Opinions

Corporate Bailouts

How today’s financial perfect storm started and what we “the people” have to do to prevent it from happening again to our children and our children’s children.

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USA & Canada

Real Canadian Bank Ratings: Bank of Nova Scotia

If you’re trying to consider which bank you should open up a savings account with, it can be quite complicated. There are many banks in existence, each with their advantages and disadvantages. In this article, I review a Canadian bank known as Scotiabank, or as I like to call them, the Bank of No Service.

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US Politics

Marketing Lessons From the Elections

The Obama phenomenon has managed to win the U.S. elections with a new model of branding and marketing and now is the time to analyze (to the smallest detail).

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US Politics

Politics and Marketing: A Genius Approach with Measured Results

Marketing is such a major influence and gives such a great opportunity, that President Elect Obama won over an entire country by using smart and tactical marketing skills in his political campaign.

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Opinions

Kleptocracy, Cronyism and War Profiteers – Part Six

In Part Six of “Kleptocracy, Cronyism and War Profiteers: Too Many Hands in the Cookie Jar”, we look at the public relations firms and their dual role of selling the “War on Terror” to the public while marketing military wares to the U.S. government. We investigate Halliburton’s poor performance rating from the State Department, their firing by the Army, their receipt of a $72 million bonus while being awarded another contract by the Army.

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