AOL today announced that acquisitions in the local space: Patch Media Corporation, http://www.patch.com, a local news and information platform aimed at serving local towns and communities and Going, Inc., http://www.going.com, a local platform for people to discover and share information about things to do in a number of leading cities across the country. Both Patch and Going offer local experiences, content and self-service applications for consumers and advertisers.

The M3 Private Wealth Group Conference will be held from July 4-8, 2009 at the absolutely breathtaking Paradisus Palma Real, located in the Dominican Republic.

Ruthlyn Watts, a NYC based internet marketing entrepreneur and home-based businesswoman has announced the upcoming Wealth Masters International (WMI) M3 Private Wealth Group Conference, to be held July 4-8 at the breathtaking Paradisus Palma Real resort, in the beautiful Dominican Republic. "There is more to success than a healthy bank account, Watts said. "To be truly wealthy, a person needs to have abundance in all aspects of their lives. The wealthy are also healthy and wise-and that's what the M3 is all about."

Exhibit Surveys, Inc. will showcase its research, measurement, and consulting solutions at the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA) Annual Meeting, June 14-16, 2009. Exhibit Survey's event planning and consulting tools utilize a consistent, proven structure for setting meaningful, measurable objectives, and reporting results that lead to improved Return on Investment (ROI) and Return on Objectives (ROO).

FedEx Corp. ranked number one in customer satisfaction in the Express Delivery industry and also first among 81 companies whose customers are surveyed in the first quarter by the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

FedEx has ranked number one in the Express Delivery industry for 12 consecutive years and for 13 of the last 15 years.

Vancouver Business Success Coach Sue Clement is helping business owners all over the continent to take time off during the summer -- without risking their business success. Having started a company from scratch herself and turned it into a multi-million dollar business, Sue knows how to build a business. Ever since selling her business, she has been helping small business owners, entrepreneurs, and independent professionals to increase their revenues -- while still taking some time out to play.

Inquisite (www.inquisite.com), an established provider of Web-based software for easily collecting, understanding and managing feedback from customers and employees, today announced its customer survey and employee survey software will be on display at three industry events the last day of May and continuing into the first week of June.

For more than 10 years, those whose job includes gathering and understanding the opinions and insights of their company's external and internal key constituents have selected Inquisite survey software for its unmatched survey design capabilities, automation, security, ease-of-use and powerful reporting.

The mobile payment industry will experience steady growth, as the number of mobile payment users worldwide will total 73.4 million in 2009, up 70.4 percent from 2008 when there were 43.1 million users, according to Gartner, Inc.

10ZiG Technology (formerly BOSaNOVA, Inc.), the emerging market leader in development of thin clients, security solutions and network appliances, today announced that it has been ranked one of the top-rated IT vendors for customer satisfaction in the 2009 VendorRate report recently issued. 10ZiG (www.10zig.com) was voted by customers as the No. 1 thin client vendor and the highest rated vendor by enterprise organizations.

The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) today announced it is hosting a series of CXO Roundtable peer group discussions at its flagship investment conference, Capital ConnectionTM '09, May 26-27, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, D.C. The roundtables, open exclusively to Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers and Chief Marketing Officers, will enable executives at early, expansion and later stage growth companies to share their experiences and address issues of importance to their roles in building their companies. 

Alliance Maintenance, a commercial cleaning company, today announced the launch of a regional campaign to recruit over 40 area developers in a 9-state region by the end of 2010.

Through an aggressive multi-vehicle recruiting campaign, Alliance is seeking sales professionals who are interested in starting their own business using the Alliance business system and brand. Using radio advertising, e-marketing, and outdoor advertising, the company is looking to recruit seasoned sales professionals to join their team of over 20 area developers.