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BARCLAYS' ANNOUNCEMENT that it will pay its senior team over £100m in pay, shares and bonuses looks set to reignite another spate of banker bashing.

KEITH HARRISON, global product supply officer for consumer goods giant Proctor and Gamble has coined a new acronym in his quest to expand operations

COCA-COLA spent almost $3bn on advertising in 2010 an increase of 4.5% over 2009 despite concerns over the state of the global economy

COCA-COLA spent almost $3bn on advertising in 2010 an increase of 4.5% over 2009 despite concerns over the state of the global economy

KASPER RORSTED heads up one of Europe’s largest brand portfolios. As CEO of Henkel he is responsible for consumer brands such as Pritt adhesive sticks, RightGuard deodorants and Schwarzkopf hair products.

QUINTESSENTIAL ITALIAN car brand Fiat is giving its local customers an identity crisis

HAVING PROVIDED much of the growth of branded products in recent years, Asia is waking up to own-label groceries

LG HAS PUT the pinch on shipments of Sony’s PlayStation 3 consoles after it won a temporary injunction against the Japanese company over a patent claim.

IN RELEASING STELLAR results for 2010 adidas pointed to the impact of the World Cup which propelled sales to a whopping €12bn.

CARLOS SLIM is rumoured to be the world’s richest man and by any reckoning he is in a class of one in Mexico.

ON THE FACE of it the new head of supermarket group Tesco is cut from the same cloth as his predecessor but Philip Clarke is his own man

MENTION WIRE and Plastic Products and you are likely to be met with blank stares. However, this was the vehicle that launched arguably the most influential individual in world marketing, Sir Martin Sorrell

SUPERMARKET GROUP Tesco is heading into court against Derwent Holdings (whose property interests span the retail and leisure sectors) over the redevelopment of Old Trafford

BRITISH GAS, energy utility supplier to 15.7 million British homes must love the Christmas-day swimmers

GENERAL MOTORS sees high fuel prices as the new reality for car drivers and is responding accordingly

IN SIGNING A DEAL with Reliance CEO Mukesh Ambani of India, BP completes its full house of major deals in each of the fastest growing emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China

THE SKY £7.5M 5-year sponsorship of British Cycling looked like a great deal for both sides.

THE APPOINTMENT of Paul Nevett to the role of global VP of brand for Unilever could herald a new healthy personality for its portfolio