlandson Appointed CEO of CarryQuote

CarryQuote AG, a pioneer in real-time mobile financial information solutions, today announced that it has appointed Christian Erlandson as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Mr. Erlandson is responsible for driving the company’s strategy, execution, and performance, as it continues its path of aggressive, worldwide growth.

As a 20-year industry veteran, Mr. Erlandson assumed the role of CEO in April of this year, previously serving as the company’s Global Head of Sal...

Wind Energy Update: European and Asian Wind Turbine OEMs Commit to...

With the development of new, bigger turbines in the onshore and offshore markets with comparatively larger components, OEMs are adopting radically difference component sourcing strategies. Vestas, Siemens Windpower, Xinjiang Goldwind, and Mitsubishi are discussing the fundamentally different approaches of global outsourcing for components or internally integrating the manufacturing process, giving component manufacturers a unique insight into where the next big opportunities lie.

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Commercial Real Estate: Shrinking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Always awash in politics and not immune to economic conditions, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have shrunk considerably over the past couple years, but in no way have they become small players in the real estate market. Today, they still control a portfolio of property valued at well over $300 billion. According to “Commercial Real Estate: Shrinking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?,” the latest podcast produced by John B. Levy & Company (available online at http://www.jblevyco.com), Fannie and Freddie currently hold 50 percent of the multifamily market, a significant drop from the 80 percent share it owned at the height of the liquidity market.