Technology Tools
Business Wire Launches New Feature
Business Wire, http://www.businesswire.com, now provides financial and textual information from Market Guide on its home page. The new feature, "Company's Snapshot Reports," offers free business summary, ratios and stats at a glance culled from a database with information on more than 9,400 companies. (Business Wire, 212/752-9600)
IR Seminar Can be Accessed Via Phone
Investor relations is all the rage and here's even more evidence: The replay of a free seminar dealing with using teleconferencing to enhance financial communications is available via phone at 800/753-9752. The replay is available 24 hours a day and is sponsored by American Teleconferencing Services.
IR professionals from companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Harley-Davidson and The Timberland Corp. were among the panelists providing prospective.
Site Showcases Web Technology
PR professionals looking to jazz up their company Web sites might want to check out "State of the Art," an interactive, 3-D art gallery at http://www.intel.com/english/art. The site showcases digitized art and shows off new technologies for Web sites. If nothing else, PR professionals should look at the URL to get a sense of trends and what's happening on the cutting edge. (Superscape, 408/969-0500)
New PR Ventures, Moves
Christine Turner, former VP of marketing for Summit Financial Products Inc. and VP of The Exline Agency, has started her own PR business: Turner Public Relations Inc., 977 St. Paul, Denver, Colo. 80206. Phone: 303/333-1402; fax: 303/333-4390.
The Hattal Communications Group, a Washington, D.C.-based PR and television production firm, will open a West Coast office on July 1 in Marina Del Rey at 4333 Admiralty Way. (Hattal Communications, 301/983-0700)
Michael, Wolfe & Tencer, a Los Angeles entertainment PR firm, has opened an office in New York at 401 East 80th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, Phone: 212/772-7500; fax: 212/772-1330.
The new office, which will focus on celebrity/corporate partnerships, will specialize in healthcare.
Baltimore-based GILDEN Advertising, which also focuses on marcom and PR, has moved to 4800 Roland Avenue, Suite 300. (GILDEN, 410/889-0990)