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Knowledge Infusion Center of Excellence Honored as Top 25 HR Influencer of 2007

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — Knowledge Infusion, the recognized consulting authority on human resource and talent management technology solutions that drive human capital management business value, today at the Knowledge Infusion “I Am KI” Company Meeting, announced they have been cited by HR World as a Top 25 HR Influencer of 2007. The Center of Excellence was listed as a leading organization bringing content, collaboration, consulting, and community for the HCM industry. In addition Jason Corsello, Vice President of the Center of Excellence was called out for his Human Capitalist blog, providing knowledge, strategies, and in-depth analysis of current issues.

Formally launched in October of 2007, the Center of Excellence is now being accessed by executives and HR professionals in over 60 countries. The only service of its kind, the Center of Excellence allows organizations to sustain their competitive advantage through ongoing intelligence, best practices, and collaboration, all backed by real-world practices from consulting engagements with over 150 global organizations.

New research being released this quarter and available to premium members includes:
* Growing a Viable LMS Governance Model
* Lifting the Fog Around SaaS, Hosted & On Premise Human Capital Management Solutions
* Don’t Forget Talent Management Governance
* Transforming and Evolving Your Performance Management Process
* The Who, When, What, Where, How of Workforce Planning
* Building Bench Strength Through A Talent Pipeline

“The Center of Excellence was built for the entire HCM community and we are thrilled to see the value that it is already providing,” said Jason Corsello, Vice President of the Knowledge Infusion Center of Excellence. “We appreciate the recognition from HR World and look forward to continuing to build out the site with innovative content and opportunities for organizations to collaborate and help each other drive the strategic direction of HR.”

“Knowledge Infusion is proud to be recognized as an innovator in HR technology consulting,” said Jason Averbook, Knowledge Infusion Chief Executive Officer. “At the I Am KI meeting in Las Vegas, the Knowledge Infusion family is celebrating our growth and success from the past year and looking forward to helping the entire HCM community drive success through HR technology.”

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Nomis Solutions to Demonstrate How Auto Finance Executives Can Achieve 2008 Targets by Enhancing their Pricing Process at AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference

San Bruno, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — Nomis Solutions the leader in Profit-based Pricing for banking and finance, today announced its participation in the American Financial Services Association’s (AFSA) Vehicle Finance Conference and Exposition, held February 6-8 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. At the event, Nomis Solutions will be showcasing its award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer and participating in a roundtable discussion titled, “Using Innovative Strategies & Technologies to Fuel Growth,” which includes executives from AmeriCredit Corp., Toyota Financial Services and GMAC Financial Services.

“Nomis Solutions is proud to take a leadership role in this year’s AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference and we’re looking forward to demonstrating how auto finance executives can leverage pricing optimization technology to positively impact bottom line results by better executing their pricing strategies,” said Frank Rohde, chief marketing officer and vice president of product management at Nomis Solutions. “As auto finance executives enter a year marked by declining margins, increasing losses, and forecast volume drops, managing profitability through price optimization is becoming more and more important. In these tougher times, successful auto finance organizations are leveraging a price optimization platform flexible enough to forecast various economic scenarios, simulate various pricing scenarios, and deliver optimized rates that respond to market changes or competitive moves within their operational constraints.”

The roundtable discussion will focus on how vehicle finance companies can find opportunities for growth, better respond to changes in the market, and more effectively cater to their dealers and customers needs while differentiating themselves from the competition. This discussion will occur on Thursday, February 7, from 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. and will be moderated by Gregory Arroyo, executive editor for F&I Management and Technology Magazine. Mr. Rohde of Nomis Solutions will participate alongside Preston Miller, Co-COO of AmeriCredit Corp., Shaun Coyne, CIO of Toyota Financial Services and Donna V. Cheesebrough, VP & CIO NAO of GMAC Financial Services.

“As the auto finance market changes, companies must utilize advanced technology to better understand how to compete, manage their dealer and customer relationships, and deliver the right information at the right time,” said Mr. Arroyo. “This year’s conference is taking place as the auto finance industry is undergoing a tidal wave of change at every level. Our discussion will provide insight into what today’s market leaders are doing to address increased competitive pressure and greater regulatory demands while still managing to profitably grow their business.”

