China’s real estate bubble has popped and air has gone out of the market. This is a PR headache for the government. Many Chinese invested in apartments as their principal form of savings and wealth. Now it is in danger of disappearing. Bureaucrats can attempt to re-inflate prices, but it will only prolong the time […]
Posted on May 14th, 2014 by admin
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How do you convince the public of a slow motion disaster? By this, I mean global warming, which is raising sea levels by a millimeter a year. An Antarctic ice sheet is giving way, but the average citizen’s response is, “So what? My house is safe for decades to come.” There is a PR campaign […]
Posted on May 13th, 2014 by admin
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Washington DC politicians and bureaucrats have an advantage over corporations with the trial balloon. This is an indefinite proposal that seems to address an issue but is not yet formally announced. Like this one. It is safe to say that if reaction was severe yesterday to the proposed change, it will be tweaked before it […]
Posted on May 12th, 2014 by admin
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When a law firm expresses regret that it became involved in a case, that is the closest one will get to an apology. Patton Boggs took a blow to its reputation and credibility for taking on the Chevron case, which according to the court was riddled with fraud. Predictably, the attorney who brought them the […]
Posted on May 9th, 2014 by admin
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America’s farmers are aging out and the young aren’t or can’t follow them. Land and equipment are too expensive or worse, few want to work as hard as their parents. If America is to eat, there needs to be a change in attitudes. Farming today is as much mental work as it is physical. There is so much […]
Posted on May 8th, 2014 by admin
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Wearable computing is nearly here. Is PR ready for it? How will we change strategy and communications to account for Google Glass and body sensors? Individualized communication will come to the fore as it has already done with social media. However, wearable computing is a step beyond. It is instantaneous and in many cases will […]
Posted on May 7th, 2014 by admin
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Around the world, bacteria are becoming immune to antibiotics. This has happened for a two reasons — people misusing them and doctors over-prescribing them. Bacteria are evolving naturally and building resistance rather than dying and disappearing. The problem is not new. Early developers of antibiotics foresaw a day when new strains of hardier “bugs” would appear. […]
Posted on May 6th, 2014 by admin
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Warren Buffett’s annual “Woodstock for Capitalists” is an example of smart investor relations. He puts on an exhibition of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies for the shareholder meeting. He and his long-time partner, Charlie Munger, sit for hours answering questions and addressing criticism. Other corporations should be envious of the participation Buffett has achieved over the decades. […]
Posted on May 5th, 2014 by admin
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There is a company that makes license plate tracking software for the police that doesn’t want the law to talk about it. Hence, it has sworn patrolmen to silence. So, what happened? A story is written about the company anyway and its effort to control the press. The company should have known that media stipulations […]
Posted on May 2nd, 2014 by admin
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Americans want their military forces to stay home. The globe may be small today with international flights and worldwide manufacturing, but that doesn’t matter. The public is tired of engaging terrorists and Taliban. Well they should be. It has been more than a decade that the US has been fighting against terrorism. Unfortunately, the world […]
Posted on May 1st, 2014 by admin
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