Hints and tips:
...In French, to leave a party without saying goodbye is to leave à l’anglaise. In American English, it’s sometimes called an “Irish goodbye”....
...Mr Lévy, a consummate networker, has used his connections to take Publicis from a middling French agency to a global media powerhouse over 30 years, controlling subsidiaries such as Leo Burnett, BBH, Fallon...
...The consumer goods giant’s decision caps a sweeping round of media reviews this year that has seen contracts worth $30bn annually come up for grabs from top brands including Volkswagen, L’Oréal and Sony....
...Gone are the advertising’s Mad Men days when creative shops such as Publicis’ Leo Burnett developed campaigns for the Marlboro Man....
...When it comes to Saudi Arabia, the list is stricter, with women’s faces off limits and the approach to baring skin more delicate, says Tarek Miknas, chief executive of Fortune Promoseven, L’Oréal’s agency...
...Big Yellow Group (S) BlueGnome BMP Europe BOFA International Boxford Boxfresh International BPR Medical (I) Bridge of Weir Leather Company Brinker Technology Bryson Charitable Group (S) Hugh Burnett...
...Within the bank you have P&L divided by product such as institutional, private banking and investment banking, and then you have it broken up by geography....
...On this basis, he picks Richard Penny at L&G UK Alpha Trust, who he says has “avoided a lot of land mines”....
...Well, as the controversial Proposition L was passed in the elections, it’s now illegal to sit on the pavements between the hours of 7am and 11pm....
...Burnett. After that meeting, Burnett told Sir James that Einstein did not live or work in Oxford....
...In the fixed income markets, we have Armageddon,” he shouted, as Erin Burnett, his co-host, tried to calm him down....
...Meg from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. What makes you cross to read? Too many words. What keeps you awake at night? My husband’s an insomniac, and my daughter is too....
...If you are home before the 8pm news on Rai Uno, Italy’s main television station, you will discover it is preceded by a quiz show called L’Eredita (“The Inheritance”)....
...The current rate is about 250 Linden dollars (L$) to the US dollar....
...“If indeed the countries have turned the corner of nuclear danger and on Kashmir, the number one flashpoint is water,” says Michael Krepon of the Henry L. Stimson Institute in Washington....
...Publicis, which owns advertising agency networks Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi, reported ?3.8bn ($4.9bn) in 2004 revenue, of which slightly more than ?1bn came from the fourth quarter....
...Adam Smith, Managing Partner, Circle Peak Capital, New York Tom Sutcliffe Nick Ashton Rhys Morgan Patrick Hickey Sandor Beres Philip L Letts Owen Rigby, Waterlooville, Hant Carolyn Khoo, London...
...2.2bn purchase in 2002 of Bcom3 of the US, parent of Leo Burnett, Starcom MediaVest and other marketing companies....
...A one-time information technology manager, Levy - whose group owns all or part of advertising agencies Leo Burnett, Saatchi Saatchi and Bartle Bogle Hegarty, as well as media buying networks Starcom MediaVest...
...I'm very much in favour of supporting British chocolatiers including rising stars Andy and Claire Burnett based in Purbeck....
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