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Investor Management Services, the leading investor experience platform for commercial real estate owners and investment firms and the only complete solution for investor management, today announced plans to move its headquarters to a 10,700 sq. ft. space in the lower South End neighborhood of Charlotte, NC. The new headquarters will be located at 4001 Yancey Road in Bowers, a 73,500 sq. ft. adaptive re-use project that preserved a majority of the structures of the Bowers Fibers, Inc. textile business that operated there for over 70 years.

Blue Gas Marine, Inc. and Dusky Marine partner to introduce natural gas fuel options to the sport fishing boat market. A Dusky Marine 252 featuring the award winning Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuel-system technology from Blue Gas Marine, Inc. powering its Suzuki outboard motor will be on display at the Miami International Boat Show, Pier 1/Slip 137 February 11-15th for sea trials. This is the first factory built boat designed from the ground-up to seamlessly integrate the fuel system for the sport fishing market, while maximizing range.

VitalSource Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of digital book solutions, today announced that it has added OPS 2.0 (*.epub) to its content submission guidelines. OPS 2.0 was collaboratively developed by members of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the international trade and standards organization for the digital publishing industry, to streamline the delivery of content to the marketplace. OPS 2.0 was officially released by IDPF on May 16.

Good IT hygiene is just as critical to the health of your small businesses as good personal hygiene is to your own health. That is the lesson that members of Piedmont Chapter of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) will learn from Tim Finnegan, Program Director for TotalCare IT Solutions this week.

TotalCare IT Solutions, a leading provider of information technology services in the Carolinas, announced today that it has been accepted in the prestigious network of Right Choice Business.

McClatchey Broadcasting Company, LLC (“McClatchey”) parent company of leading sports talk radio stations 850 The Buzz and 620 The Bull, today announced a new all-star lineup, dominated by some of the most respected names in local sports broadcasting. The new lineup will take effect on Tuesday May 29, 2007

VitalSource Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of digital book solutions, today released the most advanced digital book software in the industry with new, interactive features including the ability for users to collaborate by sharing notes and highlights.

When it comes to technology, most have a love-hate relationship. They love how it makes them more efficient and how information is literally at one’s fingertips. On the other hand, they hate that it is not always reliable. For instance, a computer can crash and suddenly – poof! – all work is lost. Or how a printer stops working just before it prints a big presentation and sneaky viruses crash networks. In business, there is almost nothing more frustrating and damaging to a company’s bottom line than unreliable technology.

D.J. Mitsch, MCC, CMC is cofounder of The Pyramid Resource Group. A pioneer in the professional coaching field, D.J. recently launched a large coaching initiative for women. With more than 15 years experience, D.J.’s conversational coach-approach has worked with both CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and top talented individuals to reach new levels of executive leadership and achieve great success. She is currently writing two books on women and leadership based on her observations.

VitalSource Technologies, Inc., developer of the most advanced e-book software, the VitalSource BookShelf, today announced that one billion e-books have been distributed using the company’s pioneering format, VitalBook. This milestone represents the largest number of commercial e-book titles distributed in a single format.

An article written by Tim Finnegan, program director for Alphanumeric’s TotalCare IT Solutions division, appears in the April issue of Business Leader magazine.

TotalCare IT Solutions, leading provider of IT solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in the Carolinas, today announced a new deal with TrustAtlantic Financial Corporation (www.trustatlantic.com), a new bank holding company headquartered in Raleigh.

Good Fortune Enterprises, llc which already has quite an impressive array of online assets such as www.We-Buy-And-Sell-Homes.com, www.We-Buy-Houses-Nationwide.com and www.NationwideHomeBuyer.com has announced the official launch of their real estate investing weblog or “blog.” The company believes that the blog will be an excellent complement to its innovative motivated seller and buyer lead subscription service for real estate investors and other real estate investing professionals.

