The war of words between Greece and the rest of Europe has turned into a game of chicken. Each side has mustered its PR tools and is bluffing the other. Will Greece get rid of the imposed austerity plan? Will Europe force Greece to stick to Europe’s will? Will the Euro survive if there is […]
Posted on February 11th, 2015 by admin
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A now former employee of HSBC bank stole thousands of files from its computer systems and created a major reputational crisis for the institution. The files reveal that the bank helped thousands of wealthy people, including crooks, hide money from tax authorities in Swiss accounts. The employee who took the data considers himself a whistleblower. […]
Posted on February 10th, 2015 by admin
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How do you communicate when a major merger has been frozen for a year by regulators? This is the challenge faced by Comcast in its effort to merge with Time Warner Cable. Comcast is working closely with regulators and has one of the largest lobbying operations in Washington DC, but it has yet to be able to […]
Posted on February 9th, 2015 by admin
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By now, you might be aware of a tale that Brian Williams, NBC News anchor, had been telling about his time in Iraq — how he was in a helicopter that was shot down. Turns out it wasn’t true. He was in a helicopter an hour behind the one hit by ground fire. The internet […]
Posted on February 6th, 2015 by admin
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After a tragic accident caused by your employees, which displaced 1000 people, is it smart to recommend to a government executive that he praise you in a press conference? This is what happened after a fire burned an apartment complex in Edgewater, NJ. The public relations firm sent an advisory e-mail to the county executive […]
Posted on February 5th, 2015 by admin
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Behind President Obama’s budget document is a gloomy view of the future and a desire to have the federal government intervene to create jobs. Behind the Republicans’ opposition is a desire to cut down the size of the federal government and its debt and have the states take on the heavy lifting. This is a […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2015 by admin
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Content curation is sometimes described as a “short cut” to creating content. Well, if you’re doing it right, this assumption is incorrect. It can certainly be less resource-intensive over time — by integrating tools like PublishThis into your CMS for example. But if you think it’s as simple as copying and pasting a few random […]
Posted on February 2nd, 2015 by admin
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Timing is essential to winning. Just ask the Seattle Seahawks who threw an interception in the last minute of the Super Bowl. Hilary Clinton is now in a debate over timing. The presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president, she has continued to delay the launch of her campaign. If she starts too early, […]
Posted on February 2nd, 2015 by admin
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