NHBR About Town

July 16, 2010

NH Business Review Staff,

Shown strutting their stuff on the red carpet at the recent 37th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas are Val Wilson and Mike Liston, center, between presenters the Blue Man Group, at left, and Montel Williams and his guest. Wilson and Liston, of Bedford-based Off The Wall Gifts, an advertising and product placement company, coordinate attendee gift bags for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which puts on the Emmy awards, as well as NBC.More photos from recent events around the Granite State

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