Another highlight of the three-day AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference includes the keynote presentation on Friday, February 8 by The Honorable John William Snow, Chairman of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., and Former Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Rohde, who will be introducing Mr. Snow, commented, “This year’s AFSA Vehicle Finance conference will bring industry leaders together to engage in dialogue about how to deal with the volatile vehicle lending environment and manage profitable growth. Mr. Snow’s presentation on the economic and competitive conditions will illuminate the need for the vehicle finance industry to embrace new strategies and technologies in order to survive and thrive in tomorrow’s marketplace.”

The Nomis Price Optimizer Suite™ moves banks and finance companies beyond risk-based pricing practices to a more advanced approach that enables pricing managers to better tailor rates to various segments and markets, to quantify and gain valuable insights about customer preferences and to transition to a more consistent, repeatable and efficient pricing process. Currently deployed at more than 10 banks and finance companies worldwide, such as Abbey, AmeriCredit, HBOS, and Washington Mutual Bank, the award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer optimizes more than $4 Billion in consumer lending each month.

Nomis Solutions plans to showcase the Nomis Price Optimizer 3.3 for Auto Finance at this year’s AFSA conference. To schedule a meeting at AFSA to learn more about how Nomis Solutions can help you price smarter to achieve your performance targets, contact 650-588-9800 x233.

About Nomis Solutions
Nomis Solutions is the recognized leader in Profit-based Pricing for banking and finance. Powered by price optimization technology, Profit-based pricing is an innovative approach that enables executives to strategically use pricing to achieve improved financial results, gain insight into customer preferences, and support compliance. The award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer™ Suite is a set of business solutions that combines pricing analytics, optimization, and execution into a comprehensive pricing strategy and process.

The suite includes specific solutions for auto finance, home equity lending, personal lending, mortgage, and deposits. Each solution delivers quick time-to-benefit, increases profits and market share by 10-20%, and provides valuable insights about how customer preferences impact product and portfolio performance, within a strong compliance framework. Select customers include Abbey, AmeriCredit, Ford Motor Credit Company, GE Money, HBOS plc, and WaMu. Headquartered in San Bruno, USA, Nomis Solutions has offices in Charlotte, NC and London, United Kingdom.

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Global Hunter Announces Drill Results which include 18 Meters of 2.96 Copper. TSX-V: BOB

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — Global Hunter Corp. (TSX.v:bob) is pleased to announce further final results from its recent drill program totaling nearly 9600 metres on the Las Posadas shear zone at La Corona de Cobre project Chile. 

 

TRADING SYMBOL - TSX-V: BOB

 

The purpose of the program is to in-fill drill and further delineate the known copper oxide deposit; determine the boundaries of the oxide deposit in three dimensions; explore for possible extensions; provide sufficient core material for final copper oxide metallurgical testing; and assess the peripheral and deeper copper sulfide potential of the deposit below the current National Instrument (”NI”) 43-101 qualified copper oxide resource and the oxide resource pit outline. 

 

Highlights of the assay results include;

 

- Hole LP- 82 which encountered 10 metres of 2.14 percent copper

- Hole LP- 85 which encountered 52 metres of 1.75 percent copper, including 18 metres of 2.96 

percent copper

- Hole LP-86 which encountered 8 metres of 2.23 percent copper

 

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Discussion of results:

 

LP-81 was a 50 m step out updip of LP-027 in the central zone of Las Posadas and designed to bring a portion of the shear zone into the indicated resource. It drilled from overburden into the shear zone from 28-67m and encountered low-grade copper oxide mineralization:16-88 m, 72m@0.33%CuT & 0.16%CuS. 

 

LP-82 was drilled 100 m downdip of LP-10, and 50 m on strike between both LP-79 and LP-80. It successfully drilled a narrow shear zone: 26m @ 0.93% total Cu and 0.67% soluble copper in a mixed zone from 168m-196m. The cross-section indicates obvious cross-faulting between the lower two holes on this panel.

 

LP-83 was an infill hole on an undrilled panel in the central part of the deposit designed to upgrade the resource category with 50 m center drilling. A narrow shear zone was encountered from 147 -170m with an intervening dike and fault and included the following interval: from 140-174m, 0.34% CuT & 0.19%CuS; LP-84 was drilled updip of LP-58 to explore the upper part of the shear zone at the north end of the resource. It drilled directly from overburden into the mineralized shear zone for 27 m with weak-moderate CuOx in mylonitized to skarned andesite. A significant thickness of mineralization was likely eroded here before being covered by post-mineral gravels. Significant intervals include: 26 m of 0.28% CuT from 77-103 m, with 12 m of 0.34% CuSol from 91-103 m; in the immediate footwall was a low grade 14 m interval of copper wad with 0.12% CuT at 119-133 m; in the far footwall from 199-217 m: 18 m of 0.18% CuT. The grades encountered in LP-84 are similar to the low grade but much thicker interval in LP-58. This is contrasted to the high grade sulfide interval encountered in LP-61, 100 m downdip with 22 m of 1.68%CuT and 30 m of 0.65% CuT and suggests high grade ore is contained in plunging ore shoots. The oxide -sulfide boundary was encountered at 230 m below a fault zone in strongly mylonitized schist.

