The year is 2016. Women are enjoying greater representation across all business sectors than their mothers and grandmothers, and “feminism” is no longer considered a dirty word. However, a glaring lack of equality remains. According to a working paper released on Monday, corporate leadership is still a man’s game. The
Oncor, a utility company in Texas serving approximately 3 million homes and businesses is in the middle of a takeover bid by the company owned by the Ray L. Hunt Family. They’ve made a bid to buyout the largest stakeholder (80%) and parent of the utility company – Energy Future
After speaking to multiple agency professionals across a variety of marketing disciplines, we are getting the feeling that the Forbes Agency Council is a scheme and scam – albeit one endorsed by Forbes Magazine. In December, Forbes announced plans for the “Forbes Agency Council”, a new council they claim is
Just in case you’ve been wondering, here are some of the things happening in PR this week.. Sloane & Company lending PR aid to ITC $11.3 Billion Deal ITC Holdings Corp, a publicly traded electronic transmissions company was recently acquired by Fortis Inc., a Canadian company. Whenever there’s a merger
Finn Partners shares results from National Survey on Health System Finn Partners recently posted the results of a National Health System survey showing approximately 50 percent of patients change their health insurance and primary care providers every three years. Also, when pharmacists are willing to share alternative drug recommendations, consumers
When fundamental flaws in business practice or economic philosophy swells into a major crisis, most media attention is focused on finding out how and why things went wrong, and considering who to punish. The last major economic disaster in 2008 had many causes, but the consensus is now that banks
In difficult economic times, government officials and businesses work together to induce a trickle-down effect revitalizing troubled economies. However, this creates an unequal distribution of wealth when incentives cause businesses to redistribute their real property investments. Long Island is an expensive place to do business. In such situations, governments
The Super Bowl is the high point of sports in the country. Many Americans think of the Super Bowl as an unofficial national holiday, and it’s second only to Thanksgiving as the largest day of food consumption in America. But one feature the Super Bowl is also well-known for the
When InBev bought iconic American beer brand Budweiser, some said it was the death of the American beer culture. Naysayers and doomspeakers tut-tutted and shook their fists, but Bud drinkers just kept on drinking Bud, hardly noticing the change. Now, though, it seems they will. For the 13th time in
