Ashraf Ebid joins Efix Dom Maklerski as CEO

EFIX Dom Maklerski announced that Ashraf Ebid has agreed to join EFIX Dom Maklerski as CEO and has been named Director of EFIX Dom Maklerski. Mr. Ebid will report to the Board of Directors.

Poznan, Poland, March 13, 2014 -- EFIX Dom Maklerski announced that Ashraf Ebid has agreed to join EFIX Dom Maklerski as CEO and has been named Director of EFIX Dom Maklerski. Mr. Ebid will report to the Board of Directors.

“Ashraf is an outstanding executive and a proven winner. Ashraf did a brilliant job at GFT and was one of the architects and instrumental behind the success and building of GFT from a smaller new company to an online trading world leader in FX and CFD trading.” said, EFIX Dom Maklerski’s President, Tomasz Korecki. “There is no executive in the Retail Online Trading world of FX and CFD’s with more relevant experience than Ashraf, especially in the area of international business development. We at EFIX are looking forward to working with Ashraf. EFIX Dom Maklerski’s future is in developing cutting edge online trading software technology, Superior Asset Management Services and high quality advisory services as part of a superior mix of available white label online trading solutions for financial institutions and direct to consumers worldwide. Ashraf was a pioneer in the area of white label solutions for global financial partners and have helped many companies around the globe expand their market reach and improve their online trading clients’ retention while dramatically improving partners’ revenue and net profitability”, said Mr. Korecki.

I believe that EFIX’s strategy of combining award winning best in class asset management products, cutting edge trading software solutions, much needed trading advisory services, family office services and best in class customer service experience will help EFIX compete and win in our space. EFIX is great at acquiring and retaining customers who are demanding the very best in asset management services, trading technology solutions and advisory services” said, Ashraf Ebid. “We will be announcing some very exciting and game changing new products and services over the next few months that will truly impress and please our retail and institutional white label clients and dramatically increase our total value offering. I am excited to be part of Efix’s fast growing organization and who was recognized, in 2013, as the number one Asset Management company in Poland in Bond Trading and number two in stock trading.”

Prior to joining EFIX, Ebid served as Global President and CEO of GKFX, London, UK and President of FXdirekt Bank, Oberhausen, Germany. Ebid also served in New York and London as an officer of Global Futures & Forex, Ltd. (GFT), and a member of its executive committee. Ebid established GFT’s U.S. Sales offices as well as its overseas sales offices and business operations in Japan, UK, Australia, Singapore and Dubai. He also served as Director of GFT Global Markets UK, and as Director of GFT Global Markets Asia. He is an expert in sales and management and is seasoned in the international business environment. He is fluent in English, German, French and Arabic.

Previously, Ebid served as vice president of sales while working for the Fortune 500 Company, First Data Corporation, where he last served as First Data’s head of sales in their joint venture with PNC bank. He also served as an investment officer at the Chase Bank Corporation. Ebid holds a Series 3 and Series 30 commodity futures license and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Suez Canal University.

About EFIX Dom Maklerski (www.efixdm.com and www.efixdm.pl) , EFIX started in business 11 years as a pioneer in online FX trading. It later acquired its full license as a Brokerage House under the Polish Financial Supervision Authority “KNF”. EFIX is listed and publicly traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, New Connect, under the Symbol “EFX”.

For Media Inquiries and contact, please email us at media.relations@efixdm.com
Or phone: +48-61-877-55-60


Contact:
Agnieszka Ebid
Efix Dom Maklerski
ul. Pilsudski 104
61-246 Poznan, Poland
Media.relations@efixdm.com
Phone: +48-61-877-55-60
http://www.efixdm.com

Word Branch Publishing Releases The Sad Artist and Other Fairytales

Kenyan writer, Ndiritu Wahome offers parables for a modern world.

Marble, NC, March 12, 2014 -- In Ndiritu Wahome’s first published book, he charms, tantalizes and engages his readers with a collection of fairytales for all ages. From a story-telling weaver bird to a chief’s son who finds the real value of life, Wahome leads his readers on a captivating journey that deifies time and reality yet remains relevant.

Wahome says his “objective was to create fantasy stories, which were infused with realism in the hope of letting young children know that even though life is full of hardships, they can overcome and achieve anything they so deemed.” But peel back another layer, and The Sad Artist and Other Fairytales has a strong message that reveals “bad leadership, appalling politics, sloth and corruption” that Wahome says is too often found in contemporary African governments.

