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Growing Need Lures PR Agencies to United Arab Emirates
In response to a growing need for communications, more and more PR agencies are setting up shop in the United Arab Emirates. In an Emirates Business 24/7 article, public affairs specialist Kevin Bell says despite the negative coverage Dubai has received, the emirates are strong, viable, and still determined “to be a part of the [...] Read Post
All Politics is Local — Even in China
In today’s marketplace, any political activity incompatible with a company’s overall global strategy “creates a risk to its reputation and relationships.” In a PublicAffairsAsia.com article, public affairs specialist Dan Baxter talks about why it’s important to make politics local, even in “one of the most dynamic and complex markets in the world.”
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Will Ruling Prompt Flurry of Corporate Political Spending?
Most industry experts don’t expect the Supreme Court’s recent ruling — which said corporations, labor unions and advocacy groups had a right to advertise on behalf of political candidates and issues — to result in an immediate flood of corporate political campaigns. In an article in The Kansas City Star, reputation specialist Betsey Solberg suggests [...] Read Post
Is U.K. General Election Just a Formality?
This year’s U.K. general election, between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative Party Leader David Cameron, may be over before it begins. In a PRWeek article, public affairs specialist Nick Williams says Cameron’s recent agenda-setting speech “stole the campaign march” and that Brown’s Labour Party “has been trying to catch up ever since.”
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COP15: What Happened and What Happens Next
Did the United Nations Climate Conference (COP15), held last month in Copenhagen, fall short of expectations? Members of Fleishman-Hillard’s financial, public affairs and sustainability teams take a close look at the event’s outcomes and offer insight into four key areas of negotiation: emissions targets, financing, the clean development mechanism, and technology transfer.
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Barrett Xplornet
Challenge Through a combination of fixed wireless and satellite technologies, Canada’s largest and fastest growing wireless broadband service provider delivers high-speed internet to people in rural and remote communities across Canada. In the past, the company had chosen to maintain …Read Post
Shred-it
Challenge This company is a world leader in on-site document destruction, with more than 140 branches servicing more than 150,000 clients in five continents. In 2008 the City of Calgary raised a number of concerns regarding the company’s operations within …Read Post
Putting the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) on the Map
Challenge In July 2008, the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) was scheduled to hold its Annual Summit in Vancouver and engaged FH Vancouver to ensure that the event generated awareness and visibility before, during and after the summit. A binational …Read Post
Canadian Payday Loan Association
Challenge The Canadian Payday Loan Association (CPLA) represents Canada’s retail payday lending industry. Payday loan operators provide short term, unsecured loans averaging $280 per transaction over a ten day period. The industry, however, was the only unregulated segment in Canada’s …Read Post
Ragin’ Cajun Still Rings True
George H.W. Bush likely won’t ever forget it, but sometimes we do. It’s the economy, stupid. Bush Sr. lost his shot at a second term as President of the United States in large part because Bill Clinton’s campaign manager James Carville (the Ragin’ Cajun) uttered those immortal (in political circles) words at the right time [...] Read Post »