Will There be an Occupy Wall Street Debit Card in Your Wallet?
Last week, The New York Times reported on the launch of the Occupy Wall Street debit card. If you had to read that twice, you had the same reaction I did. After all, what could be more incongruous than...
View ArticleTesla’s Musk Blogs to Fight a $600 Million Fire
Tesla’s shares have been on fire in 2013, soaring more than 400% year to date. While we’ve previously written about the shares strong performance, unfortunately, a fire of a different sort has been...
View ArticleCVS Quits Smoking for Good: For Healthier Patients or Profits?
Some would call public relations the art of perception. Communication professionals are trained at crafting and refining messaging and devising appropriate strategies for information dissemination,...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with Being Bossy?
Sheryl Sandberg’s latest initiative, the #banbossy campaign, has certainly received a lot of attention recently. With FLOTUS, Beyonce, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Garner, etc. all jumping on board, not to...
View ArticleSave the Date: June 2014
Noteworthy events for the month ahead . . . The month of June kicks off with the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2 in San Francisco. According to the rumor mill, possible announcements at...
View ArticleSave the Date: July/August 2014
Noteworthy events for the month ahead . . . Italy takes over the rotating EU presidency from Greece on July 1. More details on Italy’s priorities here. The U.S. celebrates its 238th year of...
View ArticleShould I Stay or Should I Go?
The NBA became fixated on promoting its star players over its great teams around the time that Michael Jordan entered the league. Whereas great teams like the Lakers and Celtics seemed to define the...
View ArticleRemembering Transparency Amid the “Right to be Forgotten”
In a fabulously ironic article on Friday, July 18, The Wall Street Journal spotlighted a Netherlands-based PE investor who took advantage of the European Union Court of Justice’s recent ruling that...
View ArticleThe Powder Keg of Middle America
As a PR professional, former government spokesperson and native St. Louisan, there are many different angles I could write about the current situation in Ferguson, Missouri, which is just 20 minutes...
View ArticleScaling The Glass Cliff
A few days ago it was announced that Marvin Ellison, formerly of Home Depot will be taking the reigns as CEO of struggling retailer JCPenney. The announcement was met with strong reception driving up...
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