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...Indeed, such a rule would be difficult to establish because a big chunk of Mr Penn’s work involves advising politicians, from Mrs Clinton to Tony Blair and New York’s mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as...
...When New York City’s Michael Bloomberg launched Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a nationwide campaign seeking to stop the flow of illicit weapons in cities and towns across America, he became a favourite verbal...
...Binns, 59, is calling it a day after nearly 30 years in financial PR, starting at Burson Marsteller and Daniel Edelman before he co-founded Binns Cornwall in 1980....
...Set for Shell sell Royal Dutch Shell is set to name Burson-Marsteller as its corporate PR adviser. Global product PR will be handled by Edelman....
...Young & Rubicam is bought by WPP for $4.7bn in a deal that also brings in Burson-Marsteller in PR. ■2001 Acquisitions include Tempus Group in media buying for £434m....
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