“The Sad Artist is magical realism at its best. Wahome’s fairytales are in the tradition of Salmon Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Ben Okri,” says publisher Catherine Rayburn-Trobaugh. “Ndiritu captures the innocence of the world through a child’s eyes to make strong statements about the modern condition.”

Although the fairytales are set in a mystical version Wahome’s native Kenya, they transcend Africa for a global perspective on the realities of life in the 21st century at the crossroads of old and new. Although Wahome’s fairytales can sometimes be cautionary, he never loses hope for both humanity and its future. His world is one that “The wicked, who seem to live the good life, in the end, suffer in their demise. The good, even though exposed to a life of poverty, wretchedness, and solitude, end up living happily ever after.”

The Sad Artist and Other Fairytales is available through Word Branch Publishing, Amazon and other major online retailers as well as bookstores everywhere. For more information for wholesale or retail orders, go to http://www.wordbranch.com/the-sad-artist-and-other-fairytales.html.

Word Branch is an independent publishing company located in the heart of Appalachia. WBP represent s talented new and emerging authors who need a venue to make their voices heard. Word Branch offers unique titles in both paperback and e-books in a variety of genres including science fiction, fantasy, young adult, and spiritual.


Contact:
Catherine Rayburn-Trobaugh
Word Branch Publishing
PO Box 474
Marble, NC 28905
828 333 7060
catherine@wordbranch.com
http://www.wordbranch.com

A New Addition to the Bill Reyner Series

Wentworth M. Johnson is back with ‘Edinburgh Cuckoos,’ a thrilling page-turner and the third novel in his Bill Reyner Mystery Adventures series.

Boston, MA, March 11, 2014 -- William Reyner is a private eye who’s seen his share of trouble, and paid dearly for it. He’s uncovered the truth behind mysterious murders, saved an associate from being framed, and accomplished a series of dangerous, narrow escapes. However, he’s never faced challenges quite like those in Edinburgh Cuckoos, Wentworth M. Johnson’s new addition to his Bill Reyner Mystery Adventures series.

Bill Reyner might be described as a bit of Sherlock Holmes, a dash of Indiana Jones, and a loving grandson, all rolled into one. However, he’s determined to stop taking cases; his detective work has caused him and others he cares about far too much pain. When a former flame summons him to England, he imagines a harmless vacation is in order; however, he’s in store for a great deal of trouble.

A series of mishaps awaits Bill Reyner and his associate, North, in England; but his former flame’s new fiancée and lost passports pale in comparison to the great dangers lurking ahead. Despite his reluctance, Bill Reyner can’t help but be pulled into the investigation of a missing woman. Amongst a backdrop of picturesque Scottish castles and even more beautiful damsels, he uncovers dark secrets and a puzzle worth millions of dollars, not to mention many lives.

Bill Reyner’s journey begins as a simple case taken on during a vacation, but transforms into perhaps his most dangerous mystery yet. Wentworth M. Johnson keeps readers on the edge of their seats during Edinburgh Cuckoos, the third, thrilling installment of his Bill Reyner Mystery Adventures series.

Wentworth M. Johnson

Wentworth M Johnson is a Canadian writer of science fiction and mystery adventure novels. He was born in 1939 in March, Cambridgeshire, England, and is the great grandson of renowned playwright, dramatist and theatrical producer William Edward Bourne. A veteran of the RAF, Wentworth M. Johnson worked with the Ghurka regiment reclaiming Borneo after the Indonesian invasion, as navigator with 1125 Marine Craft unit chasing pirates in the South China Sea, and in Nairobi on international communications. He moved to Canada after leaving the Royal Air Force in 1967 and worked in lumber and munitions before landing a job at a local television station. He spent twenty- eight years there before retiring early in 2000 to concentrate on his writing, as well as his hobbies: flying scale model aircraft, playing the Bagpipes and any woodwind instrument, and collecting British postage stamps. As an author Wentworth M. Johnson’s lifelong passions have been writing and English history with a love for the medieval period.

For more information, please visit http://wentworth-m-johnson.com/.
Read Wentworth Johnson's blog at http://wentworth-m-johnson.com/blog/.

For media inquiries, or to request an interview, please contact:

Wentworth M. Johnson
Edinburgh Cuckoos
Boston, MA
Phone: 18005551234
wentworth-johnson@sympatico.ca
http://www.wentworth-m-johnson.com

Moms: Battling the Bathing Suit Blues? New Parenting Book Offers Help

More than 50 Mommy MD Guides, doctors who are also mothers, share their top tips to slim down, shape up, fight fatigue, boost mood, look great, and live better in The Mommy MD Guide to Losing Weight and Feeling Great.


