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SOURCE: Hip Hop Hall of Fame Media The HHHOF Co-Branded Media Properties to Set First Ever “Hip Hop Upfront Sponsorship Event” During the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards TV Show Week NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – October 1, 2010) – The Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum & Entertainment Complex is set to tap Premiere Partnerships as its corporate sales strategy developer. After many months of talks and strategizing the HHHOF Global Media Properties and their partners have decided to aggressively move forward with the “Revenue Maximizer” Valuation package of Premiere Partnerships for all of our co-branded multi-media properties and the HHHOF Museum floors, exhibits, and naming rights in Manhattan. The “Revenue Maximizer” will provide all of our New York City Officials, Corporate Partners, Investment Bankers, as well as our Music & Entertainment Industry Clients a clear picture of the HHHOF Museum’s true value and economic impact, and the advertiser co-branding potential to the New York greater cultural community

SOURCE: The Hertz Corporation PARK RIDGE, NJ–(Marketwire – September 30, 2010) –  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE : HTZ ) (“Hertz”) commented on Dollar Thrifty’s report of a “No” vote today by its stockholders on the merger agreement between the two companies. Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Subject to final confirmation of the results of the stockholder meeting, we will focus on implementing our strategy to rapidly accelerate the expansion of Advantage Rent-a-Car and the U.S.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 30 sept. 2010) –   QUOI Foire d’automne annuelle du Parc Downsview Cet évènement familial GRATUIT propose une multitude de divertissements pour tous les âges. Il offre à la communauté l’occasion de se réunir pour accueillir et célébrer l’arrivée de l’automne dans leur parc – un parc pour toutes les saisons

SOURCE: Opportunity International “Banking on Africa” Campaign Grows to Close the Gap for Five Million Rural Africans to Access Savings-Based Microfinance Services in the Communities Where They Live and Work OAK BROOK, IL–(Marketwire – September 30, 2010) – Today, less than 10 percent of households in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda, have a bank or savings account. To address this need, Opportunity International is expanding its savings-based microfinance services aimed at providing smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in rural Africa with much-needed access to financial services, as well as transformational training to improve the financial literacy of Africa’s rural populations. Opportunity International’s “Banking on Africa” campaign, an initiative aiming to reach five million new clients in Africa by 2015, is successfully enabling vibrant commerce and community banking throughout rural Africa. As one example, the Opportunity International Bank of Malawi began operations in May 2003, offering savings, loans and insurance products.

SOURCE: Scrum Alliance, Inc PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire – September 29, 2010) – Líderes gubernamentales, educativos y de muchas otras industrias se reunieron el fin de semana en el evento Scrum Beyond Software (Scrum va más allá del software) en Phoenix para tratar sobre sus cuestiones más complejas de gestión de proyectos y descubrir cómo Scrum puede ayudar a resolverlas. Lo que descubrieron en esta reunión patrocinada por Scrum Alliance fue que toda organización puede mejorar la manera en que trabaja y responder con mayor facilidad al cambio con Scrum. “Escuche a uno de los participantes decir, ‘Cuando la gente habla acerca de la sabiduría colectiva, esta es la gente a la que se refieren’.

TORONTO, ONTARIO– (Marketwire – Sept. 29, 2010) –   WHAT Downsview Park’s Annual Fall Fair This FREE family event offers a mix of entertainment for all ages, and an opportunity for the community to come together to welcome and celebrate the coming of fall at their park — a Park for all seasons.

SOURCE: Sigma Corporation of America Christine Blaylock of Illinois Wins $2,500 Cash for Her Winning Photo of 2-Year-Old Daughter RONKONKOMA, NY–(Marketwire – September 29, 2010) – Christine Blaylock’s photograph of her two-year-old daughter wearing a tiara, intended for an invitation for her second birthday party, is the winner of the grand prize in Sigma Corporation of America’s ‘ Momtographers’ Photo Contest .’ Blaylock, of Bolingbrook, IL, a suburb of Chicago, wins $2,500 in cash for her photo, submitted in the contest’s “Dressed for Success” category, which was chosen by Sigma’s executives as the best of the nearly 270 photos submitted in the contest. A stay-at-home mom with two children, ages 2 and 3, Blaylock said she is passionate about taking pictures of her children. “I’d say I’m truly the definition of a ‘Momtographer,'” Blaylock said.

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SOURCE: Scrum Alliance, Inc PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire – September 29, 2010) – Líderes do governo, da educação e de várias outras indústrias se reuniram no último fim-de-semana no evento Scrum Beyond Software realizado em Phoenix para conversarem sobre os seus problemas mais sérios em gerenciamento de projetos e descobrirem como a Scrum pode ajudar a solucioná-los. O que descobriram nesta reunião organizada pela Scrum Alliance foi que cada organização pode melhorar a maneira como opera e gerenciar as mudanças com maior facilidade com a ajuda da Scrum.

SOURCE: Scrum Alliance, Inc PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire – September 29, 2010) –  Leaders from government, education, and many other industries gathered last weekend at the Scrum Beyond Software event in Phoenix to talk through their toughest project management issues and discover how Scrum could help solve them.