Daily news for Friday, 2 January 2009

We have 5 new companies:

• CAPITAL MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (CHICAGO, IL), PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
• CHEETAH CONSULTING, INC. (MALIBU, CA), BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC
• FIRST FREEDOM BANCSHARES, INC. (LEBANON, TN)
• OPTIBASE LTD (HERZLIYA ISRAEL, L3), COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
• VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. (HARTFORD, CT), INVESTMENT ADVICE

We have 24 new people:

• CAHILL WILLIAM P, PRES & COO OF TS SECURITIES at TRADESTATION GROUP INC
• COFFEY DIANE M, a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
• COLES RICHARD, a Director at GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQUISITION CORP.
• CRUZ MARIO A., SVP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICE at REWARDS NETWORK INC
• FEIT PETER BENEDICT, a Director at CAPITAL MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• FRANKEL MICHAEL, a Director at GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQUISITION CORP.
• GASPARD MATTHEW SCOTT, SR. VP, STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT at FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST, INC.
• HALL DEANE W., a Director at TRIAD GUARANTY INC
• KING CARRIE E, a person at BLACKROCK ENHANCED CAPITAL & INCOME FUND, INC
• KING LAURA, SENIOR VP, ASSISTANT GC at REALTY INCOME CORP
• NIU RUXIANG, a Director at NIVS INTELLIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
• ROWE NICK ORLANDO, SVP, EASTERN DIVISION at AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
• SCHANSINGER KURT, a person at BLACKROCK ENHANCED CAPITAL & INCOME FUND, INC
• SCHUERMANN MARTIN, PRESIDENT at CHEETAH CONSULTING, INC.
• SCHULHOF R. MARK, a Director at GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQUISITION CORP.
• SMERAGLINOLO ANTHONY, a person at DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC.
• STERKENBURG ALBERT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT at DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC /DE/
• STERNBERG CHRISTOPHER J, SVP, CORP COMM & INTERIM GC at PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
• STORRO RICHARD L, VICE PRESIDENT at AVISTA CORP
• SWAN EDWARD M JR, a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
• TURNER DONALD MADISON, a Director at FIRST FREEDOM BANCSHARES, INC.
• UPLAND THEODORE R III, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER at DESIGN WITHIN REACH INC
• ZAHREN BERNARD J, a Director at U S ENERGY SYSTEMS INC
• ZHANG MINGHUI, a Director at NIVS INTELLIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

We have 18 new positions:

• BAIO JAMES R, becomes a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
• BRUBAKER PAUL W, becomes EXECUTIVE V.P.- CORP SECY at ENB FINANCIAL CORP
• CABRERA SUSAN F, becomes a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
• COHEN PETER A, becomes a major shareholder at WOOZYFLY INC.
• FROHLICH PHIL, becomes a major shareholder at OPTIBASE LTD
• FROHLICH PHIL, becomes a major shareholder at 4 KIDS ENTERTAINMENT INC
• HOLT TIMOTHY A, becomes a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
• KURLAND FRED, becomes VP FINANCE at XOMA LTD /DE/
• NOKES JIM W, becomes a Director at ALBEMARLE CORP
• PARTAIN NATHAN I, becomes PRESIDENT AND CEO at DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC
• RAABE ARNE, becomes a Director at SENTRY PETROLEUM LTD.
• SHARKEY JONATHAN, becomes a person at PIONEER FLOATING RATE TRUST
• SOLOMON JEFFREY M, becomes a major shareholder at WOOZYFLY INC.
• STARK MORGAN B, becomes a major shareholder at WOOZYFLY INC.
• STRAUSS THOMAS W, becomes a major shareholder at WOOZYFLY INC.
• STRUTHERS RICHARD K, becomes PRES BAC GLBL CARD SVCS at BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
• THAIN JOHN A, becomes PRES GLBL BKG SEC & WLTH MGMT at BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
• TREANOR MARK C, becomes a Director at VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.