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Deal Radar 2010: EthicsPoint,Oswego, Oregon
EthicsPoint helps clients to mitigate and manage compliance and organizational risk. The company offers integrated telephone and Web-based reporting hotlines and case management services that clients can use to identify, report, investigate, and resolve issues and events that may not be in line with their codes of conduct or governance policies. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: InHouse Inc ,Santa Ana, California
Among the allegations of misdeeds and unfair practices in the mortgage industry during and after the housing market implosion was New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s 2007 lawsuit of appraisal firm First American eAppraiseIT for collusion with Washington Mutual (WaMu). Cuomo claimed that First American eAppraiseIT allowed WaMu to pressure it to use appraisers who inflated home prices by giving artificially high appraisals. In 2009, to bring more transparency to the appraisal process, Fannie Mae reached an agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the New York Attorney General’s office to adopt the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) regulating relationships between lenders and appraisers. Another measure, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Mortgagee Letter 09-28 Appraiser Independence (ML 09-28), stresses the importance of lenders, mortgage brokers, and real estate agents remaining independent of the appraisal process. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: WaterFilters.NET, Minneapolis, Minnesota
It’s safe to assume that for decades, many Americans did not give much thought to safe drinking water. Access to clean water was a given in a wealthy, developed country. But the nation’s water treatment systems often fail to adhere to provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to the New York Times’s Toxic Waters series. People are growing increasingly concerned about the water they use for drinking and washing and are turning to filter systems as they lose trust in municipal water supplies. WaterFilters.NET is one company that has benefited both from this trend and the move toward Web 3.0. WaterFilters.NET makes it easy to research, find, and purchase all types of water filters. The company provides a broad selection of of water filter types (reverse osmosis, water softeners, refrigerator filters, undersink water filters, shower filters, commercial water filters, and so forth) and sells all major water filter brands. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: CampusBookRentals.com, Utah
CampusBookRentals.com (CBR), which describes itself as being like Netflix for textbooks, rents textbooks to college students for prices that can be more than 50% off the purchase price. The company is an early entrant in the burgeoning market of textbook rental, where students pay to keep books for a certain period of time. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: JanRain, Portland, Oregon
JanRain helps organizations to succeed on the authenticated Web with its user management platform. A key component of the platform is RPX, an enterprise-class solution that enables a website to expedite the registration and log-in processes with a user’s third-party account, import user profile information and address books, and make it easy to publish website activity back to multiple social networks. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Servoy, Amsterdam, Holland
Deloitte Fast 50 company Servoy BV is the developer of a hybrid (SaaS and on-premise modes) platform to help build and deploy applications faster than traditional development environments. Applications can be deployed both modes from a single code base. Servoy is used by independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop entire vertical and horizontal applications and by internal developers and consultants for custom application development. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: nowHIRE, Detroit, Michigan
nowHIRE provides recruiting and hiring management technology for the human capital management (HCM) vertical. The company’s line of Web-based applicant tracking systems were designed for clients seeking measurable results in corporate, hourly, and internal recruitment. Its solutions feature fully integrated talent management software modules, including I-9 compliance, sourcing, and E-Verify. >>>
1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Beyond The Rack, Montreal, Canada
It’s all the fun (and great clothes) of a sample sale without the crowds or the need to live in a big city. Montreal-based Beyond the Rack is private sale shopping club serving members throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries around the world. The company sells designer fashions, hosiery, underwear, swimwear, jewelry, cosmetic and beauty products, and accessories from recognized brands at prices up to 70% off retail. >>>