Allentown, PA, March 07, 2014 -- Looking for credible, proven, useful weight loss tips? You’ll find more than 700 tips in The Mommy MD Guide to Losing Weight and Feeling Great, like these:
“I recently created my own diet. I call it VEGLY. I eat as many servings of vegetables, eggs, grapefruit, lean meats or Lean Cuisines, and yogurt as I want. If I stick with that all day, I earn a treat: a glass of beer or wine or a small dessert. I’ve lost six pounds so far!-“- Amy Baxter, MD, a mom of three, the CEO of Buzzy4Shots.com; and the director of emergency research, Scottish Rite, of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, in Georgia

“After my son was born, I worked with a personal trainer. He gave me a simple piece of advice that has really helped: Don’t eat any carbs after 7 pm. I try not to eat at all after 7 pm, but if I do, I’ll have something high in protein, such as a piece of cheese or a hardboiled egg.”—Shilpa Amin-Shah, MD, a mom of two and an emergency physician and director of the recruiting team at Emergency Medical Associates, in Livingston, NJ

“I have a very long commute. Because of this, I “live” in my truck several days a week, driving to and from some rather isolated areas in the Appalachian Mountains. Sometimes, after a hard day of working and driving, I’m almost tempted to pick up a slice of pizza and a bag of chips at a gas station on the way home. A trick I use to eat properly on the run is what I call my “cooler diet.” I put everything I want to eat for the day in a nice, roomy cooler. If it’s not in the cooler, I don’t get to eat it—no questions. So that means I don’t get to eat the chocolate that’s everywhere around me at work, or the yummy-looking cream-filled doughnuts that one of the nurses brings in from the doughnut shop for breakfast. I pack my cooler the night before work with lots and lots of whole and nutritious foods and beverages—apples, pears, oranges, and cut-up veggies with low-fat dip. A couple of bottles of water and some unsweetened tea. A container of yogurt, some string cheese, and a bag full of nutritious trail mix. A box of low-fat granola cereal. I pack as much food as I can fit into my cooler. The only rule I have is that the food I pack must contribute to my overall good health and support a healthy weight.”—Rallie McAllister, MD, MPH, a mom of three, a family physician, and the coauthor of The Mommy MD Guide to Pregnancy and Birth, in Lexington, Kentucky.

“Want to “lose” 10 pounds in an instant? Sit up straight, pull your shoulders down and back, and arch your back to get “cheerleader butt.” By pulling your shoulders down, your neck looks thinner, and with a C-curve in your lower back, your thighs and tummy look thinner. Voilà, you’ll look 10 pounds slimmer.”—Jennifer Hanes, DO, a mom of two, an emergency physician who’s board certified in integrative medicine, and the author of The Princess Plan: Shrink Your Waist, Expand Your Beauty, in Austin, TX

To create this new book, authors Rallie McAllister, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Bright Reich interviewed 50 Mommy MD Guides—doctors who are also mothers. Combined, these physicians have centuries of medical expertise, and they share the real-world parenting experiences of raising hundreds of children and dozens of grandchildren. The Mommy MD Guides are experts—squared.

The book is packed with more than 700 tips, plus Dr. McAllister’s own program Take Five! The Mommy MD Guide program for maximum weight loss success.

The book also features more than 50 favorite recipes recommended by the doctors featured in the book. These recipes are all nutritious and delicious; they’re family-tested and Mommy MD Guides-approved! All recipes were tested in the publishers’ test kitchen.

The company also publishes The Mommy MD Guide to Pregnancy and Birth, The Mommy MD Guide to Your Baby’s First Year, and The Mommy MD Guide to the Toddler Years.

Co-authors Dr. McAllister and Reich are passionate about their mission: We help moms raise healthier, happier families.

The books in the series and companion website www.mommymdguides.com all are filled with tips that Mommy MD Guides, doctors who are also mothers, use for their own families. The reassuring, trusted, and often even humorous tips in this book series are presented in the Mommy MD Guides’ own words, and each tip is clearly attributed to the doctor who lived it.

The Mommy MD Guides answer readers’ questions for free at MommyMDGuides.com. They also answer media questions, by email or phone, via the portal at media@mommymdguides.com or contact Reich directly at jenniferreich@mommymdguides.com.


Contact:
Jennifer Bright Reich
Momosa Publishing LLC
Allentown, PA
610-216-0913
media@mommymdguides.com
http://www.mommymdguides.com

Wealthy Western Australians to Enjoy New Financing Option

Western Australians can now unlock the value of their assets and get instant access to cash thanks to a new partnership between Assetline, Australia's leading personal asset lender and house + home loans (HHL), one of Australia's most successful mortgage brokerage businesses.

