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Midland Invoice factoring, a new KBN member

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:23:09 +0000

Kentucky Business Network is proud to announce a new member of the KBN alliance, Midland American Capital–an invoice factoring company. Midland American joined KBN in 2011, and the company is also a member of the Better Business Bureau and NYC Business Network.

We believe Midland American Capital is a great factoring solution for businesses is because they are focused on being a longterm partner with their clients and have knowledgeable development officers who can help businesses understand factoring clearly. Midland provides invoice factoring services for a broad range of industries from Distributors to Technology Providers.

Screen view of Midland American's website homepage

10 million iPhone users in China

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:45 +0000

China Mobile announced 10 million iPhone users on its network. Ironically, China Mobile is the largest iPhone carrier in the world, yet the company is not an official carrier partner for Apple’s smartphone.

Most of the users only can access 2G speeds. Certainly, China Mobile has been a target for Apple for quite some time. It is known that talks have been ongoing in specifically related to bringing China Mobile into the iPhone fold–and giving Apple more than 600 million customers. It would be a huge opportunity for Apple, in Apple’s most important market.

Announcing a new network partner

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:20:13 +0000

The Kentucky Business Network would like to announce a new affiliated, network partner: The NYC Business Network. The NYC business network just recently launched, and as part of their launch Kentucky Business Network is announcing this partnership.

The NYC Business Network shares a mission and purpose with the Kentucky Business Network. Their goal of “Promoting NYC companies and connecting businesses with customers and buyers” shares a clear relationship with our mission and goals.

The NYCBusinessNetwork.org website has three major components:

Membership Directory
Press Release Distribution
Business Events and Calendar

Although our two websites do not share the same regional demographic or constituency, we feel confident that the two website directories will find numerous opportunities for cross promotion of our membership base and featured businesses. In total, the two websites will be mutually strengthened through our relationships and opportunities for growth.

We invite you to visit their website: http://www.nycbusinessnetwork.org/

Ironpaper launches a new Center For Global Partnership website

admin — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:20:22 +0000

Ironpaper, a New York City based web strategy & design company, recently launched a new website for the Center For Global Partnership, Japan Foundation. The Center For Global Partnership (CGP), headquartered in NYC, was established in 1991 to promote collaboration between the people of Japan, the United States, and beyond in order to address issues of global concern. The CGP provides grants to individuals and institutions in the US in fields as diverse as policy, security, education, science and more. CGP supports universities, research institutions, and non-profit organizations interested in conducting collaborative projects with appropriate Japanese counterparts on policy-oriented projects on global issues of common concern.

The new cgp.org website includes a new capability of sorting and searching the current grants database for the foundation. Additionally, individuals and institutions interested in applying for a grant with the CGP can also browse the archives of past grants with CGP in order to better understand who and which institutions received funding in the past.

Price war with tablets to threaten iPads

admin — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:16:14 +0000

Makers of Android-powered tablets have begun to price their products more aggressively against the iPad. The prices will be set to compete with the iPad’s US$499 entry-level price. Since it’s inception the Apple iPad has been priced extremely aggressively, and other device makers have struggled to fall in line with the prices of Apple’s products when they offer similar features or quality hardware components.

The starting price points for tablets with 10.1 inch screens from ViewSonic, Asustek and Acer range from $279 to $449. Each of these tablets run a different version of the Google OS. Typically they run dual-core ARM processors. One selling point for the Android devices are that they are Flash-capable.

Gadgets from defunct Google Wave will live on in Shared Spaces

admin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:18:38 +0000

Google will be ending it’s Wave product just one year after it’s launch. Google Wave is a real-time collaboration tool, which is a kind of hybrid between instant messaging and email.

Fortunately, some of the very interesting gadgets from the program will continue to exist in the Shared Spaces (Google Labs) project. Many of these gadgets are collaborative tools such as whiteboards and online polls. The Shared Spaces project allows users to create an online “space” using one of the gadgets and send a friend a unique URL for collaboration. The “space” is temporary, but it can be quite useful for quick team work projects or brain storming sessions with remote teams. The Shared Spaces project is free to use and quick to set-up using a Google account.

Introducing Premium Business Profiles

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:15:57 +0000

The Kentucky Business Network is happy to announce a new product to market businesses in Kentucky. Our Premium Business Profiles are a new solution by KBN for helping businesses gain more visibility online and building status within search engines such as Bing, Google and Yahoo.

View more info on: Premium Business Profiles

Tiffany & Company Sets Up Manufacturing Plant In Lexington

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:13:59 +0000

Tiffany & Co. had a ground breaking for it’s new 25,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in the Bluegrass Business Park in Lexington Kentucky. This plant will be Tiffany’s first outside of the Northeast. The new manufacturing plant employ about 125 people.

Tiffany & Co. creates luxury items such as jewelry and gifts, watches, china, fragrances and accessories. Kentucky will be proud to have such a company–one that is a leader in it’s industry.

The plant is expected to be operational this Spring 2011. The New York based company has already hired 60 people who will eventually be employed at the plant.

Richmond Mall For Sale

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:43:58 +0000

After defaulting on a loan following the loss of it’s anchor stores, the Richmond Mall will be put up for sale on November 24 at the Madison County Courthouse. The mall is located on the Eastern Bypass, and is currently open for business. The mall has several long term leases in place, which will be honored.

Martinrea Hopkinsville $13.7 million investment for expansion

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:01:31 +0000

Gov. Steve Beshear plus municipal leaders join forces with Martinrea Hopkinsville in Christian County to invest nearly $13.7 million in its Hopkinsville plant.

The investment will help the plant expand it’s client base, increase efficiencies and maintain its current 438 employees.

“Significant investments in Kentucky facilities, like the one Martinrea Hopkinsville is making, are extremely important to the long-term growth of Kentucky’s existing industries,” said Gov. Beshear.

Martinrea Hopkinsville manufactures and assembles automotive parts and equipment. The $13.7 million reinvestment project will involve updates and revisions to several assembly lines, expansion of three major robotic assembly lines and an additional 25,000 square-feet to accommodate a new bay assembly area.