- The White House is staying on message with its attempts to prompt corporate reform and encourage investigation of various accounting scandals by the Securities &
Exchange Commission. President Bush has accordingly denied SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt's request for a 20+ percent raise, which administration officials say would be "a potential
distraction." - Despite her every effort to ignore "ridiculousness," Martha Stewart's company is facing the fact that its owner's image is having negative implications on its own reputation.
The company's CFO announced that full year earnings estimates will be below Wall Street expectations due to the investigation of the domestic diva's sales of ImClone stock. - Tim Croasdaile joins APCO Worldwide as SVP heading up the firm's new investor relations practice. Croasdaile comes to APCO from Genesis, a strategic positioning and
communications firm. - Extended deadline! Didn't have time to work up an entry for the Telecom Marketing Awards sponsored by PR NEWS' sister publications? The deadline has been extended until Aug.
9! For more information on the 15 categories for entry or to download an entry form, seehttp://www.telecomweb.com/tma.htm. Contact Amy Urban, [email protected].
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