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Avis aux médias: Divertissement GRATUIT pour toute la famille durant cette fin de semaine à l’occasion de la Foire d’automne annuelle du parc…

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

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Opportunity International Creates Community Banking in Rural Africa

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.

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Scrum va más allá del software

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’.

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Media Advisory: FREE Family Fun to Be Had at Downsview Park’s Annual Fall Fair This Weekend!

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.

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Sigma Corporation of America Announces Grand Prize Winner of Its Momtographers’ Photo Contest

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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Scrum Vai Além de Software

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.

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Hertz Affirms Deal Certainty as Avis Concedes Antitrust Hurdle

SOURCE: The Hertz Corporation Hertz Affirms Intent to Close Dollar Thrifty Acquisition by Year End With “Yes” Vote by DTG Stockholders on September 30 PARK RIDGE, NJ–(Marketwire – September 28, 2010) –  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE : HTZ ) (“Hertz”) today responded to a press release, dated September 27, 2010, issued by Avis Budget regarding the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty. Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Instead of making a legitimate offer to purchase Dollar Thrifty, Avis has issued yet another press release with nothing new other than an admission, at last, that ‘antitrust approval is a hurdle for an Avis Budget-Dollar Thrifty deal’ that they apparently need the rest of the year to understand. Due to this uncertainty, which may never be resolved to Avis’s liking, they want a lengthy delay of the Dollar Thrifty stockholder vote scheduled for September 30, 2010.

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