![]() The crowd applauded as the official announcement was read out. This was a breaking news, Pyongyang style, delivered bombastically with high sound fanfare. While the world learned about the intermediate-range missile test in which the missile flew over Japan. The announcement was not made until the following afternoon. Such delays are common. North Koreans are unaware, having no access to outside media or information. Such a failure of missile launching was not allowed to deliver. ![]() The relationship between justice and race is fraught. Robert Buckland, the solicitor-general, was quoted in the Daily Telegram newspaper, as saying that those convicted in Newcastle early this month of abusing women and girls, plying them with alcohol, drug should carry stiffer penalties because criminal gangs target at white victims. During a trial, a member of the gang referred to white women as trash. He said they are not good but for one thing. ![]() A mobile ad shop Kargo filed a motion to stop $40 million award in a case that Alexis Berger is alleged a victim of retaliation, sexual discrimination, unequal pay violation, and breach of contract. Kargo said that the arbitrator showed a "blatant disregard" which would have supported the agency's case and showed a sign of bias towards the ousted employee. ![]() Small companies such as J.M. Smucker Co. and Hormel Food Corp. are the latest to face investor pressure as volatile commodity prices hurt their margins and customers gravitate away from older brands that have anchored established food makers. Shares of the jam and Spam makers fell about 10% and 6% respectively. Weak sales of Folgers coffee and Crisco shortening hurt earnings in the recent quarter, leading it to lower its earning forecast for the fiscal year. Four upstart entrepreneurs have changed women's fashion in the office.![]() Sali Christeson and Eleanor Turner hit up a dozen of business-casual retailers to hunt for women's workwear and price spectrum. The bulk of clothing they found wouldn't fly in the office - hemline was too short, fabrics wrinkled too easily, and quality was low in general. After this "investigation" trip, Christeson and Turner came up with a startup idea, the introduction of a company that dedicated to workwear women want to wear in the office. Women make up more than half of management occupation workforce, according to the US Bureau of labor statistic, and almost more than half of the total labor force. For many women, shopping is a chore and spending money on pairs of inspiring slacks feels like a wast of hard-earned fund. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle to limit sugar in drinks in Sinpapore![]() Three drink giants among seven soft drink makers agree to cap the content of sugar in their thirst quenchers sold in Singapore, marking the latest campaign led by the health regulator to fight diabetes by targeting sweet drinks. The seven companies including 4 large, regional groups would cap the sugar content of sweetened drinks at 12 percent by 2020. The pledge is the first of its kind in Asia where the health regulator has received the commitment of the largest drinking producers in the market. ![]() Afghanistan's war was technically over in 2014. The U.S. army and coalition allies led by NATO concluded the war by withdrawing their forces from this country that leave it vulnerable to defeat at the hands of its tenacious enemy, Taliban. ![]() Strike Social moving to Chicago claims that this move is key to drive their revenue up 12,423.4 percent to $46.5 million. A question raised in a reader's head is how this move spurs the growth of the shop that leans on You Tube advertising. Probably, he is not alone. Chicago is a natural fit for its business. It is a right environment for its growth to take off. The city has a strong tech community but its tech sweet spot is in advertising and b-to-b. ![]() The USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore just two months after a fatal crash happening near Japan. Ten sailors are reportedly missing in the incident. Search-and-rescue effort is underway. A primary report suggests a guided-missile destroyer has suffered damage to its port side. The Navy is investigating the extend of damage and injuries. ![]() Singapore tops in Asia as a citys city with the best quality of living, well ahead Tokyo, thanks to its infrastructure. The city-state gained one spot and came in at No. 25 on a global ranking of 231 cities by a consulting firm, Mercer. Tokyo was at 47 and Hong Kong at 71, both declining slightly compared to previous years. ![]() At the heart of Grace Mugabe's extraordinary journey from a struggling single mom to the most powerful woman in Zimbabwe is a long love story. In the early 1990's, Grace Mugabe was a divorcee who secured a job in the president's typing pool. One