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Webinar: SOX Presents New Headaches, Opportunities

September 27th, 2004 by

The cover story in the current issue of BusinessWeek (October 4) titled “Fuzzy Numbers” posits that despite reforms, corporate profits can be as “distorted and confusing as ever” and today’s financial reports are “riddled with… Continued

Senior PR Execs Continue To Wrestle with SOX

September 27th, 2004 by

Consider it a twist on the famous quip from gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. “You have no idea how many times I have gone to the… Continued

Overheard

September 20th, 2004 by

Self-interested enlightenment “What we have found is that there is a different group of stakeholders today that are important, and that is a person who’s not familiar with Wal-Mart Stores, they’re not familiar with what… Continued

Sex Discrimation Case Cooking at Sara Lee…

September 20th, 2004 by

Board members at Sara Lee are hoping the explanations of CEO C. Steven McMillan aren’t half-baked. McMillan and the $20 billion packaged-goods company this summer were slapped with a sexual-discrimination suit by Brenda Jarvis, who… Continued

Now, Go Do that [Measurement] Voodoo…

September 20th, 2004 by

Getting your hands around effective measurement techniques is like trying to squeeze an ice cube in the palm of your hand. It ain’t easy. But Ernest Martin, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School… Continued

Opinion Elites Unimpressed With Current CSR Efforts…

September 20th, 2004 by

Time to regroup on getting your CSR messages out? While corporate America is taking pains to report their social and environmental practices, a growing number of individuals still have limited awareness of companies’ contributions to… Continued

Media Metrics

September 20th, 2004 by

With a chill to the wind and a nip in the air, the fall season is upon us. Never mind the slew of crime-based shows, the main media event will be the 2004 presidential election.… Continued

Space Exhibition Makes All The Right PR Moves

September 20th, 2004 by

In July 2003, Weber Shandwick went to work publicizing the five-year traveling exhibit “SPACE: A Journey to Our Future.” Sponsored by ClearChannel Exhibitions, the family- oriented presentation has billed itself as the largest and most… Continued

Better Know Your Brand X Better Than Ever

September 20th, 2004 by

Senior PR executives no longer have the luxury of tracking just a handful of direct competitors (if that) who might threaten their brands. This trend is perhaps best exemplified by the heavy coverage the low-carb… Continued

Companies missing windows of opportunity

September 20th, 2004 by

Search engines were all the rage online well before the media’s breathless coverage of Google’s recent IPO. Scrappy companies, in particular, are taking advantage of search engines’ ability to get their names, their brands, in… Continued