A National Arbitration Forum arbitrator rules in favor of Emmitt Smith regarding the Internet domain name emmittsmith.com.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) October 28, 2005 — The National Arbitration Forum announced today that a ruling has been issued in favor of former Dallas Cowboy and all-time NFL rushing yards leader Emmitt Smith regarding the rights to emmittsmith.com.
The National Arbitration Forum received an electronic complaint on September 8, 2005 from Emmitt Smith III, represented by John A. Thomas, of Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C., asserting legal rights to the domain name emmittsmith.com. The address was registered by the Respondent, EMMITSMITH.com c/o Whois IDentity Shield, of Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 17, 2001. It redirected Internet users to a commercial website featuring links to third-party businesses unrelated to Emmitt Smith.
National Arbitration Forum arbitrator Tyrus R. Atkinson, Jr. ruled in favor of Emmitt Smith. The arbitrator determined that Smith possesses common law rights in his name based on the fame and reputation associated with his NFL career, and that the Web address emmittsmith.com was “confusingly similar” to Smith’s name. Atkinson also found that the Respondent did not have legitimate rights to, or interest in, the disputed Web address and was using the address in bad faith presumably earning commissions for redirecting Internet traffic to third-party commercial sites.
Beaverton, OR, October 27, 2005 – http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank providing advisory services, investment sales, capital markets and development services, announced today that it has been engaged by an offshore investor to provide commercial real estate advisory services for a planned community.
The 1000 acre North Carolina-based planned community will include single family detached housing, a golf course, and both retail and condo-hotel components.
“While our client is an experienced sponsor in the European Community, they are less familiar with the intricacies of real estate practices in the United States,” said Theddi Wright Chappell, Managing Director, Global Advisory Services, Pacific Security Capital. “By engaging Pacific Security Capital to provide advisory services we have been able to help them protect their investment.”
Pacific Security Capital will advise the investor on how to deal with diverse factors including:
• Complex agency requirements
• Environmental regulations
• Compliance related issues
• Local market considerations
• Political and geographic risk
• Changing capital markets,
• Planning and construction requirements
• Fluctuating costs and market absorption rates
Minneapolis, MN, October 25, 2005 – Lee Odden, President of TopRank Online Marketing, a leading search engine optimization firm, will be speaking at the upcoming Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit 2005 at the McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota, on October 26, 2005.
Lee Odden, who founded TopRank in 2001, is an expert search engine industry source who has been cited by business publications such as U.S. News and World Report, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Business Journal on the topics of organic search engine optimization, online public relations and RSS marketing. He writes regular search engine and blog marketing columns for AllBusiness.com, Lockergnome.com and BusinessBlogConsulting.com and also publishes daily search marketing industry news at Online Marketing Blog.
Odden will be speaking alongside Ward Tongen, Search Marketing Consultant at Findlaw and Scott Ekman, Director of Internet Marketing for Rockler, about the benefits of deploying an SEO program and where the future lies for search engine marketing.
“It’s great to see organizations like MIMA provide opportunities for the interactive marketing community to learn more about search marketing,” said Odden. “This panel provides a unique opportunity to hear from 3 individuals with 27 years of combined search marketing experience – a lifetime in Internet marketing years.”
Minneapolis, MN, October 25, 2005 — Minco, (www.minco.com) a designer and manufacturer of critical components for critical applications, and Anoka-Ramsey Community College (ARCC) today announced the award of a $399,998 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) grant that will spur the development of training programs for Minco employees and the surrounding community over the next three years, and beyond.
“This grant will provide training and professional growth opportunities for Minco employees at every level”, said Jane Stoner, Minco Administrative Services Department Manager. “And Anoka-Ramsey Community College will offer these programs to other businesses in the community, so this is really a win for Minco, the college, and the surrounding communities”.
Customized training will be available in Lean Enterprise principals; process operator certifications; manufacturing environment and safety; total productive maintenance; supervisory training; new and emerging regulatory standards; executive leadership training; and more.
ARCC will offer training to more than 700 employees at Minco’s worldwide headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, and the programs will specifically focus on enhancing Minco’s position as a “customer-centric” organization. Minco will also be matching the grant dollars by providing training facilities, materials, and employee training time.
Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2005 — http://www.evolvingsol.com – Evolving Solutions, a data on demand and storage/server virtualization expert, has been included in the Twin Cities Business Journal Growth 50 for the second year in a row with a 30% growth in revenue since 2004.
“Evolving Solutions attributes its success to the expertise and dedication of its employees, who focus on providing solutions that meet and exceed customer business objectives,” said Jaime Gmach, Evolving Solutions. “Also key to Evolving Solutions’ growth are strategic business partnerships with vendors such as IBM and Network Appliance.”
Evolving Solutions recently upgraded its IBM TotalStorage Solution Center to an IBM Business Partner Innovation Center (BPIC). The BPIC builds on TotalStorage solutions from IBM and provides a complete scope of IT solutions which include data on demand, lifecycle data management, server virtualization and disaster recovery solutions.
