National News Desk

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM) treated 200 employees to a different type of lunch hour with a Health and Lifestyle Expo on Wednesday, May 23 at the company's corporate headquarters.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that it added Tawab Abawi to its capital markets trading team.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Out of its commitment to having women leaders be visible, WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology, nominated two members of their Advisory Board - Kip Hollister and Barbara Lynch for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Professional Community Management of California, Inc. (PCM) sponsored the Fifth Annual Savannah's Organic Ranch Golf Tournament at the Aliso Viejo Country Club. The event supports efforts to fight pediatric cancer and promote a healthier future.

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It's truly rib ticklin' news. A Jacksonville caterer - Twyford BBQ and Catering - is pleased to announce that it placed seventh in the rib category out of 121 teams that competed at the Memphis in May World Barbecue Championship.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Progressive Finance, a merchandise lease to own financer, is announcing the launch of a new online customer account management system. 'This has been something we know our customers have been looking forward to, and we're extremely excited about everything this new system will be providing,' said Progressive Vice President Nate Roe.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Inspired by the millions of dissatisfied Americans taking to the streets, Votes for Charity, Inc. is a democratic outlet for the disenfranchised voters in this country. Instead of voting for the status quo, the 'Volunteer Voters' will be able to use their vote to redirect millions of dollars from political propaganda, to the best charities in America.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has added two new professionals to its client solutions team. Bill Douglas has joined CMI in an account management role, and Valerie Deaton is the newest addition to CMI's qualitative research team as a qualitative manager.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a San Diego non-profit organization, has been chosen as the beneficiary for the 2nd Annual PayLease Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 9 at Riverwalk Golf Club in Mission Valley. All proceeds will help Fresh Start achieve its mission of transforming the lives of children with deformities through reconstructive surgery.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security, the global leader in digital steganography detection and hidden information extraction tools, is pleased to announced a strategic partnership with Intelligent Technologies Labs (ITL), boasting the region's first Certified Steganography Examiners on staff, and delivering business-centric security solutions, to distribute Backbone's products throughout the Middle East.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LendingQB, a provider of seamless mortgage lending technology, announced that Omega Financial Services, Inc., a retail and wholesale mortgage banker, has implemented its comprehensive Web-based loan origination system (LOS) to automate each of its business channels.

KIRKLAND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) announces an agreement with EraNova Institute to distribute a special report on the future of long-term care insurance (LTCI) as an employee benefit. The report will be made available by LTCFP to selected employee benefit brokers, human resource managers, and heads of business and non-profit organizations. Titled 'The LTC Benefit Battle,' the EraNova document is based on interviews with leaders in the insurance, healthcare, and employee benefit fields.

CHARDON, Ohio (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- e2b teknologies today announced that its e2b enterprise division has achieved Gold Partner status with Epicor for 2012. This title is awarded to companies who have met the highest annual revenue goals and certification requirements set forth by Epicor for their channel partners. e2b teknologies was recognized as one of only three Epicor Gold Partners worldwide at the Epicor Momentum partner conference held earlier this month in Las Vegas.

AUSTIN, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- 360 Mortgage Group, a privately owned wholesale mortgage bank, has hired Utah-based mortgage specialist Melanie Rocha as an account executive in its Western region. Rocha, a former 360 Mortgage Group employee, brings more than 10 years of mortgage industry experience.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board announced on the heels of the Y4 event on Friday, April 27 that unemployed youth may apply for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth program. The program gives eligible youth access to educational and career opportunities and job skills programs through adult and peer mentoring and counseling.

RICHARDSON, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Business management software specialist MicroAccounting Solutions has been named to the 2012 BSI Top 100 VARs. The annual listing of the top accounting software Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the United States and Canada is published by Bob Scott, executive editor of The Progressive Accountant and Bob Scott's Insights.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Quik Pod(R), by Fromm Works Inc., allows Dad to be included in every photo and video without asking strangers for help. Just in time for Father's Day get the man in your life the world's first handheld extendable monopod for smartphones.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Yodot Software, after launching File Recovery and Photo Recovery tools, brings to you Yodot Hard Drive Recovery Software that can recover data from partitions and drives with all the original file names and directory structure. With the launch of this data recovery utility the Yodot recovery line of products now has a complete advanced suite of data recovery tools for any Windows OS user.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology hosted a Career Mentoring event for 80 Girl Scouts that ranged from grades 4 to 12. WEST taps into its community of women scientist, engineers and technologist as career mentors to hold events for young girls as well as early and mid career women.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a national wholesale mortgage lender operating in 47 states, announced that it launched a new product, dubbed ELITE, that offers the best conventional rates and pricing in the industry. Recognized industry-wide for first-class customer service, UWM is pleased to provide their signature service combined with the most aggressive rates and pricing in the industry for elite borrowers.