Perth, March 06, 2014 -- Western Australians can now unlock the value of their assets and get instant access to cash thanks to a new partnership between Assetline, Australia's leading personal asset lender and house + home loans (HHL), one of Australia's most successful mortgage brokerage businesses.

The deal allows WA-based investors and businesses to raise finance against their assets - from art and wine collections to yachts and jewellery - to fund a new business or further investments, or to simply access cash fast.

Personal asset lending is making huge waves globally as well as in Australia, as the credit squeeze since the GFC has restricted many investors' access to funds. Assetline's solution offers high net worth individuals accessible, fast and flexible finance against high-end personal assets such as gold and silver, jewellery, diamonds, luxury watches, fine art and antiques, cars, luxury boats and fine wine collections.

WA market of key strategic importance
As the engine of Australia's growth and prosperity, Western Australia has long been considered a market of key strategic importance, according to Nick Raphaely, co-founder, Assetline.

“We are very excited to be introducing Assetline’s service to Western Australia. We've enjoyed a very successful roll-out and rapid growth on the Eastern Seaboard in 2013, but it's now time to look West and capture the prize. We are delighted to be able to partner with someone of Rael’s calibre and look forward to working with HHL to provide Assetline’s services in Perth," Nick Raphaely says.

HHL is an award-winning specialist broking firm based in Osborne Park, Perth. Its managing director Rael Bricker was ranked as a Top 10 broker of 2013 by Mortgage Professional Australia.
The deal between Assetline and HHL follows a highly successful 2013, which has seen Assetline rapidly expand throughout New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Ideal finance tool for WA clients
HHL managing director Rael Bricker says personal asset lending is a great tool to help Western Australian clients access money in a fast and secure way.

"Assetline has a compelling business proposition - offering accessible, fast and flexible loans against valuable luxury assets. We are delighted to have been selected to work with Assetline in Western Australia and we look forward to working with them to replicate the success they have achieved on the Eastern Seaboard.”
With banks reigning in the maximum LVR allowable for residential and commercial properties, many property investors are struggling to achieve the necessary levels of gearing. Assetline’s solution – which is unique in that it’s not property-based – provides added flexibility for borrowers in these situations.

Personal asset lending allows investors to immediately unlock the value of alternative assets that conventional banks don’t recognise. Already enjoying huge growth internationally, it's predicted by analysts to become a multibillion dollar business worldwide.

Notes to Editor

About Assetline
Assetline is a leading Australian personal asset lender. Founded in 2012, it enables entrepreneurs, business owners and high net worth individuals to borrow against their high-end personal assets in an environment that is confidential, flexible and secure. Assetline lends from $5,000 - $1m against gold and silver, jewellery, diamonds, luxury watches, fine art and antiques, cars, luxury boats and fine wine collections. Assetline addresses a market need currently not catered for by private banks and aims to be the lender of choice for anyone considering using their high-end valuables to secure a loan.

Link: www.assetline.com.au

About house + home loans
house + home loans (HHL) is a specialist broking firm in Osborne Park, Perth which specialises in the structuring of investment loans focused on ensuring clients obtain and maintain a long term diverse property portfolio. HHL and its key brokers have received numerous industry awards and is one of the top tier broking firms in Australia.

About Personal Asset Lending
Personal asset lending is an innovative form of finance that allows people to borrow against their high-end personal assets, such as art collections or prestige cars, in an environment that is confidential, flexible and secure. It addresses a market need currently not catered for by private banks, and is tipped to become a multibillion dollar industry worldwide.


Contact:
Nick Raphaely
Assetline
Level 13, 101 Grafton Street,
Bondi Junction, Sydney,
NSW, 2022 Australia
1300 370 821
info@assetline.com.au
http://www.assetline.com.au

Corporate IT Strategic Game Changer

Following an old school perspective might put your business at risk. Xpansa and OpenERP will present a new vision on corporate IT on CeBIT 2014 conference in Hannover, Germany on the 10th - 14th of March 2014.

Dublin, March 06, 2014 -- Following an old school perspective might put your business at risk. Xpansa and OpenERP will present a new vision on corporate IT on CeBIT 2014 conference in Hannover, Germany on the 10th - 14th of March 2014. We are going to cover the most common "why" and "how" inquiries that will surely help you to make correct strategic decisions.

If you are interested in one of the topics below find us at the conference hall 5- A028 :

1) OpenERP in NGO Sectors. How WWF saved the planet with OpenERP.

2) OpenERP for large corporations. Most common problems that arises during implementation of a big corporate systems.