In 2004, Evolving Solutions was ranked #38 in the Business Journal Growth 50. One Year later, with a $13 Million revenue increase, Evolving Solutions now ranks #32.
Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2005 – http://www.testedandproven.com – DDL, a leading package, product and material testing services laboratory, has been named a Top 50 fastest growing company by the Twin Cities Business Journal.
DDL has experienced record company growth over the last 3 years with a 25 percent annual increase in revenue. DDL attributes its rapid growth to its expansion into California and the development of its suite of PackServices.
“DDL currently offers two PackServices to package testing clients,” said John Hart, DDL CEO, “PackAdvice, a free package testing consulting service, and PackReview, which is a DDL approved ISO 11607 (clause 7) certificate of completion.”
DDL has also expanded its range of service offerings and its equipment inventory. The DDL West facility, located in Costa Mesa, California, recently hired a Hazmat testing expert to expand its package testing services. DDL West is also upgrading its product and materials testing services.
“Hazmat testing is just one area that DDL is becoming more involved in,” said Hart. “We have also seen a significant increase in our medical device testing business. DDL is quickly becoming known as a one stop shop for manufacturers’ package, product and materials testing needs.”
Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2005 – http://www.magnum-tech.com – Magnum Technologies, the leading provider of IT Business Service Management and Business Impact Management software, has been named a Twin Cities Business Journal Growth 50 firm for the second consecutive year.
“Magnum Technologies’ movement into the Business Service Management market is a large factor of our company’s growth,” said Gregory Crow, CEO, Magnum Technologies. “Business Service Management is emerging as an important solution for organizations that want to maximize the business value of their IT investments.”
Magnum Technologies, which ranked #33 in the Business Journal’s 2004 Growth 50, has experienced significant company growth over the past year and forecasts that 2005 revenue will more than double 2004 revenue figures.
The September 2005 launch of ADVANTAGE®, Business Service Management software, is enabling the company to continue on its growth trajectory. ADVANTAGE® is a valuable tool for businesses that desire to monitor how applications and IT infrastructure affect key business functions.
“This year, Magnum Technologies launched its flagship product, ADVANTAGE®,” said Crow, “which is a Business Service Management software solution that automatically discovers and maps IT Assets and their relationships, which are critical to powering business-essential applications.”
Beaverton, OR, October 20, 2005 — http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank providing capital markets, investment sales, advisory services and development services, announced today that it has been engaged as the exclusive program manager for a mixed use project in Las Vegas with construction costs estimated to be in excess of $1 Billion dollars.
Pacific Security Capital will provide turnkey program management services for the project which is expected to consist of retail, gaming and condominium components.
“Pacific Security Capital is seeing the demand for its third party development services sky-rocket,” said Mike Myatt, Executive Managing Director. “The size and sophistication of many of the projects we are engaged in require a unique combination of skill sets that very few service providers can offer.”
Pacific Security Capital will provide the following turnkey program management services for the Las Vegas project:
• Entitlement Consulting
• Fee Development
• Project Management
• Construction Management
• Capital Markets Services
“When a client is going to take the risk of making such a substantial investment into a commercial real estate project, Pacific Security Capital manages the risks associated with large scale development projects,” said Myatt.
Commercial real estate investors are facing the most competitive commercial real estate market environment in recent history. Improved market efficiencies coupled with today’s surplus of capital flow have created a reduction in the total investment returns that can be achieved on investments in the U.S. commercial real estate industry.
“Instead of disinvesting themselves from commercial real estate allocations, investment managers are now looking around for higher growth markets,” said Mike Myatt, Executive Managing Director, Pacific Security Capital. “Emerging Markets in Eastern Europe, India, Latin America, China, and the rest of Asia present scenarios for higher growth, even on a risk adjusted basis.”
The following factors will allow commercial real estate investors to achieve higher returns by investing in emerging markets as opposed to the U.S. market.
Rising Economies:
Over the past decade, the twin drivers of expanding world trade as well as a more globalized production system have permitted a number of Emerging Markets to experience the highest GDP rates in the world.
Minneapolis, MN, October 18, 2005 – http://www.watermarklearning.com – Watermark Learning, a leading provider of business analysis, project management and business requirements analysis training, has been selected to present a series of presentations at the upcoming Business Analyst World 2005 Mid-Atlantic Conference, October 17 – 20, 2005 in Washington D.C.
The Business Analyst World Conference draws project management and business analyst professionals from the top Fortune 500 companies to hear the leading best practices from the industry experts.
Watermark Learning Principals, Elizabeth Larson, PMP, and Richard Larson, PMP, will deliver presentations on Business Requirements Analysis and Business Process Management, which are both emerging as key topics in the business analysis arena.
“Organizations today are using business analysts and project managers across all departments,” said Elizabeth Larson. “Because of this, there is a greater need than ever to have extremely well trained business analysis and project management professionals who are in a real position to address key business issues.”
This is why Watermark has developed a Masters Certificate program in Business Analysis and Project Management.
“There is a growing demand for Masters Certificate programs in this industry,” said Richard Larson, “and Watermark Learning is leading the way in response to this demand.”
