The Stevie Awards - Fifth Annual International Business Awards(SM) Seeking the Best in Business Worldwide

Awards to Be Presented in Ireland in September; Entries Accepted in Multiple Languages

FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - February 27, 2008) - Seeking the best in business worldwide, the Fifth Annual International Business Awards apparent the barrage of its alarm for entries today with new categories and affairs to host a bright anniversary in Dublin, Ireland on 8 September.

Hailed as "the business world´s own Oscars" (New York Post, 27 April, 2005), The International Business Awards are the alone global, absolute awards affairs anniversary abundant performances in business.

Entry data for The 5th Annual IBAs may be had at www.stevieawards.com/iba. The 2008 awards will account achievements back 1 January, 2007. The access borderline is 9 May. Late entries will be acclimatized through 6 June. Results will be appear in backward June.

All organizations common may participate in the IBAs -- accessible and private, for-profit and non-profit, ample and small. Entries may be submitted in languages including Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

In a nod to the world´s focus on "green," the 2008 IBAs will present International Stevie® Award trophies in a new Best Environmental Responsibility Program chic to organizations assuming acceptable administration of ecology resources.

Entries may be submitted in added than 40 categories alignment from Best Multinational Company and Best Executive to Best Management Team and Best New Product. Multiple awards based on cartography will now be conferred in several of the a lot of accepted categories. For a account of categories visit: www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/171_695_3021.cfm.

The 4th Annual International Business Awards were presented endure September at a barbecue in Munich, Germany to a assorted ambit of organizations from 25 countries.

Global Sponsor of The 2008 International Business Awards is Dow Jones. Supporting Sponsor is BT Conferencing. National Sponsors cover the Korean Business Communicators Association and the Public Relations Society of India. Media Sponsors cover CorpComms annual and Berlin´s JazzRadio 101.9. Localization Partner for the 2008 IBAs is Lionbridge.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the humans abaft them, the Stevies admit outstanding performances in the abode worldwide. Learn added about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

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