3) Making intelligent decisions. Recommendations on BI based on the mistakes and successes of large enterprises and more.

During personal conversation on our stand we can reveal secrets from our experiences that gives 40% revenue growth in just a year to your business. Mostly our experiences are situated in Accounting, Finance, Legal & Administrative, Engineering and Retail areas. If you want to pre-book a meeting, please write us an email at cebit@xpansa.com to agree on day and time.

We have limited number of one day CeBIT entrance tickets. Contact us via online form or you can email us at ( cebit@xpansa.com ) telling what interests you have on CeBIT in OpenERP. Hopefully we will not run out of them totally.

Link - http://xpansa.com/openerp/corporate-it-strategic-game-changer-on-cebit-2014/


Contact:
Roman Gurinovich
Xpansa Group
Block B, The Crescent Building,
Northwood, Santry, Dublin, 9
Phone : +35314433206
roman.gurinovich@xpansa.com
http://xpansa.com

Mandalay Beach Villas Wins Two Prestigious Asia Pacific Property Awards

Mandalay Samui Developments has been informed that it is amongst the winning companies of the prestigious International Property Awards in the 2014 Asia Pacific regional competition.

Koh Samui, March 04, 2014 -- Mandalay Samui Developments has been informed that it is amongst the winning companies of the prestigious International Property Awards in the 2014 Asia Pacific regional competition. Mandalay Samui Developments competed against a number of developers in the region to receive this recognition. Successful entrants have been invited to attend a high-profile gala and presentation dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on May 9th where the official announcements will be made and the winning companies will learn which honours they have secured.

Stuart Shield, president of the International Property Awards, says, “It never ceases to amaze me how competing companies from the Asia Pacific region continue to raise the bar even higher every year. The commitment to excellence they demonstrate in every aspect of their profession represents the very essence of these awards.”

The Asia Pacific Property Awards are part of the long established International Property Awards. The award winners’ logo is recognised as a symbol of excellence throughout the global industry. Attaining one of these coveted awards is indisputable evidence that Mandalay Samui Developments is capable of outperforming some exceedingly strong contenders within the highly competitive Asia Pacific property arena.

Tim Bancroft, Project Owner of Mandalay Beach Villas says, "It is an honour to be an award winner of the International Property Awards. I would like to thank our entire team at Mandalay Beach Villas as well as the Judges for this prestigious award. Thank you again from everyone at Mandalay Beach Villas, we will proudly display this award as a great accomplishment for our team.”

Tibor Szedlak, Founder, Managing Director of Mandalay Samui Developments says, “I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude for recognising and appreciating our project. It is a tremendous honour to be acknowledged by the prestigious International Property Awards. I cannot thank the team enough for all of the hard work, dedication and attention to every detail from the pre-planning stages to the completion of Mandalay Beach Villas.”

Later this year, the highest scoring winners from the Asia Pacific Property Awards will compete against other winning companies from Europe, Africa, Canada, the USA, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Arabia to find the ultimate World’s Best in each category. The Asia Pacific region has an enviable record of achievement at international level, having scooped an unbeaten total of 18 World’s Best Awards in 2013.

The judging panel consists of approximately 70 professionals including Lord Caithness, Lord Best, Lord Courtown, Fiona Nixon, Chairman of the Australian Institute of Architects; Patrick Grove, Co-founder of IPGA Ltd; and Peter Bolton King, Residential Professional Group Director at RICS.

Building upon the success of business events first added to the 2012 award ceremonies, the International Property Awards will also host a Property Awards Summit on May 8th and 9th at the same venue. A number of professional networking events including seminars, discussion tables and an exhibition will be attended by Presidents, CEOs, Managing Directors, Chairmen and other decision makers.

The event presents an ideal opportunity to make connections and generate new business and is open to all industry related companies and suppliers in addition to award participants.

For further information on the International Property Awards and the 2014 Asia Pacific Property Awards Summit, please contact the events team: Tel: +44 (0) 1245 250 981 Email: info@propertyawards.net or visit http://www.internationalpropertyevents.com/asia-pacific


For further information on Mandalay Beach Villas and Mandalay Samui Developments:
Head Office: (Appointment Only) 1/35 Moo 6, Bophut
Boonjumnong Modern Apartments & Office Space
Koh Samui, Surat Thani
84320, Thailand
Contact Name: Tibor Szedlak (Founder, Managing Director)
Tel: +66 (0) 85 797 0477
Email: perfectliving@mandalaybeachvillas.com
Websites: http://www.mandalaybeachvillas.com, http://www.mandalaysamui.com