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Eastern nations. Agencies in Spain and Portugal are experiencing strong demand for their services, according to retired PR executives Ray and Juanita Josephs, who met with firm executives in both countries during a recent trip… Continued

Crisis Firm Launches Web Site Mindszenthy & Roberts (M&R), a Toronto-based crisis counseling firm, established a home page on the Web. The site is at http://www.mrcom.com. M&R also operates a crisis communications and management training… Continued

As former Eastern Bloc nations begin building democratic and capitalist societies, the public relations profession there is expanding, as last month’s meeting of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in Hungary confirmed. Showing public relations’… Continued

Kaufman Starts Asian Unit Advertising and public relations agency Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, Washington, D.C., launched an Asian Marketing unit. The group will promote products and services of U.S. companies to Asian-Americans. It also… Continued

Jefferson Buys Kessler Public affairs firm The Jefferson Group, Washington, D.C., last week announced the acquisition of Kessler & Associates, a Washington-based PR, government relations and marketing firm. Kessler’s founder and president, Rick Kessler, joins… Continued

When planning an anniversary program, public and media attention often is short-lived. A recent program commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster demonstrates how a multi-dimensional program can stretch the window of… Continued

June 11: Congressional Quarterly, “Understanding Congressional Budgeting,” Washington, 202/887-8620. June 11-12: Effective Communications Group, “Advanced Writing and Interviewing,” Dallas, 800/444-2942. June 12: Women Executives in PR, “Annual Meeting,” N.Y. , 203/226-4947. June 12: Public Rels… Continued

Two top executives of international PR firm The Americas Group, Stamford, Conn., have moved over to corporate positions. Jack Macauley, managing director, joined Philip Morris Management Corp., New York, as director, external relations. Evelyn Mariperisensa… Continued

Thomas Buckmaster left Fleishman-Hillard’s (F-H) Washington, D.C. office to become the new general manager of Hill and Knowlton’s (H&K) Washington office. Buckmaster also takes the title of chairman of public affairs for H&K. Buckmaster was… Continued

Richard Funess joined Ruder Finn, New York, as managing director of Ruder Finn/Americas. Prior to joining Ruder–ranked among the world’s 15 largest firms–he was president of the Americas unit of top-ten global PR firm Manning… Continued