Archive for October, 2009

ANNAPOLIS –High Street Partners has formalized a strategic relationship with ICS Consultores (ICS) under which it will offer clients enhanced support in the Latin American market.  HSP offers cross-border accounting, finance, tax, compliance and HR-related services.

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CROWNSVILLE – Adventist Behavioral Health is the new name for the mental health provider formerly known as Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health.  The outfit delivers residential treatment and special/general education as part of Rockville-based Adventist HealthCare, which bills itself as an integrated health-care delivery system and one of the largest employers in the state.

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ANNAPOLIS – Developer Greenberg Gibbons says its latest tenant at the two million square-foot development is BIN 201.  The 4,000 square-foot store will open in late November and specialize in bargain wines, collectible wines and low-yield vintners.  will offer more than 800 wine labels, beer and spirits.

See ATC site.

ANNAPOLIS – Distance learning company NACON Consulting, LLC has named Kent Leonard as COO to support the firm’s continued growth.  Leonard was previously the program manager of global operations at enterprise technology and distance learning firm Blackboard.

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ANNAPOLIS – WNAV (1430 AM) celebrates 60 years of service this month, says parent Sajak Broadcasting.  The community-oriented station continues to provide programming including local newscasts, traffic reports, talk shows and play- by-play sports along with the greatest-hits music.  Sometimes, you just don’t want to press a thousand iPod buttons to hear something good.

See station’s 60-year page.

Because of the amazing capability of the Internet, a lot of time, money and energy is spent on goods and services outside our region, partly because we don’t know what businesses are around the corner.

With our Web site, Wednesday email and LinkedIn group, Arundel Business News provides news about local companies,  information about periodic networking gatherings, the ability to post discussions and enhance the local business community.

Let’s use the Internet for the benefit of local companies, a stronger tax base for local governments and more opportunities for meaningful interaction among ourselves.

CEOs are in a tough spot.  They get hammered by shareholders and lenders for earnings, by customers wanting more service and by staff who want raises and other perks.  Everyone wants a piece of them, so any advice they get is biased.  Enter CEO Mastermind, a group where business owners from different industries get together for frank discussion about overcoming challenges.  Observe an actual session with five local CEOs on Oct. 21st from 4:30 – 6 pm in Annapolis.   Contact facilitator Bob Shannon of First and Main Business Advisors.

ANNAPOLIS – ARINC introduced an airport check-in system that processes passenger-handling data over a high-speed network, which lowers the need for on-site equipment, reduces operational costs and ultimately speeds passenger handling.  vMUSE Enterprise can be installed on desktop workstations, laptop computers, or thin-client terminal hardware, so it has other applications such as cruise lines and parking terminals.  And just in time because…

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BWI AIRPORT – The March-May schedule for the xx airline will have 18 new flights from BWI to 16 cities. For you math types, the airline is accomplishing this not by growth but by taking advantage of the seasonal decrease in flying time going from winter into spring, which means they will decrease flight times by five minutes across 3,200 daily flights.

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GLEN BURNIE – Core-apps, LLC will provide the smart phone application Follow Me for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, January 7-10 in Las Vegas.  With Follow Me, attendees with iPhone/iPod Touch or Blackberrys can access scheduling, events, alerts, social media, exhibitor listings with search capabilities, exhibitor handouts and an interactive floor map.  Local merchants can promote themselves through banner ads, video and coupons.  So cool you almost don’t even need to attend.