With as many as 50,000 jobs to fill worldwide by the end of the year, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) will be the first in the industry to tap into the exploding popularity of social media gaming to help generate interest in hospitality careers. At My Marriott Hotel™ on Facebook (www.facebook.com/marriottjobsandcareers), gamers will first manage a “virtual” hotel restaurant kitchen before moving on to other areas of hotel operations. The game will be available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin.
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Today LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LF), education innovation leader and creator of award-winning learning products, announces its Tag. Give. Read. program to help more U.S. children learn and love to read. LeapFrog laid the program groundwork with a 2009 donation of $1.5 million in Tag Reading Systems and books to the classrooms of more than 10,000 U.S. Kindergarten students. By the end of the school year, 99% of teachers said they would recommend Tag Readers to other teachers and to parents, because their students’ attitudes about reading and reading skills both had improved.
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Based on its recent analysis of the medical imaging market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Siemens Healthcare with the 2011 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. Siemens Healthcare’s innovative Biograph mMR is the first scanner capable of simultaneously acquiring whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data.
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Leviton Manufacturing has introduced its slim Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI), setting a new standard for size and ease of installation, all while maintaining the same safety features and performance quality available in previous versions of Leviton’s SmartlockPro® GFCI models.
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The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will open its doors to more than 4,500 automotive journalists in a few short weeks with an anticipated 30-40 worldwide debuts from automotive manufacturers around the globe.
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Lucir espléndida para una noche en la ciudad requiere más que un vestuario glamoroso, accesorios con brillo y un maquillaje perfecto. La súper estrella latina Shaila Dúrcal sabe que usar una fragancia que complemente su estilo le permite sentirse fresca y segura — por eso usará una de las sofisticadas fragancias de la Colección Degree Women Fine Fragrance, una línea de antiperspirantes/desodorantes y body mists, en la 11a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY®, que se llevará a cabo el 11 de noviembre en Las Vegas, y será transmitida en vivo por la cadena Univisión entre las 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. EST/PST (7 p.m. CDT).
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E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that E*TRADE Securities LLC has unveiled a new 30-second “Talking Baby” advertisement which will run during the NBC® television network broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.
The Super Bowl spot, entitled “Fatherhood,” features the E*TRADE Baby reassuring a nervous new dad about planning for his newborn daughter’s future with help from Financial Consultants at E*TRADE.
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For the second straight year, State Farm and Major League Baseball (MLB) are giving fans from coast to coast the chance to deliver a big hit for their favorite charitable organization. Through the Go To Bat program, an online, charitable initiative driven by State Farm’s commitment to helping communities get to a better state, fans can support the causes that mean the most to them and take their shot at winning one of the $18,000 weekly donations for their favorite charity and a trip for two to the 2011 World Series.
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The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of premium scented candles, today announced its most popular fragrances within its new contemporary candle line, Pure Radiance. After just a few weeks of availability, the three best-selling Pure Radiance scents are:
After Dark™ — Enjoy an enchanted evening with this nocturnal mix of night air, garden herbs, rich woods and musk.
Beachfront™ — Escape to a place where the air is filled with the sounds of the waves and the scents of summer blossoms. Includes notes of watery, ozone, pineapple, lotus, and coconut.
Denim™ — Comfortable and casual … this carefree mix of citrus, white flowers, cedarwood and musk is as relaxed as a Sunday afternoon.
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Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it has achieved a significant milestone in transceiver technology by becoming the first company to successfully demonstrate 25-Gbps transceiver performance in programmable logic. Altera achieved this milestone in its 28-nm transceiver test chip, a prototyping platform that Altera is using to succeassfully deploy 28-Gbps transceivers on 28-nm FPGAs. Reaching the 25-Gbps milestone more than doubles the transceiver performance in currently available FPGA solutions, and rivals or exceeds the abilities of competitive ASSP offerings. A demonstration video of the 28-nm transceiver test chip is available for viewing on Altera's website.
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The hopes of thousands of families are carried every day and seen by millions through a partnership that celebrates its 25th anniversary today.
Valassis, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Postal Service have been working to reunite missing children with their families through the “Have You Seen Me?®” program and the power of the U.S. mail since 1985.
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The new Jamba “At Home” Greek Yogurt Superfruit Smoothies (www.athomesmoothies.com) are fat-free and naturally low in sugar and calories. The non-fat Greek yogurt provided in each package results in a creamy smoothie that offers 50 percent more protein than the Strawberries Wild variety of Jamba “At Home” smoothies.
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