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Good week, bad week: contrasting fortunes for HTC and Sky
TAIWANESE MOBILE handset maker HTC had a triple helping of good news this week
China Mobile are still party people
THE DOMINANT MOBILE provider with 72% of cellphone users in the world’s largest market is always going to rank one of the world’s top brands. Ch
Spanish practices alive and well in S Korea
PYEONGCHANG'S SUCCESSFUL bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games may shine a light on the country in all sorts of unexpected ways
Sport drives Yahoo ads
SPORTS CONTENT WILL play a critical role within online brand Yahoo’s ad- funded business model, according to Rich Riley, senior VP and managing director EMEA with Yahoo.
Did Under Armour overpay?
UNDER ARMOUR, the aggressive new US entrant to the European kit market, may have paid over the odds for its place at the Premier League top table with Tottenham Hotspur, according to industry insiders
And then there were 5: consolidation in UK power sector
INSIDERS HAVE RAISED concerns that the proposed sale of nPower will reduce investment and competition in the UK power sector. The “big 6” generators – EDF, E.ON, ,
Pindar sails too close to the wind
YACHT RACING enthusiasts will be familiar with Team Pindar which in recent years has challenged in the Extreme Sailing Series and World Match Racing Tour
Brand land grab in Brazil among French supermarket operators
IN WHAT LOOKS like an increasingly tit-for-tat exchange, French supermarket operator Casino has increased its stake on Brazil’s second largest retailer Grupo Pão de Açúcar. The
Polish mobile giant goes private in €4.5bn deal
POLKOMTEL, the second largest mobile operator in Poland, has been taken private in a €4.5bn deal with local tycoon and Poland’s only billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak. Th
Czech sports marketing unlikely beneficiary of lottery demise
THE FUNDING of Czech sport by the country’s national lottery, Sazka, has been borne of a relationship characterised by mutual back scratching.
Red hot Turkey worth watching
FOR A COUNTRY in Europe’s backyard with a population of 70+ million Turkey has got to be on anyone’s watch list. Do
QBE deal steadies RFU ship
INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR a grand reveal in September, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) unveiled QBE Insurance as its new sponsor, June 14
Energy boost for World Cup 2014
YINGLI SOLAR, WHICH became the first renewable energy company and the first Chinese company to agree a global FIFA deal with its sponsorship of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has extended to Brazil…
London 2012 sponsors mixed fortunes on industrial relations
IN THE WEEK that British Airways settled a long-running dispute with cabin staff, another London 2012 top tier sponsor, Lloyds, looked set to spark a furious union reaction with its announcement of 15,000…
Sony struggles with losses and cuts executive remuneration
FIFA TOP SPONSOR Sony may be one of the world’s largest consumer brands but it has suffered a double whammy in recent months.
Standard Chartered about to hit its stride in Africa
LIVERPOOL FC shirt sponsor Standard Chartered is reporting strong trading in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia which are more than offsetting slower growth in India and Africa
HSBC bosses reap the benefits of recovery from crisis
HSBC PAID its top 14 directors shares worth more than £8.5 million in the first bonus awards since the credit crunch of 2008.
Global brewer looks to do deals with new board appointment
ON THE FACE of it the appointment of another accountant to the board of SABMiller may be of little interest to sports marketers but the world’s second largest brewer is also home to some of the biggest b…