day, President Robert Mugabe asked her about her status of marriage. She was then innocent, shy, and didn't know this would lead to somewhere. The president wooed her over teas and scones. There are some obstacles in their relationship of love. It is the fact that is a gap of age. He is forty years older than Grace. The second thing is he was married to Sally who, at the moment, had terminal cancer. She felt a bit embarrassed when President Mugabe proposed to her at that time. ![]() French pharmaceutical giant saw the review of marketing partnerships, added WPP to its roster, and assigned more duties to Havas. WPP won a majority of the business and GroupM's Mindshare will be a new global media agency of record, realizing ad planning and buying for more than 60 countries. ![]() A man or a woman desires to have a fitness body. We often see a man work out for hours in a gym. An image of a girl hitting a gym used to go against a stereotype. Nowadays, this prejudice has gradually sunk into silence. Sapna Vias Patel (a girl in the left-hand side photo) with a curve that makes her juicy and makes men crazy proves this stereotype wrong. Most of women think their looks matter, used to starve themselves into oblivion by trying to keep up with the latest beauty trend. To have a toned body, purky butt, you have to go to a gym to get that. Lifting weight making a girl bulky is out of date. ![]() Winning formula for customer engagement is storytelling. It sound simple and easy. We need to look back through history to see how storytelling has had a great impact on customer's behavior: how we live it, why we live it and what it means to be human. Narratives as powerful as bibles speak to heart and guide us into action. According psychological science, we are more likely to remember what we are told from narratives and tell one another. Story is easier on the ear than detached advertising taglines. As such, we are engaged with it from start to finish. ![]() Tree plantation movement is one of the most ambitious plan the administration of Mumbai has launched across the nation. The government calls for the participation of volunteers to join a novel and noble cause to plant around 2 crores all over the country. This initiative will realize the plantation of 50 crores saplings in three year. The project does not cost too much as many people want to be volunteer. One gun man shot a crowd in a popular city park Dolores to leave three serious wounded and send a dozen of panicked people running. A writer and free lance journalist said it initially looked like a firework that made people lose their vigilance when she heard a burst of shots. Dolores Park sits in the hill of Mission District, an attractive destination, where locals and tourists come to sunbathe or take in a city view.
San Francisco General Hospital spokesperson said one of three remained in a critical condition, another was treated and released, and the third was a minor, still was hospitalized. ![]() Rubio, a San Diago-based restaurant chain company is one of the typical brand advocate user. Rubio which is known for its favorite fish taco has turned its energetic customers into a powerful marketing force of brand advocate. Rubio has made a breakthrough in its social media platform by creating a thriving army of 75,000 brand advocates. These people have spread words of mouth about Rubio's product that helps it increase its sales via their positive reviews, posts, Tweets. Delta Air Lines realizes one of the coolest campaign that aims at folks who are too impecunious to actually fly to exotic tourist attractions all over the world.
Delta in partnership with Wieden + Kennedy New York (and Colossal Media that handles hand-painting) has drawn images of nine exotic destinations on a wall in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to bring opportunities to singles to selfie for their dating profile that looks like a jet-setter. ![]() Instead of telling the world that Lincoln respects the individuality, the automaker turns to car enthusiasts to prove it. It lets customers steer its new commercial featuring new-brand MKZ. It sets out to reimagine what a commercial can be by the contribution of human and real life road trip experience of a customer. They hatched a plan to collect tales of all customers from every corner of life via Tweet. From thousands Twitters, they narrowed down to hundreds, then top twenty and last of all final five. ![]() Visitors from all over the world will converge on a paradise of Tango from 10 - 23 August 2017 to join the International Tango Festival of 2017, an event Tango fans can't miss and can't wait. They will enjoy state-of-the art orchestras, pick up some steps in a class, watch talented dancers in action in Tango's birth place and home. |
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