Posts Tagged Money

Coca-Cola Lays Out Its Vision for the Future

Coca-Cola Lays Out Its Vision for the Future

AdAge.com wrote: Amid some 200 analysts, investors and media last week, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent made a confession. "There was a period when our company did lose its way," he said. "We were too internally focused and not focused enough on the changes taking place with our consumers and cu

11.24.2009 | Business, Marketing | Hugo Candeias

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Online Ad Spending Down in 2009

Online Ad Spending Down in 2009

AdAge.com wrote: 2009 was a bad year for online advertising, too. This year figures to be the first down year for online ads since 2002, the hangover from the internet-bubble years. Spending on online advertising is expected to come in at $22.8 billion in 2009 in the U.S., down 2.9% from a yea

10.20.2009 | Business, Marketing | Hugo Candeias

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Apple profit rises up 47%

BBC.co.uk wrote: Apple has shrugged off the recession with profits surging on demand for its iPhones, laptops and desktop computers. The technology giant made a net profit of $1.67bn (£1.02bn, €1.12bn) in the three months to 26 September, up 47% on a year earlier. Sales rose 25% to $9.87bn

10.20.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Online Criminals Make Millions With

Online Criminals Make Millions With “Scareware”

BBC.co.uk wrote: Online criminals are making millions by convincing computer users to download fake anti-virus software, internet security experts claim. Symantec says more than 40 million people have fallen victim to the "scareware" scam in the past 12 months. The download is usually harmf

10.19.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Crisis? Where? Google just reported $1.64bn profit

BBC.co.uk wrote: Google has reported its highest quarterly profit, suggesting that the internet advertising market is bouncing back from the recession. Google reported net profit of $1.64bn (£1bn, €1.07bn) between July and September, up 27% on the same period a year ago. "The worst of th

10.16.2009 | Business | Hugo Candeias

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Top New York Advertising Creatives Charge $750/Hour

Top New York Advertising Creatives Charge $750/Hour

AdAge.com wrote: Chief creative officers at large U.S. agencies, on average, billed $964 an hour to clients in 2008, while top account and media executives billed an average of $533 and $478 an hour, respectively. Those are just a few of the enlightening figures contained in a soon-to-be widel

10.2.2009 | Marketing | Hugo Candeias

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's Founder Worth $2 Billion!

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Founder Worth $2 Billion!

Forbes today released their annual 400 richest Americans list — no surprise, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is on it at number 158. His net worth is $2 billion, one-fifth of Facebook’s $10 billion valuation. [hana-code-insert name='HUGO' /] At 25, Zuckerberg is by far the youngest mem

10.1.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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German Online Banks Attacked: €300.000 in 22 days!

German Online Banks Attacked: €300.000 in 22 days!

BBC.co.uk wrote: Cyber-criminals have developed sophisticated ways to remain undetected, a new report finds. The report, from security firm Finjan, describes how one gang, based in the Ukraine, stole €300,000 euros in 22 days. It used a sophisticated piece of malicious software which fool

09.30.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Twitter confirms major cash boost

BBC.co.uk wrote: Social networking website Twitter has confirmed that it has closed a "significant round of funding". Co-founder Evan Williams said in a blog post that the site had secured money from five investment firms. However, he did not confirm earlier reports that suggested the firm

09.26.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Nintendo to cut Wii price by 20 percent

Reuters.com wrote: Nintendo Co Ltd, the top maker of the current generation of video game consoles, said on Wednesday it will cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to $199.99, starting Sunday. The move makes Nintendo the last among its peers to cut prices. Last month, Microsoft Co

09.24.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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