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...The American brand’s main public face comes from chatty, free emails and scoop-driven news coverage that is about and for Washington’s movers and shakers....
...Late on Friday the rebranded Virgin Trains USA filed preliminary documentation for an initial public offering to fund its expansion and list on Nasdaq....
...The press release noted debt financing would come from Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC. The bank also provided M&A advice to Thermo Fisher....
...Tribune Publishing’s board has unanimously rejected an $815m bid from Gannett, the owner of USA Today, saying the unsolicited offer undervalues the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune...
...The results added pressure on Mr Ferro to negotiate with Gannett, owner of USA Today, which has offered to buy the smaller newspaper publisher for $15 a share — double the value of its stock price two months...
...Before the results, the shares had lost about 3 per cent on the news that Santander Consumer USA, the subprime auto giant, had decided to exit the consumer loans business....
...Other companies are hiring writers and editors to create content that the brands promote on their own social media channels and websites....
...“The belief is that a lot more television brand dollars are available and have to be fought for.”...
...“Advertisers are looking for a brand-safe environment and they’re looking for scale,” said Matt Turck, Panoply’s chief revenue officer....
...Tyson Foods has injected itself into the deal frenzy gripping the US food industry with a $6.8bn bid for Hillshire Brands, an offer that came less than 48 hours after Pilgrim’s Pride launched a $6.4bn takeover...
...Last month Gannett, the owner of USA Today and the country’s largest chain of local newspapers, spent $1.5bn to acquire Belo Corp’s 20 local TV stations....
...“The T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands are a great strategic fit – both operationally and culturally,” Mr Obermann said....
...open late next year with 59 suites, a spa and two restaurants. www.alilahotels.com London Defying conventional wisdom that the internet has rendered high street travel agents a dying breed, two leading brands...
...Nokia is in advanced talks to sell Vertu, the world’s most expensive mobile phone brand, to Permira, the FT reports, in a deal that will raise about €200m for Nokia....
...And of course, all the Obama items, like Mr Santorum’s, are “100% made in the USA.”...
...In addition, Sprint added 646,000 new prepaid customers, which include its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA brands in the latest quarter....
...Jonathan Elmi , Macquarie Capital (USA) Jonathan Elmi is a vice-president at Macquarie Capital (USA), covering small- and mid-cap regional banks....
...Gucci Group, PPR’s luxury goods division, includes the Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen fashion brands....
...Procter & Gamble still owns the most popular skincare brand, Olay, but was overtaken in overall market share in 2008 by its French rival which boasts a more diverse portfolio of brands....
...Heineken USA has distributed Femsa’s beer in the US since 2005, following Femsa’s decision to extract itself from a distribution agreement in 2004 with former partner Interbrew....
...Only in a few local fee negotiations, and through a stronger sports brand, would Comcast alone gain. The desire to merge represents much wishful thinking....
...The list of new partners covers US national and international brands such as the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor, metropolitan dailies such as the Denver Post and the San Jose Mercury News,...
...Femsa and Heineken USA, a unit of the Dutch beermaker, signed a deal in April 2007 to extend their relationship for another 10 years....
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...There were also worrying signs on consumer spending from Yum Brands, which operates the Pizza Hut and KFC fast-food franchises....
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