Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) has recently opened an office in Jakarta, Indonesia, to expand business development and coal sourcing opportunities in India, China and other fast-growing Asian markets.  Indonesia is the world's largest source of export thermal coal and the Pacific markets are driving global demand for coal. The company expects these markets to achieve 5% to 10% compound annual growth over the next five or more years. For instance, India is world’s fastest-growing coal importer and is expected to be short by about 200 million tons of coal in the next five years. Also, China - the world’s largest coal consumer - has been importing coal at a record pace in 2009.  Peabody’s Jakarta office will be run by Reynard Hanoppo, a former sales manager for coal producer PT Kideco Jaya Agung. Hanoppo will report to Phillip Smith, the managing director of Asian trading. ...

BioLargo, Inc., a company dedicated to harnessing and delivering Nature’s Best Solution(TM), today announced that O.H. Kruse of Goshen, California will begin distributing its Odor-No-More(TM) products, including its popular Animal Bedding Additive.

“Sales of our Animal Bedding Additive product are brisk, and we are pleased to work with O.H. Kruse in their mission to help their customers succeed,” stated Joe Provenzano, VP & Product Manager for BioLargo. “Customers find that just a handful saves them time and money, by reducing bedding consumption, labor, disposal and fly infestations, while eliminating odor and moisture from their animal enclosures.”

“We are excited about providing the Odor-No-More(TM) products to our customers as the solution for eliminating odor and moisture concerns,” added Dave Spaulding, Sales Manager, Sack Division for O.H. Kruse.

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New Leaf Brands, a wholly owned subsidiary of Baywood International, Inc., announced that a new distributor, New Age Distributing in Little Rock, AR, has begun distributing its New Leaf Tea through a network of retailers including Doublebee’s Exxon, Knight’s Super Foods, LRAFB Shoppettes, USA Drug, as well as numerous other independent accounts.

“We brought in New Leaf because of its superior packaging and taste. During the kick-off we have been impressed with how professional, informative and knowledgeable the New Leaf team has been. They provided product specialist support rarely seen from the larger beverage companies, helping our team drive to launch the product,” stated Rick Davis, Sales Manager at New Age Distributing. “We were pleasantly surprised and encouraged when we sold out the first truckload of product within the first week. We look forward to continuing our early success and building a long-lasting relationship with New Leaf.”

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Award winning developer of innovative high-quality mobile applications and services, i2Telecom International, Inc. announced the appointment of Gary Menees as Vice President of Strategic Sales for i2Telecom International, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. Mr. Menees will focus on developing and maintaining strategic relationships with targeted accounts in the company’s key markets, including enterprise, retail and small/medium business channels.

With a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Memphis, Mr. Menees has more than 18 years of industry experience, developing sales and distribution channels with global distributors, national retailers and wireless operators. He has served as a Sales Manager with Samsung, Vice President of Sales at Sony Ericsson, and Vice President of Consumer Sales with INVISIO. Additionally, he was Director of Sales with WiderThan Americas and Vice President of Sales for the T-Mobile Key Account Team at Lucent Technologies. Most recently, Mr. Menees served as President of the management consulting

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