FeatureTel, a premier hosted VoIP provider, today announced it has expanded into the Charlotte market with a fully operational point of presence. The company has partnered with Pro Systems, a computer and network services company, to offer FeatureTel’s flagship solution, FUSION, to Charlotte businesses. Unlike other Internet-based telephony services currently available in Charlotte, FUSION is an enterprise grade, private-connection-based, hosted VoIP service. It offers clients the benefits of business continuity, thanks to its bunkered, hosted model, as well as unmatched Quality of Service (QOS) due to its private connection approach.

Gentris Corporation (Gentris) today announced FDA clearance for GentriSure™, its first product line and the first FDA-cleared product for this specialty pharmacogenomics company. These six Human Genomic Reference Controls, the first products of their kind approved by a federal agency, are used to perform diagnostic testing for the Cytochrome P450 2D6 gene (CYP2D6). Gentris, a leading global provider of applied clinical pharmacogenomic services and diagnostic product solutions, can now add FDA approval and a GMP-compliant device manufacturer to its long list of accomplishments.

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Cornerstone BioPharma (“Cornerstone”) of Cary, North Carolina, and J-Med Pharmaceuticals (“J-Med”) of Boston, Massachusetts, today announced that they have settled pending patent litigation with Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., (“Sovereign”) of Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with U.S. Patent No. 6,270,796 (“the ‘796 patent”). The litigation was brought by the patent owner J-Med and licensee Cornerstone, who markets and sells the AlleRx™ Dose Pack.

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Those who are interested in daily updated, better quality real-estate and foreclosure data have a new and superior resource right at their finger-tips thanks to InTheNumbers, Inc. The new Raleigh based company announced today the official launch of their website, located at http://www.inthenumbers.com/. InTheNumbers is an online source for real estate investment, providing powerful technologies, tools and resources that will replace antiquated, outdated, inefficient processes of finding pre-foreclosed (property with a foreclosure hearing date) and foreclosed (auction properties) investment opportunities.

The Q3 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report indicates that 318, 355 properties nationwide entered some stage of foreclosure during the third quarter of 2006, which represents a 43% increase in just one year. North Carolina alone boasts nearly 5,500 foreclosed properties, which is a 56% increase from Q3 2005. The report also indicated that NC, ranked #26 nationally, had a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 649 households. The data from this Q3 report confirms that foreclosures are definitely trending upward, placing more investors and buyers in control when it comes to negotiating their home purchases.

Good IT hygiene is just as critical to the health of your small businesses as good personal hygiene is to your own health. That is the lesson that members of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) will learn from Tim Finnegan, Program Director for TotalCare IT Solutions, this December.

TotalCare IT Solutions, the Triangle’s top provider of IT support to small and medium sized businesses, announced today that East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP), an Arlington, VA-based provider of holistic, high-quality early childhood services for families with 92 centers located in 11 states, has joined a growing list of organizations that have signed contracts with the technology firm to provide its TotalCare managed services offering.

Cornerstone BioPharma™, the Triangle-based specialty pharmaceutical company currently focused on the development and commercialization of niche prescription medications in the respiratory arena, today announced the company has obtained exclusive U.S. licensing rights from leading Japanese pharmaceutical company Meiji Seika Kaisha for Spectracef (cefditoren pivoxil).

Gentris Corporation (Gentris), a leading global provider of applied clinical pharmacogenomic services and diagnostic product solutions, today announced the appointment of Andrea Gaedigk, M.S., Ph.D. to the company’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Blue Water Spa, a Day Spa in Raleigh, NC provides guidelines for choosing the ideal gift. Massage, facials microdermabrasion, hot stone massage full day of beauty and spa gift packages and treatments are available for all your gift giving needs.

Triangle Business Journal has recognized 30 businesses as the Best Places to Work in the Triangle. Winners were chosen based on an employee survey process conducted by Quantum Market Research. The overall winner, Blue Water Spa, was the highest rated company in the Triangle. The business earned the top spot among Best Places to Work-winning companies in the Triangle by scoring a near perfect 98.35 on the employee opinion survey.