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Fashion

StartingAClothingLine.com Launches Fashion Awareness with Digital Fashion Pro Contest – Portion of Sales to Benefit Dress for Success

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: StartingAClothingLine, a leading source of how-to industry information for aspiring fashion designers, is seeking the world’s future stars during its own Fashion Awareness Week (May 9 – May 15). The creators of Digital Fashion Pro (DFP) software announce its own contest designed to empower individuals aiming to start and design their own clothing line.

Business, Telecommunications and VoIP

To Quicken Pace of New Service Rollout, Telecoms Turning to Open Source Software, Says Insight Research Corp.

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Open source software – software that is available in compiled and source code formats and is downloadable free of charge over the Internet – is quietly being adopted by telecommunications carriers for use in their internal operational systems as well as in their customer-facing service delivery platforms, says a new market analysis study from Insight Research Corp.

Banking and Finance

IDS President Advises Lenders to Tackle HELOC-specific Doc Challenges as Second Mortgage Market Re-emerges

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Curt Doman, president of International Document Services, Inc., a mortgage document preparation vendor, says that while the resurgence of home equity loans and lines of credit is ultimately a good thing for both borrowers and the mortgage industry, there are specific document-related challenges lenders should address before re-entering the HELOC market.

Insurance, Management Changes

EPIC Adds Daniel J. Pierro, Jr. as Principal in Los Angeles

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Daniel J. Pierro, Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant. His addition comes through the acquisition of his company P&C Financial and Insurance Services, Inc. where he was owner and president.

Reports and Studies

One Year After Macondo Well (Deepwater Horizon) Disaster, Study Finds That Employees Stop Fewer Than 2 of 5 Observed Unsafe Operations

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A great number of accidents and injuries could have been prevented if someone had simply ‘spoken up.’ The prevalence and magnitude of this problem often gives rise to public frustration and, at times, indignation. To better understand why employees so frequently choose not to say anything in the face of potential disaster, The RAD Group conducted a large scale study of ‘Safety Interventions.’

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