 

LP-85 was drilled up dip of LP-22, an oxide hole and LP-55 which hit a mixed zone of copper. This was the best hole of the 2007 campaign. The shear zone was encountered 23m-90m and It included 23-27m @0.61%CuT & 0.46%CuS; 37-89m, 52m@1.75%CuT &1.42%CuSol; in the immediate footwall 105-127m, 22m @0.56%CuT &0.23%CuS. Grade gradually decreases on this panel with depth again suggesting a plunging control to ore shoots. 

 

LP-86 was an infill hole above LP-27, a mixed intercept and below LP-57, which encountered strong copper oxide mineralization, 48 m of 1.64%CuT. The shear zone was thick but the mixed zone interval grade was less than in the updip hole: 64 m of 0.71% CuT and 0.23% CuSol.

LP-87 was an infill hole in the updip portion of the southern part of the deposit. It drilled from overburden into the shear zone and hit narrow, weak copper oxide mineralization. It seems likely that part of the deposit was eroded away here.

 

 ABOUT GLOBAL HUNTER CORP. TRADING SYMBOL - TSX-V: BOB

Global Hunter is currently exploring and advancing development of the La Corona de Cobre project located 70 km north of La Serena, Chile along the Pan American Highway within the coastal belt of the Andean Cordillera. The 2007 program at the property will focus on further defining the resource and economics of the Las Posadas deposit. In addition to La Corona de Cobre, the Company is also working to complete further delineation drilling and an initial resource estimate at its Rabbit South Property molybdenum project in south-central British Columbia, Canada. 

Michael S. Fulp, C.P.G., Chief Geologist for Global Hunter, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 who supervised the exploration program and has prepared, reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release.

 

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

GLOBAL HUNTER CORP.

Signed “Rod Husband”

Rod Husband, P.Geo

President

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Attendees Learn How to “Go Green” With Paperless Processes Panel Discussion at the MBA National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference & Expo

“Spanning the Gaps in a Paperless Environment” will offer the technical requirements for removing as much paper as possible from current “environmentally unfriendly” lending processes.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) March 7, 2008 — “It’s not easy going green.” Delving deeper into the technical issues of implementing electronic mortgage processes, eOriginal CTO and COO Bryan Caporlette will moderate as he and several other industry leaders explain in detail how originators can save time, money and the environment by making pre-closing, closing and post-closing processes completely paperless.

Caporlette will be joined by Sharon Matthews, President and CEO of eLynx, mortgage industry consultant Roger Gudobba, and John London, Director of Sales and Business Development at Interlink Electronics, Inc.

Adoption of paperless business practices are on the rise in the mortgage industry as lenders look to increase efficiencies and margins and lower costs with fewer resources and smaller budgets. Relief from the burden of generating sometimes hundreds of pieces of paper for a single transaction is found in the elimination of paper where possible within the lenders business process. This panel will reveal the technological solutions needed to do just that, with additional focus on paper-to-paperless eMortgage workflow, and document retention and risk mitigation.

For example, many electronically originated loan documents are still output to paper to be signed, and then scanned back into an imaging system for future management. Attendees of this panel will discover how to “bridge that gap” and maintain a completely electronic process from origination through signature, to vaulting, management and sale or payoff. Particular attention will be paid to how electronic assets are kept legally compliant, enforceable and negotiable.

About eOriginal
eOriginal Inc.’s technology and solutions enable lenders and investors to eliminate paper while legally protecting their assets as electronic mortgage documents are managed and transitioned throughout their lifecycle. eOriginal eCore® technology and processes create electronic finance documents that are tamper-evident, legally enforceable, admissible and negotiable. eOriginal solutions are compliant with ESIGN and UETA, and support the MERS registry. eOriginal® technology has managed approximately 500,000 electronic contracts representing over $10 Billion in originations, with over $2 Billion pooled and securitized. For more information about how to turn eOriginal’s experience into your advantage, call at 410-895-7699.

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